Meta's new VR glasses weigh 100 grams because there's nothing

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Meta's new VR glasses weigh 100 grams because there's nothing computing inside them. No chip, no battery, not even a tracking coprocessor. All of it lives in a puck in your pocket, connected through a fiber optic cable. That one decision is the whole product. Apple went halfway with Vision Pro. They moved the battery to an external pack but kept the M2 and R1 chips on your face, and the headset landed at over 600 grams. Weight became the most common complaint in reviews. Meta went the rest of…

ChrisGPT@ChrisGPT8h ago

🚨 META JUST UNVEILED THE VR GLASSES 100 grams on your face - about the weight of a deck of cards. Meta says it has “the best display system that we have ever made,” and people in the demo were literally saying “it is like a computer” and “you could edit a whole movie just using the table.” As Mark explained this is cinema, computer, and a game console all in one, with 3D space, virtual screens, hand occlusion, and DisplayPort over USB-C. James Cameron’s reaction is probably the best quote in the whole segment “I’m inspired by what you’ve created. I’d like to see my work in these glasses.” I am completely one shotted these look amazing!