It's official: we're getting a new Oculus VR headset – but it's not the Quest 3 - SociallyKeeda

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Mark Zuckerberg lastly lifted the lid on Oculus' subsequent VR headset at Facebook Connect 2021 – and it's known as Project Cambria.

Coming in some unspecified time in the future subsequent 12 months, Project Cambria is not a Quest machine (so neither the Oculus Quest 3 nor a direct successor to the Oculus Quest 2), but shall be appropriate with Quest gadgets, so says the firm.

It will arrive as a part of Facebook's push to introduce a number of new combined actuality merchandise "advancing the state of the art" in years to return.

Details about Project Cambria are few and much between at this level – we solely caught a temporary glimpse of the product itself in a brief teaser video – but Zuckerberg confirmed that it will boast chopping-edge options that Facebook can’t but embody in its current Oculus Quest lineup.

As such, it will be priced at the increased finish of the VR {hardware} spectrum, although the firm hasn't disclosed particular figures on that entrance.

In phrases of what these chopping-edge options shall be, we all know Project Cambria shall be able to actual-time face and eye monitoring, and sport cameras that move excessive-decision video to its inner screens.

This know-how will enable the headset to replicate individuals's facial feelings in avatars – consistent with the firm's new push in the direction of a 'metaverse' – and likewise allow Project Cambria a a lot slimmer kind issue in comparison with even the greatest VR headsets on the market proper now.

Elsewhere at the occasion, Facebook introduced that it's formally altering its identify to Meta.

Analysis: Is this the 'Oculus Pro'?

It's not but clear whether or not this mysterious Project Cambria is in truth the lengthy-rumored 'Oculus Pro' headset, but judging by the similarities between current leaked data surrounding a new Oculus headset and what was proven at Facebook Connect, we're pretty assured that it's.

Quest Pro / Seacliff [thread]discovered by Samulia in the Seacliff firmware pic.twitter.com/0pGODx2HCpOctober 24, 2021

Dubbed a showcase for 'Seacliff firmware,' the above video appears to incorporate a machine comparable in design to Project Cambria, one getting used to strive on completely different outfits for a participant's avatar.

Given the normal push in the direction of the elevated use of avatars in the firm's formidable 'metaverse' undertaking at Facebook Connect, too, we're assured that this video – leaked prematurely of the occasion but not truly proven – is certainly making reference to Project Cambria.

We'll have to attend for more particulars on the firm's model new VR headset, but it's clear that Facebook's unexpectedly-named Project Cambria goals to push the boundaries for combined actuality know-how.