Meta Lays Out AR and VR Plans in Updated Roadmap
As skepticism continues to swirl around its metaverse plans, Meta has laid out its vision for the future of AR and VR at the company, with its Reality Labs group presenting an updated roadmap to staff this week.
Meta’s key milestone map, at this stage, includes:
- The next stage of its smart glasses, with a heads-up display element, released in 2025
- Its first fully-fledged AR glasses to be released in 2027
- A more powerful Quest 3 headset will be launched later this year
- Its photorealistic Codec avatars are also getting closer to launch (facilitated by more powerful VR headsets)
AR could be a big opportunity, and while it’s still some time away, it’ll be interesting to see how Meta looks to promote and showcase its AR glasses, and whether it can be the first to market with full-functioning AR, which could see gain first-mover advantage.