Apple Vision Pro
hit the market at the beginning of February and quickly managed to position itself at the center of the global tech scene.
After the crossed opinions of Elon Musk and Sam Altman, the one who raised his voice is now
Mark Zuckerberg
:
Meta's CEO stated that the Quest 3 is superior to Manzanita's new "spatial computing" device.
In a video shared on his Instagram
profile
, Zuckerberg stated that he has been testing Apple Vision Pro for a few days and believes that
Meta Quest 3 is better in almost every aspect
and that it offers the
same features for a lower price
.
However, he admitted that he was impressed by all the hardware on the device.
The CEO of Meta also stated that he is quite surprised that Meta Quest 3 is
better in the vast majority of aspects
for that price difference,
about seven times cheaper
, as he said.
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Among his categorical phrases against Apple's big bet in the field of mixed reality, he added that the future is not written, that it must be invented.
And not only that, he shamelessly said that the "fanboys" would be "annoyed" by his criticism of Apple's product.
Zuckerberg also claimed that his mixed reality headset
is more comfortable
than the Apple Vision Pro because it is much lighter, has a wider field of view, and is wire-free due to the built-in battery.
Zuckerberg stated that his mixed reality headset is more comfortable and lighter than the Vision Pro (Photo: Bloomberg)
However, he acknowledged that the Vision Pro's
high-resolution screen
and
eye-tracking sensors
(which will arrive in future versions of the Quest) are very nice, although he believes they have been added to compensate for the ergonomics and comfort of the device.
Finally, he pointed out that the visionOS App Store still
lacks the necessary applications
to take advantage of the device despite having more than 600 adapted applications, something that does not happen with Quest 3, which has a wide library of applications to take advantage of the device.
These opinions are not surprising, although it is surprising that an executive shares his impressions about a competing product on his social networks.
Meta Quest 3, the latest mixed reality headset.
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In fact, the comments made by Zuckerberg generated rejection from those who believe that
Apple headphones really represent the future.
Others
They compared the video to the moment when
Steve Ballmer
, former CEO of Microsoft, mocked the launch of the first generation of the iPhone in a note with CNBC.
"We sell millions of phones a year and Apple sells 0 phones a year, we will see next year how the competition goes," he said in 2007.
Meta Quest 3 vs.
Apple Vision Pro: which is better?
Mark Zuckerberg pushes the concept of "metaverse."
(Photo: Facebook - Oculus)
Beyond Mark Zuckerberg's opinion, those who tested both mixed reality glasses made the comparison in three key aspects -
video games, screens and optics and price
- to determine which is better.
In the gamer section, for example, Meta Quest 3 has a
wide library of virtual reality games
and is compatible with previous versions, which means that when you buy it you can run those created for previous versions of the device.
For its part,
Apple Vision Pro so far has few native game options
for virtual reality.
However, you can play the most popular iPad games on large flat windows.
If it comes to the quality of the screens and optics,
Apple Vision Pro has clear advantages
, according to the first tests.
It features more than twice the resolution of the Quest 3, making it ideal for viewing details and reading small text.
However, some reviewers mentioned a smaller field of view area.
Meanwhile, Meta Quest 3 boasts a
much wider horizontal field of view
of 110 degrees, providing an immersive feeling in the virtual world.
But
the biggest difference between the two is in their value
, as Zuckerberg mentioned.
Meta's product starts at
$499.99
and comes with 128GB of storage.
This variable can be expanded to 512 GB, but for an additional $150.
The Vision Pro, on the other hand, continues with the premise of the rest of the products in the Apple ecosystem: there are three options whose price increases along with storage.
The standard version is priced at an exorbitant
$3,499
for 256GB, the 512GB variant costs $3,699, and the 1TB variant scales to $3,899, respectively.
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