Meta launches new virtual reality headsets, entering the Metaverse

Gold Finance reported that Meta unveiled a range of new products at an event on Wednesday at its Menlo Park headquarters in California, including an updated, low-cost Quest 3S VR headset and a range of enhanced features for its AI assistant Meta AI. These updates will bring a series of celebrity voices to the company's AI assistant, including Awkwafina, John Cena, and Dame Judi Dench, who will respond to user inquiries. The assistant is integrated into most of Meta's mainstream applications, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook. These new products are Zuckerberg's attempt to combine his vision for the Social Web with current technological possibilities. Despite Meta's success in selling virtual reality headsets and the unexpected popularity of Ray-Ban's augmented reality glasses, Zuckerberg's metaverse vision is still years away from realization. In the past few years, Meta has invested nearly $50 billion in its Reality Labs division, which is the part of the company that is engaged in hardware business. This division is not expected to be profitable in the short term. Additionally, the costs of Meta's expansion into artificial intelligence and data centers are also increasing.