At last year's Meta Connect, the company then known as Facebook dropped a bombshell: It would now be known as Meta and focus on building the metaverse. After investing billions of dollars into the future of virtual reality, the renamed Meta came back this year for its next big announcement. Our torsos are going to assume their bipedal form, and that's a good thing.
We all know that the biggest announcement was the Meta Quest Pro, a high-end virtual reality headset. Meta revealed a number of updates in its plan to dominate virtual reality.
The CEO and other executives of Meta revealed their plans at the event.
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The image is called Meta.
The image is called Meta.
The Quest Pro is available for pre-order now and will be released on October 25.
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