David Gewirtz/ZDNET Do wearers of eyeglasses in the real world need to wear those corrective lenses when exploring the virtual world with their Meta Quest 3 headset? And if so, what are their options? Here’s what’s baffled me about how manufacturers have presented their recent crop of AR/VR/XR (and, yes Apple, spacial computing) headsets. Most … Read more
“Malicious actors like this are persistent, and as we’ve said before, we’ve previously detected efforts to use other Pages and accounts in an attempt to amplify content related to him,” Ben Walters, a Meta spokesperson, tells WIRED. “We have and will continue to take action when we find inauthentic behavior, or content, or ads that … Read more
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In case you haven’t heard, the Meta Quest 2’s $249 holiday pricing is sticking around for good. That’s a natural progression for the second-gen VR headset, which launched in 2020 and was recently outclassed by the newer Meta Quest 3. What’s more, if you pick up a 128GB Quest 2 at Walmart right now, you’ll … Read more
One week ago today, Google disabled tracking cookies for 30 million Chrome users, amounting to just 1% of the 3 billion people who use the internet’s most popular browser. By the end of the year, Google will block these cookies entirely and replace them with a new tracking system that’s a bit more private called … Read more
Adtech giant Meta’s bid to keep tracking and profiling users of Facebook and Instagram in Europe in spite of the bloc’s comprehensive data protection laws is facing a second challenge from privacy rights advocacy group noyb. It’s supporting a new complaint, which is being filed with the Austrian data protection authority, that alleges the company … Read more
David Gewirtz/ZDNET If you’ve been paying any attention at all to ZDNET for the past half year or so, you know that one of the trends we find most intriguing is XR, the acronym used because AR/VR/MR (for augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality) is just too cumbersome. Like generative AI, XR in 2023 … Read more
Months after Meta launched its Quest 3 headset, the company is slashing prices for its older Quest 2 headset by $50 permanently. The 128GB version drops from $299 to $249 and the 256GB version drops from $349 to $299. Notably, the headset has been on sale at the new prices since Black Friday. However, Meta … Read more
Full Name/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysThe Zenni VR Prescription Lenses are an affordable, simple, and effective way to improve your Quest 3 experience.They can be prescribed with a Sphere (SPH) range of -9.00 to +6.00 and a Cylinder (CYL) range of -4.00 to +4.00.You’ll have to wait about a week for delivery, but that’s relatively fast for … Read more
If 2022 was the year the generative AI boom started, 2023 was the year of the generative AI panic. Just over 12 months since OpenAI released ChatGPT and set a record for the fastest-growing consumer product, it appears to have also helped set a record for fastest government intervention in a new technology. The US … Read more
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Set against a backdrop of the failed launch of Meta Quest Pro, its parent company scaling back its metaverse plans, and the long shadow cast by Apple’s entrance into mixed reality headsets with the Vision Pro announcement this summer, the Meta Quest 3 looked like a product that was destined to be one … Read more