Meta is trying VR glasses (again), this time with more IMAX

Meta's return to the VR glasses realm comes with a promising combination of light weight form factor and enhanced entertainment options. Meta is renewing its quest to make virtual reality a thing. At Connect on Wednesday, the company announced Meta VR Glasses, its newest entry into the VR market. These glasses actually seem quite promising given their substantially lighter form factor and a host of new entertainment integrations — including (allegedly) IMAX compatibility. Moments before unveiling the VR glasses, MEta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reminded the audience that the company had decided awhile back to focus less on Metaverse and to build fewer VR devices until it has real breakthroughs. “This is a breakthrough,” he exclaimed before showing off the glasses.

“A lot of people agree that augmented reality glasses with holograms are clearly going to be part of the future, but we’ve also heard that a lot of people are less interested in wearing a headset. So we have built a new kind of VR device that delivers the same magical feeling of presence and immersion with high-resolution displays and views of the world around you in a form factor that is a pair of glasses for the first time.” The company says that the glasses are five times lighter than the Meta Quest 3 — and they look much