到府手機收購
Care
All Wellness
Home Internet
Broadband
By Location
Internet Routers
All Home Internet
Deals
Tech
Home
Wellness
Coupons
Gift Guides
All Deals
Cover Stories
More
Video
Price Finder
Editors’ Choice
All More
Back
Tech Computing
Meta Expands Its Mixed Reality Beyond the Quest Headsets
Meta opened the Quest Horizon OS to others, and now VR headsets from Asus, Lenovo and even an Xbox variant are on the way.
Scott Stein Editor at Large I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, puzzles, board games, cooking, improv and the New York Jets. My background includes an MFA in theater which I apply to thinking about immersive experiences of the future. Expertise VR and AR, gaming, metaverse technologies, wearable tech, tablets Credentials Nearly 20 years writing about tech, and over a decade reviewing wearable tech, VR, and AR products and apps See full bio Scott Stein
April 22, 2024 9:17 a.m. PT 2 min read More Meta-compatible mixed reality and VR headsets are coming from third-party manufacturers. Scott Stein/CNET As the VR-AR wars heat up between Meta, Apple, 到府手機收購sony and eventually Google and Samsung, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg just made a fascinating chess move. Meta just announced that its VR OS, now called Horizon OS, will work on devices beyond the Quest. And partners are already coming: Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft.The news, delivered in a blog post Monday, reveals that Meta’s OS will be open to third parties. Future headsets will all be able to connect via the same Meta Quest app on iOS and Android that currently exists, but its name will change to Meta Horizon. Watch this: Meta Expands Its Mixed Reality Beyond the Quest Headsets Explainer
01:56 Asus is making a “performance based” VR gaming headset under its Republic of Gamers brand, according to the post. Lenovo is also planning to make VR devices compatible with Meta Horizon OS. (Lenovo made the Oculus Rift S PC-connected headset with Meta, and it’s made lots of VR and AR products over the years.) According to Meta, Lenovo’s headsets will focus on “productivity, learning and entertainment.”There will also be an Xbox-branded Meta Quest coming as a limited-edition “inspired by Xbox” product with some involvement by Microsoft, although Meta’s vague on the details.There are some big changes coming to how the Quest mixed reality software works, though: App Lab, a semi-hidden part of the Quest app store that’s been a big source of emerging software for years, is going to be a more visible part of the app store soon. Meta is also promising an open mixed-reality framework, so all these headsets and developers can start figuring out how AR-like experiences on future headsets can work better.Meta’s CTO, Andrew Bosworth, hinted to CNET in a conversation a few weeks ago that Meta’s upcoming VR and AR devices could start expanding into new, more focused variants. That’s exactly what this move seems like: a chance to expand Meta’s footprint with other brands and designs. A fitness-focused headset would also seem like a logical move, but there’s no news on that front yet.Will these “open” moves give Meta a better VR and AR foothold compared with Apple’s Vision Pro? How about whatever Google and Samsung are developing for their first mixed reality product? Is it even possible that Google and Samsung’s device — or even Apple’s, at some point — could work with Meta’s Horizon OS, too? It’s hard to tell, but anyone who’s been shopping for a Quest headset might want to think about whether they want to wait and see what all these other Quest-like headsets coming down the road could end up delivering, too.
Computing Guides
Laptops
Best Laptop
Best Chromebook
Best Budget Laptop
Best Cheap Gaming Laptop
Best 2-in-1 Laptop
Best Windows Laptop
Best Macbook
Best Gaming Laptop
Best Macbook Deals
Desktops & Monitors
Best Desktop PC
Best Gaming PC
Best Monitor Under 200
Best Desktop Deals
Best Monitors
M2 Mac Mini Review
Computer Accessories
Best PC Speakers
傑昇公布2024年第一季降價手機TOP 15榜單，Google Pixel 8系列霸榜前三名。（圖／路透社）
全台連鎖傑昇通信彙整2024年1月1日至3月31日門市手機銷售價格，公布第一季降價手機TOP 15排行榜，名單顯示，安卓手機佔據榜單，尤其是旗艦機型呈現大亂鬥的現象，上榜多屬高價位。
從數據看來，第一季降價榜單的降幅範圍在4%~33%，總降幅為14%~43%不等。Google Pixel 8旗艦系列霸榜前三名，依序為Google Pixel 8（8GB＋128GB）、Pixel 8 Pro（12GB＋128GB）、Pixel 8（8GB＋256GB）。這三款在3個月內的降價金額最高達4,000元，而Pixel 8（8GB＋128GB）更是跌破15,000元。
可惜的是，即使Google Pixel 8系列降到「甜蜜價格」，但因坊間通路現貨稀少，消費者想買也不見得能夠買到。另外，Pixel 8 Pro（12GB+256GB）也名列降價榜第7名。
傑昇2024第一季降價手機TOP 15排行榜。（圖／傑昇）
上榜最多的品牌是三星，總共佔據6席之多，除了進入前5名的A25（6GB＋128GB）、（8GB+128GB），其他4款機型全為旗艦，包括Z Fold5（12GB＋256GB）、S23 FE（8GB＋128GB）、 Z Fold5（12GB＋512GB）、Z Fold5（12GB＋1TB）；其中Z Fold5（12GB＋512GB）的累積降價金額達18,898元，是榜單上總降價最多的機型。
傑昇分析，三星A25去年第才上市，目前降幅已達33％，最低不用7千元就能入手，如果是想找一款入門好用的手機，這是不錯的選擇。此外，近日傳出三星新一代摺疊旗艦將在7月初發表，因此舊款Z Fold5的降價力道大。
到府手機收購 到府手機收購
@saachu86106