Top Tech News – August 26: Meta CEO confirms next VR headset, iPhone sells for 2.8 million more

Last Update: 26 August 2022, 19:17 IST

Here’s your top tech news for August 26. (Image credit: News18)

Here are your top technology news of the day for August 26, 2022.

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So Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that Meta will launch a new VR headset in October. Speaking during the Joe Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg said that the new VR headset will come with eye and face tracking features. Now, Zuckerberg had hinted that the headset could be codenamed Project Cambria, and could be launched during the company’s annual Connect event. We don’t know much about the headset that Zuckerberg has confirmed, but the rumored Project Cambria could be named Meta Quest Pro when it launches.

Ahead of Apple’s iPhone launch event, the first generation Apple iPhone has been sold for around Rs 28 lakh in an auction in the United States. The first generation iPhone was sold for $35,000, which is close to Rs 28 lakh. The sealed-pack iPhone model was sold at an auction held at the RR auction house, in the original box containing a life-size image of the iPhone with 12 icons on the screen. During the same auction, an unpacked Apple iPod was sold for $25,000 (about Rs 20 lakh), and an Apple-1 circuit board was sold for over $677,000 (about Rs 5.4 crore).

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