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Meta unveils its much-hyped Quest Pro headset

October 12, 2022 at 05:03 pm IST

allowing users to see virtual creations and the real world at the same time

(Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO) "Quest Pro is the first in our new line of advanced headsets built to expand what's possible in VR."

The Quest Pro features several upgrades over Meta's existing Quest 2 headset

It has outward-facing cameras

that can capture a sort of 3D livestream of the physical environment around a wearer

It also has tracking sensors that can replicate users' eye movements and facial expressions

(Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO) "We're really excited to get this into your hands. And it's available for pre-order starting today for $1,499."

The launch is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's push to bring the metaverse to life

"Virtual reality isn't some obscure hobby anymore. Millions of people use it to play games, work out, collaborate, or just have fun. Everyone from the newest indie developers to the most established tech companies are getting into this space. But for virtual reality to really reach its full potential, we need to get to the point where the 200 million people who buy new PCs each year for work can do some or all of their work even better in the metaverse."

Zuckerberg has poured billions of dollars into building the metaverse

Reality Labs, the Meta unit responsible for bringing the metaverse to life

has lost about $16 billion since 2021

STORY: Meta has unveiled its much-hyped Quest Pro headset

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Mark Zuckerberg

Youngest billionaire in the world with 4 billion dollars in 2010, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the social networking site Facebook, was the 52nd richest men in the world in 2011 (according to Forbes). His personal fortune was estimated at $ 13.5 billion in 2011.

Graduated in 2003 from Phillips Exeter Academy, Mark Zuckerberg joined Harvard. Keen on informatics and gifted in programming, he created his first network aimed to rate the sex appeal of his friends by hacking photos on the servers of Harvard. The user has two portraits of girls and he has to vote for the sexiest girl. Success is dazzling: 22 000 connections in two hours.

In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg officially launched Facebook, a social network designed primarily for students of Harvard and other universities, the success was immediate. Little by little, Mark adds functionalities which allow to find people, communicate with them and to see friend in common.

In 2006, Facebook is opened to the public. The popularity of the social network growas each day and overtakes My Space.

Mark Zuckerberg used advertising based on behaviors of network users. Advertisers could easily target customers interested in their offers. But Mark Zuckerberg has to update constantly his securities policy. In 2010, 500 million people had a Facebook account.

In 2007, Microsoft spent $ 280 million to hold 1.7 % of the fastest growing social network. The Chinese billionaire spent $ 120 million to hold approximately 0.8% of Facebook.

In 2010, Facebook counted 500 million members and had a turnover of $ 500 million in 2009. It is the 5th most visited website in the world. In 2011, Mark Zuckerberg leaded the way of the most powerful figure according to Medias ahead Rupert Murdoch, Larry Page and Steve Jobs (The Guardian).

Mark Zuckerberg has been in trial twice, the first one against the Winklevoss twins who accused him of intellectual property offense, the second one against Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of The Facebook ( the first version of Facebook), who was his roommate at Harvard but also his best friend.

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