My Quest Pro arrived yesterday. It’s the coolest new computer I’ve used since the iPad. They’re getting close to nailing the mixed reality form factor.
At the same time it feels like the Apple Lisa. Expensive hardware that’s clearly still not quite the end state, shipping with first-party software that’s barely past demo quality. There’s simply not very much to do on the Quest Pro so far, and the HoloLens trajectory suggests that real apps will be slow to arrive.
Still, it’s an entirely new style of computing and Meta has subsidized it by tens of billions of dollars already. I’ll try to enjoy it while it lasts.
At the same time it feels like the Apple Lisa. Expensive hardware that’s clearly still not quite the end state, shipping with first-party software that’s barely past demo quality. There’s simply not very much to do on the Quest Pro so far, and the HoloLens trajectory suggests that real apps will be slow to arrive.
Still, it’s an entirely new style of computing and Meta has subsidized it by tens of billions of dollars already. I’ll try to enjoy it while it lasts.