High-end dreams broken: Meta is revealed to have given up on launching a mixed reality headset in 2027

According to news from this site on August 23, The Information reported that Meta has canceled the mixed reality headset originally scheduled to be released in 2027, and has also given up on launching a high-end mixed reality headset. Note from this site: Mixed Reality refers to a new visual environment created by merging the real and virtual worlds, which combines the advantages of VR and AR, such as Apple Vision Pro. The Information said in June this year that Meta had begun research and development on a high-end head-mounted display project code-named La Jolla as early as November 2023.

▲ Meta Quest 3 headset and Meta Quest 3S headset In fact, the name La Jolla first appeared in a Meta internal hardware roadmap exposed by The Verge in March 2023. This roadmap not only accurately describes products such as Quest 3, but also reveals that the Quest Pro 2 project originally scheduled for release in 2024 has been canceled and replaced by a "more ambitious but unreachable" project codenamed La Jolla .
According to this roadmap, La Jolla will be equipped with a higher-resolution display, support "Codec Avatars" realistic avatar technology, and continue the rear battery design of Quest Pro. According to reports, Mark Rabkin, vice president of the Meta VR department, said: "We hope to give it a higher resolution to make it easier to work with, especially in terms of text display and other aspects."

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