Meta Connect conference: Highlights from Mark Zuckerberg’s speech

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday delivered a speech at the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

At the event Zuckerberg is expected to give an update on his plan to build an immersive metaverse, which he sees as the future of computing. 

The announcements are anticipated to indicate how Meta plans to navigate the shift to artificial intelligence from augmented and virtual reality technologies.

Key highlights

Zuckerberg announced Quest 3 Mixed Reality device.  The headset will start shipping on Oct. 10.

The Quest 3’s price start at $500. It boasts the same mixed-reality technology as in Meta’s Quest Pro device launched last year.

Zuckerberg said Roblox launching on VR.

Before the event, Meta said that it was delivering on a plan announced early last year to roll out mobile and Web versions of its flagship social VR platform Horizon Worlds.

 

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Updated: 27 Sep 2023, 11:28 PM IST