it is cheap because zuck bet the whole future of meta on vr and he is desperate to get people in headsets stat
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Meta Announces Quest 3 Ahead of Apple's Rumored AR/VR Headset
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it is cheap because zuck bet the whole future of meta on vr and he is desperate to get people in headsets stat
The bot accounts are real. Nearly everyone I know has abandoned FB. I realize that is only a couple hundred users but it is still telling. I left 3 years ago and I've never regretted it for a second. But to each their own.
🤣 And yet 25% of the world's population uses Facebook on a daily basis and almost 40% of world's population uses Facebook on a monthly basis.
Meta Reports First Quarter 2023 Results
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. "We had a good quarter and our community continues to grow," said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO. "Our AI work is driving good results across our apps and business. We're also...investor.fb.com
- Facebook daily active users (DAUs) – DAUs were 2.04 billion on average for March 2023, an increase of 4% year-over-year.
- Facebook monthly active users (MAUs) – MAUs were 2.99 billion as of March 31, 2023, an increase of 2% year-over-year.
I just don't see the use case for a portable device with virtually infinite workspace, high performance yet low-energy modern Apple processors, LiDar for realtime environment measurements, facial and body tracking, modern communications, resolution that rivals many competitors' desktop sized monitors, an operating system that provides continuity between a stack of other devices, and a whole new space for innovative new ways to immerse in content, worlds, communication, and opportunities. I also don't see the use case for electric vehicles, solar power, or the wheel. This product is dead on arrival.
Are you actually pretending like this announcement wasn't timed specifically because of Apple's keynote next week? Especially when the Meta Connect conference is in September?
Like really?! 😂
"Latter part of 2023"Maybe this announcement appears rushed to you because you didn't know that Meta had revealed in their third quarter 2022 earnings report (and during the conference call) 7 months ago that they had already planned to release the Quest 3 in the second half of 2023.
"We expect the slight majority of our 2023 expense dollar growth to be driven by operating expenses, with the remaining growth coming from cost of revenue. We expect the percentage growth rate of 2023 operating expenses to decelerate meaningfully as we curtail non-headcount related expense growth and keep 2023 headcount roughly flat with current levels. Conversely, our growth in cost of revenue is expected to accelerate, driven by infrastructure-related expenses and, to a lesser extent, Reality Labs hardware costs driven by the launch of our next generation of our consumer Quest headset later next year."
Meta Confirms Quest 3 VR Headset Is Arriving In 2023
A follow-up to the Quest 2 is coming "later next year."www.cnet.com
Desperation? 🤣
It's common practice for companies to announce a product a month or so before it officially goes on sale. That's what Meta is doing here. Meta already said 7 months ago during the 3rd quarter 2022 earnings report that the Quest 3 was coming in latter part of 2023.
Last I checked this is not the latter part of 2023. You just proved their desperation with your choice of words, well done.
Meta really thought they were doing something here. Like they’re gonna steal apple’s thunder when apple is probably gonna release something thinner, lighter, way better tech that actually gets people excited. Putting this ad out there just helps people emphasize “See what the competition is? Bulky ugly headsets with legacy controls“
like if blackberry emphasized cheap plastic keyboards right before the iphone announcement
like if blackberry emphasized cheap plastic keyboards right before the iphone announcement
We all experience the metaverse. It is full of little kids screaming profanities and racial slurs as load as they can. The squeakers have ruined most multi person experiences, which is why I stop doing anything with VR awhile again.No mention of Metaverse? says a lot about it haha...
but I would probably buy it just for BeatSaber, Pistol Whip, Eleven or LesMills Bodycombatif it's more comfortable it's worth it haha
Now true AR I would be interested in. I really like my NReal glasses and what they have to offer. Extend those and you have something.
Haha 40% thinner excluding the facial interfaces. Sure but now the "facial interfaces" are much thicker to make up for it. What a joke, just to able to hit that number. In reality the headset is barely thinner than the Quest 2.
True. And they're also seeing absolutely everything you do on it.
I'm mostly interested in cheap copycats from China coupled with some open source OS and can use it with old and new tech. I'm sure Apple will be limiting the headset compatibly to latest iDevices and macs to boost sales.
It would bring me great joy if the media stopped calling them Meta and instead, called them by their real name: Facebook.
The weight is not such a problem. It’s having something strapped to your face, pressing on your cheekbones, with a still somewhat limited field of view that becomes tiring after a while. But playing Alyx for two hours is something you have to experience for yourself… it’s quite impressive.
Having said that: please please Apple, provide a way to throughput video from my PC to those glorious dual 4K screens, I beg you!!😌
they definitely win the award for most non-triumphant large scale vr hardware announcement ever
40% thinner is a lie, and early reports saying the weight is the same
40% thinner is a lie, and early reports saying the weight is the same
Announcing a product today that will be available in latter part of 2023. How is that desperation?
It's no different than how Apple announced their high yield savings account on Oct. 13, 2022, but didn't make it available until 6 months later on April 17, 2023.
Or how Apple announced AirPower in 2017 and said it would launch in 2018 before ultimately canceling it in 2019. Was Apple desperate?
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Eh i was just curious, i have no plans on getting one tbh, its useless for me
It would be like calling apple ‘HomePod’. Facebook is a product, Meta is the company.
Wow...that Meta Gaming Showcase sucked. The only standouts was Vampire The Masquerade Justice, Bulletstorm VR, and Asgard's Wrath 2.
Yeah I don't think Apple has anything to worry about lmao
Yeah I don't think Apple has anything to worry about lmao
This seems so cringe.
It’s not that much different to the 2nd gen model. They’ve not moved the operating system forward and it still looks like a heavy but cheap plastic headset. It’s a hard pass for me.
It’s not that much different to the 2nd gen model. They’ve not moved the operating system forward and it still looks like a heavy but cheap plastic headset. It’s a hard pass for me.
I don’t think they would make the cost of entry for developers to build content and apps for an uncertain category that high. What they will do instead is simply charge 500 for a dev kit with a Apple developer account. Developers who actually build solutions and return the dev kit will get a significant discount on the final product.
I had the Quest Pro from about 2 weeks and it was SUPER uncomfortable. I returned it. Quest 3 has a similar padding to the Quest 2, so it will be fine.