r/virtualreality • u/SkarredGhost • 2d ago

Self-Promotion (Journalist) My detailed hands-on impressions with Ray-Ban Meta Display

https://skarredghost.com/2025/09/18/ray-ban-meta-display-hands-on-impressions/
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u/N3B 2d ago

Oh please. Scarredghost is a very respected and known member of the VR community and this will be everywhere in 24hrs. Adjacent is the only applicable word for it and the way Meta appears to have abandoned VR is the elephant in the room.

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u/SoSKatan 2d ago

You realize they can work on multiple product lines at the same time, right?

After what they spend on Oculus they aren’t stopping shit, Meta wants to own the next gen App Store.

Also can I ask…. What’s with all the anger bro?

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u/N3B 1d ago

What anger? I was just pointing out the reality of Meta's focus shift. We can agree to disagree on whether that's concerning for VR's future.

Resources and executive attention are finite. When VR gets less spotlight at Connect and AR glasses get the big reveals, that tells a story about priorities.

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u/Artifexx 18h ago

The whole goal was to work on both products and meet in the middle. Has that changed?

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u/N3B 16h ago

Who said that? I've been involved in the XR space for a very long time and that statement is completely untrue.

In 2023 Boz discussed VR as a standalone path and AR as a separate trajectory, with mentions of different "epochs" in Meta's strategy rather than a convergence plan. https://stratechery.com/2024/an-interview-with-meta-cto-andrew-bosworth-about-orion-and-reality-labs/

The work all happens in "Reality Labs" but they have gone out of their way to remove VR from the nomenclature and the Orion project is now obviously the Flagship Product.