In the world of big techs, it's like this: there are always fights between giants, with one wanting to get ahead of the other.
This time, Meta, the company responsible for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, left Apple in the dust with the announcement of launch of its newest virtual reality headset, the Quest 3 – this is just days before apple announces its own gadget.
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Quest 3 should hit stores in the middle of the second half, in the North American fall – spring for us Latinos.
The device will have augmented and virtual reality (VR/AR) and will cost the low of US$ 499, approximately R$ 2,500.
Quest 3: new Meta headset will have improvements
As published by the Yahoo Finance website, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Goal, stated that this new headset will have twice the graphics performance of its predecessor, the Quest 2.
In addition, it must have full color pass. This means that whoever uses it will see the world around them in hyper realistic colors.
As far as design is concerned, the new device will be 40% thinner.
Furthermore, Quest 3 will have its controllers reconfigured. The company says that the device's Touch Plus will have better technology and sensitivity, in addition to being more ergonomic.
Regarding content, the new headset will support the same applications as its predecessor. There are approximately 500 games and other forms of user experience.
Like its rival when it launches a new iphone, Meta will lower the price of the Quest 2 to US$ 299, around R$ 1,500.
And Apple, huh?
The iPhone company is, at the moment, Meta's biggest competitor in the VR/AR headset market.
However, the company runs into a substantial obstacle for the consumer: the price.
According to Yahoo Finance, the company's headset apple it should cost approximately US$ 3,000 – doing the exchange, we arrive at a frightening R$ 15,000.
With that, the device will not be so accessible to most consumers.
Another impediment is that the virtual reality headset market has not grown as expected. In fact, what it did was fall.
To give you an idea, just last year there was a 20% drop in sales of this type of gadget in the world.
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