Zuckerberg is surprised by the Apple Vision Pro, but thinks Meta Quest 3 is a better product

The executive director of Meta, Mark Zuckerberghas tested the new Vision Pro, and has acknowledged that he was surprised by the resolution of its screens and its eye-tracking technology, although he considers that its extended reality viewer, Meta Quest 3, is a better product than Apple’s.

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Vision Pro is Apple’s commitment to mixed reality (MR), which the American company presented in June 2023 and began selling in the United States on February 2, at a price starting at $3,499.

According to the executive director of the technology firm, Tim Cook, it is “the most advanced consumer electronics device ever created”, which runs on the visionOS system, enables a three-dimensional user interface and allows interaction with applications with hands, voice and eyes.

Zuckerberg has had the opportunity to test this product and has shared his impressions through his social networks, where he has highlighted some of the aspects that have surprised him the most and has made a comparison between this viewer and the Meta Quest 3.

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Firstly, he has acknowledged that the Vision Pro screen has a higher resolution, although the brightness of the Quest 3 is better and its image is sharper, maintaining that Apple’s glasses register blurring when the user moves while using them.

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As details against the Apple product, the manager has highlighted that it is heavier than his (around 120 grams) and has criticized that the technological brand has sacrificed aspects such as ergonomics or the comfort of its viewer to achieve higher quality. graph.

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On behalf of Quest, it has highlighted that it supports precision controllers “that they are great for games” and that, although both include hand tracking technology, that of their visor “is a little more precise” than that of Vision Pro.

Another aspect that he mentioned in this video is Apple’s eye tracking system, which he said that “it’s really nice”, although he has pointed out that it is not something new or exclusive to those from Cupertino. “Actually, we had those sensors in Quest Pro, we removed them from Quest 3 and we will return to them in the future,” she said.

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On the other hand, Zuckerberg has said that Vision Pro has a nice interface, but that “It is not perfect” for writing or carrying perform complex tasks, which create the need to have a keyboard or controller near the viewer.

With this, he insisted that Quest 3 has a “much deeper” content library than Apple’s, recalling that Meta has worked with studios and creators of virtual and mixed reality games.

A customer tests their Vision Pro at the Apple Vision Pro launch at Apple The Grove in Los Angeles. Photo: AFP

In addition, he stressed that his headset is “seven times less expensive” than the Vision Pro and that Quest 3 “is better for most of the things people use virtual reality for.” Hence, he not only believes “that Quest has more value” than the one developed by Apple, but “It is the best product, period”he has sentenced.

Finally, he said that many consumers assume that Apple’s viewer is better because it is more expensive and has questioned whether the Cupertino company has become the leader in the viewer sector. ““The future is not yet written,” it is finished.

Source: Elcomercio