{"id":155095,"date":"2025-06-03T15:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/155095\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:18:08","slug":"meta-reportedly-sidelined-quest-4-designs-for-a-goggles-like-mixed-reality-headset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/155095\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta reportedly sidelined \u2018Quest 4\u2019 designs for a goggles-like mixed-reality headset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Meta is pushing ahead with a lightweight headset that could come with a \u201ctethered compute puck\u201d that powers the device, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/meta-prioritizing-puffin-for-2026-pushing-out-quest-4-to-2027\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=bluesky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report from UploadVR<\/a>. Sources tell the outlet that Meta now aims to release the mixed-reality device by the end of 2026, while sidelining two Quest 4 headsets rumored to launch next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The forthcoming Quest 4 headsets \u2013 called \u201cPismo Low\u201d and \u201cPismo High\u201d internally \u2013 were rumored to come in a standard and premium variant. Now that they might be canceled, another Quest headset may be years away. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/8\/23\/24226856\/meta-vr-ar-la-jolla-rumor-quest-pro-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also abandoned plans<\/a> for its high-end La Jolla headset last year, which would\u2019ve arrived in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The Information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/8\/28\/24230746\/meta-mixed-reality-glasses-years-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported on<\/a> Meta\u2019s plans for a lightweight mixed-reality device, codenamed \u201cPuffin,\u201d in August 2024, saying it looks like a \u201cbulky pair of glasses\u201d and weighs just 110 grams. At the time, The Information reported that Meta would have to offload the processor and battery into a pocket-sized external pack to make the headset lighter. The device also reportedly won\u2019t come with controllers, allowing users to control it with their eyes and gestures instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth confirmed The Information\u2019s reporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/11\/24267633\/meta-hardware-glasses-quest-andrew-bosworth-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to The Verge\u2019s Alex Heath last year<\/a>, saying the company recently moved into the \u201cdiscovery\u201d phase of its development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">As reported by UploadVR, Meta is currently considering several different display options at varying prices, but it \u201chasn\u2019t yet settled on which it will ship.\u201d The device will also run HorizonOS, similar to Meta\u2019s Quest headsets, but it could be primarily designed for productivity and entertainment rather than gaming, according to UploadVR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meta is pushing ahead with a lightweight headset that could come with a \u201ctethered compute puck\u201d that powers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3162],"tags":[598,12,326,53,16,15,3243,3244,8260],"class_list":{"0":"post-155095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-meta","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-tech","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-virtual-reality","15":"tag-vr","16":"tag-wearable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}