Meta Connect 2024

Engadget Podcast: PS5 Pro hands-on and Meta’s wild Orion AR glasses
27 Sep

Engadget Podcast: PS5 Pro hands-on and Meta’s wild Orion AR glasses

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We've finally had a chance to try the PlayStation 5 Pro and Engadget's Jessica Conditt has come away impressed. In this episode, Devindra and Jess chat about what the PS5 Pro does well, and discuss who a $700 console is actually meant for. Also, coming off of Meta Connect 2024, Karissa Bell joins to chat about her time with the Quest 3S, as well as her thoughts about Meta's Orion AR headset and AI plans.Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you've got suggestions or topics you'd like covered on the show, be sure to email…
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Meta’s Orion holographic avatars will (eventually) be in VR too
26 Sep

Meta’s Orion holographic avatars will (eventually) be in VR too

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The biggest reveal at Meta’s Connect event was its long-promised AR glasses, Orion. As expected, the prototype, each of which reportedly costs around $10,000, won’t be ready for the public any time soon.In the meantime, Meta offered a glimpse of its new holographic avatars, which will allow people to talk with lifelike holograms in augmented reality. The holograms are Meta’s Codec Avatars, a technology it’s been working on for several years. Mark Zuckerberg teased a version of this last year when he participated in a podcast interview “in the metaverse.”That technology may now be closer than we think. Following the…
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Everything Announced at Meta Connect 2024: Quest 3S, Orion AR glasses and Meta AI updates
25 Sep

Everything Announced at Meta Connect 2024: Quest 3S, Orion AR glasses and Meta AI updates

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Although Meta Connect 2024 lacked a marquee high-end product for the holiday season, it still included a new budget VR headset and a tease of the “magic glasses” Meta’s XR gurus have been talking about for the better part of a decade. In addition, the company keeps plowing forward with new AI tools for its Ray-Ban glasses and social platforms. Here’s everything the company announced at Meta Connect 2024.Orion AR glasses MetaToday’s best mixed reality gear — like Apple’s Vision Pro and the Meta Quest 3 — are headsets with passthrough video capabilities. But the tech industry eventually wants to…
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Meta Connect 2024: Cheaper Quest 3S, AI, AR and everything else you can expect at the metaverse event
25 Sep

Meta Connect 2024: Cheaper Quest 3S, AI, AR and everything else you can expect at the metaverse event

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Update, September 25, 11:15AM ET: It's Meta's big day! You can follow the event as it happens with commentary from Karissa Bell and Devindra Hardawar in our Meta Connect 2024 live updates story. The original article follows below.In the past, the biggest AR/VR event of the year has been known alternately as Oculus Connect and then Facebook Connect. But whatever the name, Meta’s fall event its primary showcase for the company’s latest and greatest achievements in the virtual reality and mixed reality space. Much like last year, we can likely predict the biggest news coming out of Meta Connect 2024…
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Meta Connect 2024: The cheaper Quest 3S, AI, smart glasses and everything else to expect
21 Sep

Meta Connect 2024: The cheaper Quest 3S, AI, smart glasses and everything else to expect

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It used to go by at least two different names — Oculus Connect and then Facebook Connect — but whatever the moniker, Meta’s fall event is still a big showcase for the company’s latest and greatest achievements in the virtual reality and mixed reality space. Much like last year, we can likely predict the biggest news coming out of Meta Connect 2024 with just two acronyms: AI and AR.Like every other big tech firm this year, Meta will be desperate to demonstrate how it plans to stay relevant in a future powered by AI. And now that we're seven months…
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Everything to expect at Meta Connect 2024: AR, AI and the cheaper Quest 3S
15 Sep

Everything to expect at Meta Connect 2024: AR, AI and the cheaper Quest 3S

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It used to go by at least two different names — Oculus Connect and then Facebook Connect — but whatever the moniker, Meta’s fall event is still a big showcase for the company’s latest and greatest achievements in the virtual reality and mixed reality space. Much like last year, we can likely predict the biggest news coming out of Meta Connect 2024 with just two acronyms: AI and AR.Like every other big tech firm this year, Meta will be desperate to demonstrate how it plans to stay relevant in a future powered by AI. And now that we're seven months…
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