Discussion

• @parkerortolani Parker Ortolani on threads

  me and the Quest 2 did not have a good relationship, but Quest 3 looks great? augments are particularly cool and are something I had hoped would be a major part of visionOS - but that did not pan out

• @karissabe Karissa on threads

  My preview of Meta Connect: yes, we'll see the Meta Quest 3 (and likely some new smart glasses) but I suspect Meta intends to make AI a big part of this year's narrative rather than just the “metaverse” https://www.engadget.com/...

• @stroughtonsmith … Steve Troughton-Smith on mastodon

  Honestly at this point I feel like I'll be happier with a decade of Meta Quest headsets for the same combined price as a single Vision Pro, until Apple figures this stuff out.  I think the option of hand controllers is essential, at the very least.  I don't for a second think App…

• @ericpresidentvr @ericpresidentvr on x

  THESE ARE $&^$ING HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT [image]

• @richlightshed @richlightshed on x

  Why are people cheering about putting virtual photo frames into your living room while wearing a Quest 3 — why not just buy a simple digital photo frame that doesn't need a headset? #MetaConnect2023

• @nimazeighami Nima Zeighami on x

  I think offering half a Vision Pro (less than half the processing power, about half the resolution) for 1/7th of the price with Quest 3 is an INCREDIBLY attractive offering from Facebook. Apple has to make up the gap in software and utility or it'll be tough to compete.

• @munster_gene Gene Munster on x

  Big picture: Meta and Apple share the same vision that the physical world will merge with the digital world. Meta calls it the metaverse, Apple spatial computing. While Meta's products, namely Quest 3, are much more affordable than Apple's Vision Pro, you get what you pay for.

• @slhamlet Wagner James Au on x

  Here's my take on the Quest 3 launch announcement, which mentions VR once - and “mixed reality” FIVE times. But Pokemon Go aside, there's little proof of a mass market of consumers who actually want mixed reality — let alone strapping it to their face. https://nwn.blogs.com/...

• @nimazeighami Nima Zeighami on x

  I don't know how many people care, but two of the things I'm most jazzed about in the Quest 3 and it's XR2 Gen 2 (~SD 8 Gen 2) vs. the Quest 2's XR2 Gen 1 (~SD 865): Quest 3 can decode 8K video at 60fps compared to Quest 2's 30fps (that's double!). AV1 decoding baby!

• @ballmatthew Matthew Ball on x

  Woah, Meta dropping Supernatural price by 50%. And not on a promotional basis. Lots of plausible reasons, from high churn to it being a great engagement driver (or device demonstrator) that not enough users can afford or even try [image]

• @munster_gene Gene Munster on x

  The rendering quality of Meta's digital assets are elementary compared to Apple's. It's not even close. It's important to note Meta's metaverse experience is priced at 1/7th the cost of Vision Pro. Looks like you get what you pay for.

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  It's clear that Tim Cook did Meta a favor. He brought the metaverse vision to a wider audience and refocused the genre. Now Meta can be the Android to Apple's Apple in a coherent space. #MetaConnect2023

• @munster_gene Gene Munster on x

  Meta Connect was a tale of two cities. The bad news is they are way behind Apple when it comes to immersive computing. The good news is the new AI features will drive engagement on Instagram. https://deepwatermgmt.com/... Deepwater is invested in Meta.

• @vadimyuryev Vadim Yuryev on x

  RIP Metaverse. $500 starting price now with better performance and displays. Honestly seems like a great price compared to Apple's Vision Pro for $3,500. They'll likely sell a lot of them now that they're not complicating things with the metaverse focus. Games and more games.

• @aidan_wolf Aidan on x

  meta introduced a very reasonable vision for AR on the Quest which focuses on digital objects that work as souvenirs and portals to your digital world, really dig it! [video]

• @scobleizer Robert Scoble on x

  It is a lot of money for mostly a gaming machine. Are you getting it? With the better strap and tax it is more than $600 and I bet I need new corrective lenses, too. Hard to swallow. Yes, way cheaper than Apple, but Apple has an entire ecosystem that it works with and does a lot …

• @lunayian Luna on x

  I have some criticisms and questions, but Quest 3 looks like very solid hardware. Augments need to ship really early next year if they want to sell people on MR beyond the accessibility aspect.

• @lunayian Luna on x

  [Image: colorful Quest headstraps] Pricey at $50, but it's interesting to see Meta go after this Apple Watch sort of HMD fashion. With this + the big budget ad showing a girl use it at a cafe etc. they're really leaning into a social acceptance push. Front should have been black …

• @rabovitz Rony Abovitz on x

  I love that indie companies like Lynx exist. But how can they survive the Meta Quest 3 at $499? Apple and Magic Leap are playing the high-end. Meta is aiming to vaporize the low end and middle market.

• @mehnitesh2 Nitesh on x

  @VadimYuryev Xbox gamepass streaming coming to this is a pretty big deal, play it all on a giant virtual screen, if Apple continues to cockblock it with Vision Pro that'll suck

• @lunayian Luna on x

  I am still wishing they went with a passthrough button/dial on Quest 3, double tap isn't reliable enough from a UX perspective. Maybe they've improved it though...

• @boztank Boz on x

  Meta Quest 3 is here! Built for mixed reality with high-res color passthrough, blazing fast new processor, big improvements to display & optics. Thinner and super comfortable. Starting at $499 this is the best value headset on the market for a long time to come. [video]

• @cixliv @cixliv on x

  After watching #MetaConnect2023 I maintain everything I said before. Great hardware, but won't sell nearly as well as the Quest 2. Few million units.

• @benbajarin Ben Bajarin on x

  The @Meta Quest 3 looks promising, but I still believe we are many years away from true mainstream adoption of VR. Over the summer, we did consumer research on VR, and it only continued to affirm the chasm for VR is deep and wide. I share some data: https://creativestrategies.com…

• @benbajarin Ben Bajarin on x

  It is really odd Meta (Zuck) keeps saying they brought VR mainstream, because it is definitely not mainstreamed yet with less than 10% ownership.

• @techkard Piyush Bhasarkar on x

  Quest 3 maps the room you're in so you can play virtual games like building Legos on your table, and if you need to duck some incoming fire you can hide behind your physical couch. #Meta #Quest3 #MetaQuest3 [video]

• @daveleebbg Dave Lee on x

  Zuckerberg announcing Meta's latest mixed reality headset — the Quest 3 — with the clear tone that his company has a meaningful headstart on Apple. Said the real innovation was making it affordable.

• @joannastern Joanna Stern on x

  Meta trying to pull an Apple here with lots of applause and yelling in the audience at its Connect event. Someone just cheered for VMware coming to Quest 3. https://www.facebook.com/...

• @laurengoode Lauren Goode on x

  Meta believes the Quest 3 is the world's first “mainstream” reality headset. And Zuckerberg believes the future of computing is a total melding of the physical and digital worlds. NEW in @WIRED https://www.wired.com/...

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  The Meta Quest 3 is official. I had the chance to try it (again) earlier this month. The focus has shifted from the metaverse to mixed-reality, gaming and productivity. The hardware is a big improvement in terms of performance and displays. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @timothyjchambers Tim Chambers on threads

  I have been impressed that at every chance Meta at every level is reaffirming their upcoming support of the open social web standard ActivityPub, including allowing users to migrate their social graph with them to any ActivityPub service.  👏👏👏

• @0xjessel @0xjessel on threads

  The whole interview is worth a read/listen.  But I really liked zuck's answer on why @threads is still committed to integrating with ActivityPub below.  As @zuck said prior, other apps had their chance to create a billion user social network around public conversations but they d…

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on threads

  Elon's about to put the cage match on the agenda once he sees this video.

• @technicallymims Christopher Mims on threads

  Zuck clearly takes his media training as seriously as his Jiu Jitsu the polite way to describe this answer is “diplomatic”

• @alexheath Alex Heath on threads

  Here is @zuck on the state of the other app: “Twitter was sort of plodding along before Elon came.. he's definitely a change agent.. I do think he has been pretty polarizing.. the chance that it [X] reaches the full potential on the trajectory it's on.. I think there's less of a …

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @xDaily lmaooo

• @jamesborow @jamesborow on x

  One of the best interviews I have seen in a while. Worth a listen if you want to better understand where the digital economy is headed over the next few years. @alexeheath crushed this.

• @xdaily @xdaily on x

  NEWS: Zuck comments on his rivalry with Elon. Interviewer: Would you still do the fight? Zuck: I just don't think it will happen. Meanwhile in the interview, Zuck refused to confirm how many active users 🧵s currently has. [video]

• @oswaldvalue @oswaldvalue on x

  His vibe in this convo is the most normal Zuck has seemed in at least 5 years. Kudos to his PR team.

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  I recently went to Meta HQ to sit down with Mark Zuckerberg for a long conversation about Threads, AI, the coming headset wars, and the cage match with Elon that never was. The full video of our chat, along with audio on Decoder and transcript, here: https://www.theverge.com/...

• @lukehurd Luke Hurd on threads

  Alright, so the pass-through on the new @metaquest 3 is MILES better than the Quest Pro - clarity, color correction and saturation, little-to-no warping, and you can actually see your phone screen (and other screens).

• @geoffreyfowler @geoffreyfowler on threads

  Hands on with the new Quest 3: More MEH-taverse The price is way better than Apple, but there are no new ideas here about why we'd want to wear a face computer or how it can be less awkward to use: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @harrymccracken@mastodon.social Harry McCracken on mastodon

  I tried the Quest 3 headset.  The video pass-through seems quite good, but it's a little hard to tell as I was wearing one with prescription lenses that were supposedly as close as they could get to my actual glasses.  Still a lot blurrier than real life.

• @kentbye Kent Bye on x

  @midjourney ... The comfort and ergonomics of Quest 3 are VASTLY improved. The Red Matter demo is absolutely stunning. Two of mixed reality apps had subtle warping of ground that was unsettling. Controllers lighter & awesome haptics. Overall a big upgrade of performance & capabil…

• @harrymccracken @harrymccracken on x

  I tried the Quest 3 headset. The video pass-through seems quite good, but it's a little hard to tell as I was wearing one with prescription lenses that were supposedly as close as they could get to my actual glasses. Still a lot blurrier than real life.

• @raywongy Ray Wong on x

  I tried the Quest 3's mixed reality and... it's impressive! $499.99 for 128GB $649.99 for 512GB October 10 release date Pre-order today My first impressions on @inversedotcom: https://www.inverse.com/...

• @vr_oasis @vr_oasis on x

  I was very lucky to go hands on early with the Quest 3 last week. I left really impressed with the headsets increased performance and pancake lenses. It's definitely a worthy upgrade from Quest 2! Check out my full first impressions video here 👀 [image]

• @gwanatu Nicholas Sutrich on x

  I got to see the #Quest3 already! TLDR; holy crap what an upgrade from the Quest 2. Seriously substantial differences that are well worth upgrading for. https://www.androidcentral.com/ ...

• @terranauts93 Henry Stockdale on x

  I can say now that I've been hands on with Quest 3 recently. Very impressed by the upgrade being offered so far. Need more time with the headset but the new games are looking strong, feels like a good halfway point between PC VR/PSVR 2 and Quest 2. [image]

• @benz145 Ben Lang on x

  Didn't talk much about Quest 3 controllers in my hands-on because I didn't get to really put them through their paces. However, now without the tracking rings, the shape and weight feel so good now that the center of gravity is more central. [image]

• @mikeandronico Mike Andronico on x

  I got to put my big bald head into the Meta Quest 3! The mixed reality stuff is awesome, and there are lots of nice quality of life upgrades that I've wanted for a while. Here are some early thoughts: https://www.cnn.com/... [image]

• r/OculusQuest r on reddit

  Meta Quest 3 Hands-On Impressions!