Meta Quest Pro is primarily aimed at business customers

Meta presented new VR glasses at this year’s “Connect” developer conference. With the Meta Quest Pro, the US group primarily wants to attract business customers to its Metaverse. However, the VR glasses should not come to Germany for the time being.

Meta’s Connect developer conference this year brought about one major innovation in particular: the new VR glasses Meta Quest Pro. According to Meta, the new device is “perfect for work” and is primarily aimed at business customers.

According to Mark Zuckerberg, “VR can be a very powerful tool for social connection.” The new VR glasses from the tech group should “bring more of it into the work context”. Architects, engineers, contractors and designers in particular should benefit from the new device.

It’s made for collaboration and creativity, and with the built-in mixed reality you can do things that weren’t possible before.

Price: The Meta Quest Pro costs around $1,500

According to Meta, the new VR glasses, which come at a steep price of around 1,500 US dollars, should help users “feel more present, even if they are spatially separated”.

In the same breath, Meta has also partnered with Microsoft. Because the software company also wants to bring its conference tool Teams to the Metaverse. Meetings and video conferences should be possible from the classic computer, but also with VR glasses.

Meta Quest Pro: These innovations are offered by the VR glasses

Better optics than the predecessor

Compared to the previous Quest 2 model, the new Quest Pro has a lot more to offer. For example, Meta has installed a processor that, with 50 percent more power, has greatly improved the optics in particular.

Because the resolution of the new Meta Quest Pro is four times better than its predecessor. But the brightness could also be increased in this way.

The pancake optics, which offer 75 percent more contrast than the Quest 2, also contribute to this. Meta primarily wants to make reading documents and e-mails with the glasses easier.

The pancake look also affects the weight of the VR glasses. Because with the new model, the load could be better distributed and so there is less weight on the front of the glasses.

transfer facial expressions and gestures

But not only the view for users should improve. The face that is in the glasses is also more in focus with the Meta Quest Pro. So there should not only be eye tracking, but also facial expressions should be recorded.

Meta wants to “make avatars look more natural in VR”. The VR glasses can also better support non-verbal communication by tracking the hands.

New design and new controllers

Meta gave the VR glasses a “slim and open design”. For users, this means improved peripheral vision so they can better perceive their environment.

In the future, the controllers will be supplied with an additional pen tip to enable “natural writing and sketching” – for example on a whiteboard.

Meta Quest Pro is not coming to Germany for the time being

But for the time being there is bad news for VR fans in Germany. Then as the Handelsblatt reported there is a sales stop for the new Meta glasses in this country.

But not only the Meta Quest Pro is affected by the sales stop. “The sales stop currently applies to all VR devices, including the new headset,” explains a meta spokesman Handelsblatt.

This has been in effect since 2020 due to abuse proceedings before the Federal Cartel Office. It is criticized that a Facebook account is a prerequisite for using the VR glasses. Since the procedure is not yet complete, the sale has not yet resumed.

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