On May 24, 2024, at the Viva Technology exhibition held at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center in Paris, France, a visitor wore a virtual reality headset Meta Quest to participate in the immersive experience stage.
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Yuan Ambitious plans to develop Metaverse still cost the company billions of dollars each season.
as part of a company Second quarter financial report Wednesday’s report showed that Meta’s Reality Labs unit, which owns augmented reality and virtual reality technology, recorded an operating loss of $4.48 billion. Analysts polled by StreetAccount expected losses of $4.55 billion.
The CEO emphasized that since the end of 2020, the Reality Labs unit has suffered a cumulative loss of approximately US$50 billion. Mark Zuckerberg’s Massive investment in hardware and software will underpin what he calls the next era of personal computing.
Reality Labs’ revenue mainly comes from the company’s Quest series VR headsets and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, with revenue of US$353 million, an increase of 28% from US$276 million in the same period last year. Analysts expect the unit to bring in $371 million in revenue.
September, Yuan Debut The Quest 3 VR headset starts at $499. A few months later, Apple freed Vision Pro VR and AR headsets start at $3,500. June, CNBC report That apple The Vision Pro headphones are now available in China, with retail prices starting at 29,999 yuan ($4,128).
With the VR market still in its infancy, Meta has been promoting its products smart glasses, which was co-developed with Ray-Ban. Zuckerberg tip Advances in artificial intelligence and related large language models have improved the capabilities of smart glasses.
In early July, Francesco Milleri, CEO of EssilorLuxottica, the parent company of Ray-Ban, said: Tell Analysts said Meta plans to become a shareholder in the European eyewear maker, expanding the partnership between the two companies that has existed since 2020.
Meta second generation smart glasses Available in October, starting at $299. Zuckerberg said during an earnings call with analysts in April that “there could be a meaningful market for stylish artificial intelligence glasses without a display.”
