Meta Will Collaborate With LG Electronics, Create A High Headset Competiting Vision Pro
JAKARTA - Meta will reportedly partner with LG Electronics to release a new mixed reality headset as a strategy in defeating Apple's Vision Pro.
The headset will reportedly use LG screens as well as other components of its subsidiary, LG Innotek, which will be priced at around US$2,000 or equivalent to Rp30 million.
This high-end collaboration model will be launched in 2025 with speculation of naming, Meta Quest 4 Pro. The inclusion of 'Pro' in its name suggests the device may indeed be the result of a 2025 collaboration with LG.
There are no further details regarding the specifications and how the screen of the expensive headset itself is. Meanwhile, Apple embeds a micro-OLED screen on Vision Pro which makes it resemble a pair of ski glasses featuring 23 million pixels.
Apple's advanced screen can be controlled using the eyes, hands and voice of its users. There is also a pair of high-resolution cameras that will send more than one billion pixels per second to the screen, so users can clearly see the world around.
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The system helps Vision Pro users to deliver accurate head and hand tracking and real-time 3D mapping, while understanding hand movements from various positions.
In addition, the report also states that Meta next year will also release a low-cost Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR) headset at a price of below 200 US dollars (Rp. 3 million).
If this news is true, it will be a huge price drop for Quest users, where Quest 2 sells for $299 after Meta had tried to raise prices, and Quest 3 to come was announced at a price of 499 US dollars (Rp7.6 million), as quoted from Maeil Business Newspaper via The Verge, Tuesday, September 5.