Okay, so here’s the thing. Meta’s Reality Labs is chatting up these goggles, right? They’re diving into this tech stuff—like seriously wide field-of-view VR and MR headsets. Now, I mean, the kind of wide that makes your usual headset look like it’s stuck in the ‘square’ era or something. We’re talking horizontal FOV of 180 degrees. Compare that to the Quest 3’s 100 degrees? Big jump, like whoosh.
Anyway, they dropped all these deets before the 2025 ACM SIGGRAPH Emerging Tech doohickey. Two headsets, right? One’s pure VR, the other MR. Yeah, VR one’s got these funky reflective polarizers—sounds fancy, I guess. Compact as your favorite sunglasses.
Oh, and then there’s the MR headset. Same optical jazz but with four cameras. Ridiculous, yeah? 80MP at 60 FPS if you’re counting pixels. I was wondering why I’d care about camera stats, but it just stuck with me.
Anyway—wait, no—check this out. Compare this new toy to the Quest 3, and you see why it’s cooler. With the MR, you can spot your buddy next to you in a chair. Also, a snack in your lap. Because priorities, right?
They’re using something like the old Constellation tracking thing from the Oculus Rift. Maybe for quick tweaks? Constellation’s been kicking around for a while. Weird how certain tech just clings to life.
Gotta say, Meta’s making these headsets without those bulk issues. Others like Pimax have gone wide too, but… hefty. Meta’s like, “Yeah, we’re sleek.” Claims about sportscar vibes on a budget, maybe?
Prototypes claim top-notch status in VR because “wide equals good stuff!” They talk entertainment and telepresence—sounds fluffy, maybe a sprinkle of marketing jazz.
Dreaming of future Quests with mega-wide views? Eh, don’t hold your breath. Meta loves its R&D adventures, but not everything hits Best Buy shelves. Remember varifocal talk from 2018? Yeah, still waiting.
Boz himself (that’s Andrew Bosworth for the uninitiated) waxed skeptical about going all-out FOV for consumers—price tags, battery life nightmares, and neck weights, oh my! Could this research make him switch lanes? Maybe, who knows. Tech life is weird, anyway.
