Mark Zuckerberg told the Meta staff that he has every reason to be optimistic after learning the first information about the VR/AR headset presented by Apple. They’re seven times more expensive than what Meta sells, you need a battery you can keep in your pocket, and Apple hasn’t even found a “magic solution” to a number of problems, the Facebook chief says, quoted The Verge.

Zuckerberg reportedly told employees that the Apple Vision Pro does NOT have any revolutionary technology that the Meta hasn’t already explored, and said that while the resolution is much better than the Meta terminals, the Apple Vision Pro costs seven times more than the upcoming Meta Quest 3, which will be released in the fall.

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Here it must be said that the characteristics of the Apple gadget are clearly superior in all parameters to VR headsets costing $500-700, but the price of $3,500 is the biggest disadvantage of Vision Pro.

Zukeberg said Meta wants to bring affordable devices to as many people as possible, and that “tens of millions” of Quest terminals have been sold.

The Meta executive said that Apple made a “design compromise” because the battery is external and connected by a cable. “It might make sense for the use they have in mind.”

Zuckerberg also said that while Apple has laid out its vision for the future of computing, Facebook is not following that path. Specifically, he says, the Meta sees the metauniverse as an environment with a social presence where people interact and come together in a variety of ways.

“Our vision is for people to be active and do different things. The difference is that all the demos they (Apple na) have shown show people sitting alone on the couch.”

It must be said that for several reasons, Apple did NOT say the word metaverse in the Vision Pro presentation, but mostly meant “spatial computing”.

Zuckerberg spoke of a “real philosophical difference” in Meta’s and Apple’s approaches to the issue.

“Seeing what they’ve shown us and how they want to compete with us makes me even more excited and even more optimistic that we’re doing what matters and that we’re going to be successful. But it will be a funny road.”