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Last year at 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 rebranded Meta came back this year for its next big announcement: legs. Yes, avatars are going to get legs — our disembodied torsos will finally assume their bipedal form.
Okay, fine, we all know that the biggest announcement today was the anticipated Me

Pre-order now to unlock an adorable Mini Crewmate hat.Meta Connect 2022 was chock full of exciting announcements. We even got an official release date for Among Us VR, a VR adaptation of the hit multiplayer deduction game from Robot Teddy, Schell Games, and Innersloth.Some lucky folks were able to sign up for early gameplay with their beta back in August, leaving us slowpokes who didn’t sign up in time out in the cold. Now we can all play when the game becomes available on the Steam, Meta

There’s a lot to talk about after our time with Quest Pro. In our prior article we talked about the experience using Meta’s new MR headset. Here we’ll get into the nitty gritty of the headset’s capabilities and performance.Read Our Key Quest Pro Coverage:
Quest Pro Revealed – Specs, Price, & Release Date
Quest Pro Hands-on – The Dawn of the Mixed Reality Headset Era
Touch Pro Controllers Revealed for Quest Pro, Also Compatible with Quest 2
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Everything you need to know about Meta’s new all-in-one VR headset.
After long last, Meta has officially unveiled the Meta Quest Pro (formerly Project Cambria), a high-powered VR headset with full-color mixed reality capabilities. The first in a new line of high-end devices, the highly-anticipated standalone headset was revealed this morning at Meta Connect 2022, during which the company shared a plethora of information regarding specs, pricing, accessories, and more.
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Quest Pro has finally been revealed and we were lucky enough to be among the first to get a hands-on demo with this interesting new standalone VR MR headset.
If you want to see the full specs and release details of Quest Pro, see our article hereWe’ve always called Quest 2 a VR headset. Because, while it has gained some passthrough AR capabilities since launch, it was still clearly far better at VR than AR—and most of its actual usage reflects that.
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Today during Meta Connect the company finally revealed its high-end Quest Pro headset (formerly called Project Cambria). Priced at $1,500, the headset packs a new Snapdragon XR2+ processor along with a bevy of sensors for tracking the user’s expressions and the world around them for improved passthrough AR capabilities. Alongside new and improved controllers, the company also revealed the full Quest Pro specs, pre-order date, and release date.https://youtu.be/WM6McbYlOx8
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At Connect today Meta unveiled Quest Pro, its high-end VR headset which includes AR capabilities thanks to full-color passthrough. Before you plonk down $1,500 on the kit and caboodle though, you might actually be able to try it before you buy.Starting October 14th, you’ll be able to mess around in Quest Pro at the company’s physical Meta Store in Burlingame, California.
It’s also confirmed to be in-store at select locations across three countries: the US, UK, and France. 

Meta and Microsoft today announced at Connect that starting in 2023 the Quest platform is getting a host of Windows productivity tools along with the ability to use Windows 11 via the cloud.First, here’s a list of what’s coming to the Quest platform:Microsoft Teams immersive meeting experiences for Meta Quest: Connect,share, and collaborate in Teams immersive experiences.
Microsoft Windows 365: Stream the Windows experience on Quest Pro and Quest 2 devices, and access your personaliz

Meta today unveiled Quest Pro, it’s next high-end VR headset which is capable of AR interactions thanks to full-color passthrough. The company confirmed Quest Pro is fully backwards compatible with Quest 2, and also supports Oculus Link and Air Link for PC VR play.Meta says Quest Pro includes a full Wi-Fi 6E experience in the 6GHz broadband spectrum, and can deliver up to 1.6Gbps of throughput, which is notably double the bandwidth over Quest 2 Wi-Fi capabilities.
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Meta today officially unveiled Quest Pro, its high-end VR headset capable of AR interactions thanks to full-color passthrough. Since you’re shelling out $1,500 for the headset and controllers though, you might as well take a look around at what else the company has to offer.Quest Pro already comes with a charging dock in the box; it’s an easier way of making sure your battery is always topped up—something you’ll need since Quest Pro’s battery only lasts between

Meta today officially unveiled Quest Pro, its high-end VR headset capable of AR interactions thanks to full-color passthrough. Since you’re shelling out $1,500 for the headset and controllers though, you might as well take a look around at what else the company has to offer.Quest Pro already comes with a charging dock in the box; it’s an easier way of making sure your battery is always topped up—something you’ll need since Quest Pro’s battery only lasts between

Despite a flood of leaks leading up to its official unveiling, there’s one thing we definitely didn’t know about Quest Pro before today: its battery life. And at Connect, Meta revealed we should expect between one to two hours of usage with the company’s $1,500 standalone.Meta says Quest Pro users can extend runtime by using the two-meter charging cable included in-box. You can also probably get away with some sort of external battery, although Meta hasn’t said as much.
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Meta’s new Quest Pro headset includes Touch Pro controllers which come with a bevy upgrades, and they’ll work with Quest 2 as well.Meta says that Quest Pro and Quest 2 will co-exist as high-end and entry-level headset lines, and there’s perhaps no clearer evidence of this than that the company has taken the time to make its new Touch Pro controllers compatible with both headsets.
See Also: Quest Pro Revealed with Snapdragon XR2+, Face-tracking, & More; Ships October 25

We already know that Meta wants us to go to the office in virtual reality — but what about “The Office”?
As part of a multiyear partnership with NBCUniversal, NBCUniversal’s streaming app Peacock is coming to the Meta Quest virtual reality headset.
“Starting next year, Meta and NBCU will co-create experiences around The Office, Universal Monsters, DreamWorks, Blumhouse, Halloween Horror Nights and so much more,” said Vishal Shah, Meta’s VP of Metaverse,

Social party game Among Us rose to viral success in the midst of the pandemic. Calls to bring the game’s ‘imposter-hunting’ gameplay to VR were immediate, and unofficial VR versions of the game sprang up in no time. Now the full blown Among Us VR remake is on the verge of release, as it’s slated to arrive November 10th.Update (October 11th, 2022): At Connect 2022, Innersloth, Robot Teddy and Schell Games announced Among Us VR is coming to Quest 2 and PC VR

Among the flashy product reveals and developer talks, Meta’s annual XR developer conference Connect usually includes a few nuggets of info on how the overall app ecosystem is doing. This year the company revealed its Quest app store is apparently doing better than ever.Meta revealed that of the over 400 apps in the Quest Store, roughly 1 in 3 are making revenue in the millions. To boot, a few of those apps surpassed the $1 million mark in just a few days. And of those 400+ apps, 33 ti

At Connect 2022 today, Camouflaj and Meta announced they’re bringing Marvel’s Iron Man VR out of PSVR exclusivity and releasing it on Meta Quest 2 next month.Developed by Camouflaj and Endeavor One, Iron Man VR is officially coming to Quest 2 on November 3rd.
When it launched on PSVR in July 2020, we gave Iron Man VR a rating of ‘Great’ in our full review, later awarding it with the PSVR Game of the Year in 2020 thanks to its unique mechanics, str

Meta announced at its Connect developer conference today that the company has acquired three more VR game studios, bringing its total to nine such acquisitions over the past two years.Joining Meta’s Oculus Studios is Camouflaj (Marvel’s Iron Man VR), Twisted Pixel (Wilson’s Heart, Path of the Warrior), and Armature Studio (Resident Evil 4 VR port for Quest 2).
Meta says it’ll be “a while” before they can reveal what they’re working on, however the s

Skydance Interactive, the studio behind the wildly successful zombie shooter The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, today revealed their next VR game: Behemoth.Debuted at Connect today, Behemoth is still largely a mystery. The team says the Quest 2 and Rift S title is being “built from the ground up to showcase everything Skydance Interactive has learned about what it means to fight for your very survival in VR.”
Although only pure speculation, it seems like Behemoth is a survival gam

It’s been a little over two years since The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) shambled onto VR headsets, serving up 20+ hours of zombie-slaying nightmare fuel. Now the developers say its standalone sequel, Chapter 2: Retribution, is coming to VR in December.Update (October 11th, 2022): Meta and Skydance Interactive today announced The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution is coming to Quest 2 on December 1st, 2022.
The studio has