Meta Hologram Hands-On Finds Photoreal 2.5D Video Calls
Road to VR’s Connect hands-on finds Meta Hologram photoreal but 2.5D, captured with a phone selfie, with WhatsApp Early Access on Ray-Ban Display first.
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Digit Maps Vision Pro, Galaxy XR and Meta VR Glasses Bets
Digit maps Apple Vision Pro, Samsung Galaxy XR and Meta VR Glasses as three spatial computing bets, from premium all-on-face to a games and cinema puck.
Vision Pro Up to Eight Times Heavier Than Meta VR Glasses
Vision Pro can be up to eight times heavier on the face than Meta’s roughly 100g VR Glasses, a Gadgets Now buyer guide says, before Apple’s battery.
Meta Ray-Ban Display Hits £749 in the UK, €899 in Europe
Meta Ray-Ban Display costs £749 in the UK and CA$1,149 in Canada now, with France, Italy and Germany at €899 from October 13, Mixed-News reports.
PlayTechDeep: Meta’s Glasses Lineup Is Not One Ladder
PlayTechDeep argues Meta’s glasses and Quest products share a brand but solve opposite jobs, from camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio at $349 to VR Glasses.
Arcturus Vision Camera Makes Steam Frame Passthrough Clear
Road to VR’s review calls Arcturus Vision’s $149 Steam Frame camera a night-and-day passthrough upgrade, with readable phones and Quest 3-level color.
Boz Says Quest 3 Nearly Matched Quest 3S Sales
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told The Ghost Howls that Quest 3 sold nearly as well as the cheaper Quest 3S, a sign comfort and quality matter as much as price.
Meta VR Glasses vs Quest 3: Price Doubles, FOV Shrinks
Meta VR Glasses vs Quest 3 on paper, per Mashable: $1,299 versus $599 and a 70 by 66 degree FOV versus about 110 by 96, with micro-OLED and a puck.
Gurman: Apple Smart Glasses Target End of 2027, No Display
Apple smart glasses are targeted for the end of 2027 with audio, a camera and no display, Mark Gurman reports, while the N224 headset slips toward 2028.
Underdogs Hits Steam Frame Day One, Multiplayer Still Coming
One Hamsa says Valve asked for a day-one Steam Frame port of Underdogs, and the Frame build is live without multiplayer as H3VR’s patch stays experimental