Meta Confirms Quest Pro 2 Cancelation & 2027 Ultralight Headset

Meta’s CTO confirmed to The Verge earlier reporting about two 2027 headsets, one canceled and the opposite being labored on.

The reporting in query got here from The Info again in August. The outlet first reported that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and CTO Andrew Bosworth canceled La Jolla, the high-end headset they’d deliberate for 2027 that probably would have been a Quest Professional 2. 5 days later, it reported that on the identical assembly this choice was made, they greenlit an ultralight headset with a tethered compute puck for a similar yr.

Meta Reportedly Cancels Quest Pro 2

Meta has reportedly canceled the high-end headset it planned for 2027 due to the high cost of its micro-OLED displays.

Meta Plans Ultralight Headset With Tethered Puck For 2027

Meta reportedly plans a new extremely light headset with a tethered compute & battery puck for 2027 instead of the canceled Quest Pro 2.

Within the newest version of his publication, The Verge’s Alex Heath writes that in his dialogue with Bosworth whereas he was at Meta making an attempt the Orion AR glasses prototype, Bosworth confirmed these two reported selections and defined Meta’s method to growing new {hardware}.

In line with Heath, Bosworth cited the “tepid reaction” to the unique Quest Professional because the reasoning for canceling La Jolla. However arguably extra curiously, Bosworth detailed the phases of Meta’s {hardware} improvement cycle:

1. Pre-Discovery: a devoted workforce is at all times “prototyping the craziest stuff”, making a “proof of expertise” for every concept.
2. Discovery: a “small quantity” of Pre-Discovery ideas are accepted by govt evaluation to proceed to the Discovery section, the place “a couple of” staff study the practicalities of business design and value.
3. Prototyping: if deemed sensible, Discovery ideas are prototyped, involving “perhaps 10 occasions extra individuals”, who construct built-in {hardware} and software program to convey the idea to life.
4. Engineering Validation Take a look at: “roughly half” of these prototypes go to this ultimate stage, the place they’re placed on the product roadmap. Of those EVTs, Meta executives apparently kill “about half” earlier than they ship, whereas the others launch to the general public.

Heath says Bosworth advised him the ultralight headset with a puck, codenamed Puffin, was moved from Pre-Discovery to Discovery. Meaning it may nonetheless be killed off in Prototyping or the EVT section.

There isn’t any point out of what stage La Jolla was at.