Mark Zuckerberg continues to criticize the Apple Vision Pro spatial reality glasses and thinks that the Quest is still better.
According to TechNewsSpace , Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg continues to make criticism aimed at Apple's Vision Pro mixed reality glasses, which went on sale last month.
This time, in a conversation with Benedict Evans, a partner at Mosaic Ventures, on the social network Threads, Zuckerberg argued that the "compromises" Apple had to make when creating the Vision Pro made the $3,500 product inferior to the Meta Quest headset, which costs only $500.
"While the Vision Pro has many limitations, I was really confused when Meta's VR engineers claimed it was essentially the same as the Quest," Evans said. "When Apple was selling a device that was so close to what Meta wanted released in the next 3-5 years, as well as the Quest being sold at a price that Apple wants to reach in 3-5 years."
Mark Zuckerberg continues to criticize Apple Vision Pro and promote Meta Quest.
Apparently, Zuckerberg was not pleased with this comparison. He said: "I don't think we think the devices are the same. We claim the Quest is better. If in the next 3-5 years our devices become equivalent to the competition, when the image motion blur or lack of input precision, etc. then it means we're going backwards."
"Yes, their device has higher resolution, but they have made other trade-off adjustments that make their device worse in many ways. This is not what we're aiming for." coming", Zuckerberg emphasized.
Apple has now sold more than 200,000 Vision Pro units since it began accepting pre-orders in January. As for Meta, the company has sold 20 million Quest glasses from the time of launch in 2019 - February 2023. Meta's financial report for the fourth quarter of 2023 showed that Reality Labs' revenue exceeded $1 billion for the first time, which the company attributed to strong sales of Quest glasses during the holiday season year.
Interestingly, Evans and Zuckerberg went on to discuss the pros and cons of higher resolution on the Vision Pro. Ultimately, the Meta head said Apple's decision to trade better ergonomics and sharp motion images for high resolution can hardly be considered a win, especially when "the Quest's prize is also quite high."
