Last fall, Meta-formerly-Facebook unveiled its Meta Quest Pro, a long-rumored, higher-end follow-up to the company's best-selling Quest 2 VR headset. The sleek device, which initially went on sale for an eye-watering $1,500, has really struggled to catch on since then, just as we predicted at the time. And, as Mixed Reality News reports, Meta is […]

Facebook’s VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away::Last fall, Meta-formerly-Facebook unveiled its Meta Quest Pro, a long-rumored, higher-end follow-up to the company’s best-selling Quest 2 VR headset. The sleek device, which initially went on sale for an eye-watering $1,500, has really struggled to catch on since then, just as we predicted at the time. And, as Mixed Reality News reports, Meta is […]

  • iHUNTcriminals@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    10 months ago

    No one is going to buy a pro VR set from meta, lol. That’s like going to an Apple Bees with $1000 instead of a Michelin Star restaurant.

    And what are people going to do with it…? Play the same Beat Saber they always have?

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Agreed. It sucks the Steam Index and HTC offerings are so expensive still, but they are top notch and they’ll do anything and everything you need them to.

      • bob_wiley@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        10 months ago

        Interestingly, the invention of the Michelin Star rating coincides with the invention of the automobile. The first Michelin Guide was compiled in 1900 by Michelin Tire founders and French industrialist brothers Andre and Edouard Michelin. The aim of the guide was to create a demand for automobiles, and therefore, Michelin tires.

        The first Michelin Guide printed 35,000 copies and included maps, along with instructions on how to repair and change tires. It also included a list of restaurants, hotels, mechanics, and gas stations along popular routes in France.

        Since there were only a few hundred cars in all of France, the guide was given away for free in hopes of creating demand for cars. Within its first decade of existence, the Michelin Guide expanded rapidly and became available throughout Europe, as well as Northern Africa. Although the guides contained valuable information about restaurants, the ultimate end goal for the Michelin brothers was to generate sales and profit for their tire business.

        https://www.escoffier.edu/blog/world-food-drink/a-brief-history-of-the-michelin-guide/

      • SatyrSack@lemmy.oneEnglish
        8·
        10 months ago

        The more stars a restaurant has, the more it is worth it to put wear and tear on your tires in order to drive there.