{"id":157486,"date":"2025-06-04T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157486\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:36:12","slug":"the-next-meta-vr-device-may-not-look-like-a-quest-headset-at-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/157486\/","title":{"rendered":"The next Meta VR device may not look like a Quest headset at all"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last two years saw the launches of the Meta Quest 3<\/a> and Quest 3S<\/a> VR headsets, but it sounds like we’ll have to wait a bit for the next one. It also sounds like the next one will be something a little different.<\/p>\n

UploadVR<\/a> reported that Meta’s next head-worn VR device might launch in 2026, but it likely won’t be a big, bulky VR headset like we’re used to seeing from Quest devices. Instead, the new report claims it will be a more open, lightweight headset with a tethered puck for processing power, rather than putting all the hardware in the headset itself. That’s not dissimilar to the Apple Vision Pro<\/a>, but there is at least one big difference worth noting.<\/p>\n

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According to an older report by The Information<\/a> that originally shed light on this new Meta device, codenamed “Puffin,” it looks more like a pair of big glasses than a headset and weighs less than 100g. That would be significantly lighter than the Vision Pro, which by Apple’s own admission<\/a> is about a 600g device. Puffin would also allegedly not include controllers, instead opting for control via hand gestures. That would limit its viability as a gaming device, but the existence of Puffin may not necessarily preclude the existence of another, more traditional Quest headset somewhere down the line.<\/p>\n

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Whatever ends up happening, it seems pretty clear that VR companies are finally discovering what the rest of us figured out years ago: Most people just don’t want to wear a big, bulky computer on their faces that much.<\/p>\n

Plus, with Zuckerberg’s focus on AR glasses<\/a> as the next big frontier in tech, we’re not surprised to see Meta shift away from headsets and toward more glasses-like wearables.<\/p>\n

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