- Mark Zuckerberg has been an outspoken critic of Apple’s Vision Pro.
- In a Friday post on Threads, he once again scrapped his VR headset.
- Zack said if Meta’s Quest ends up looking like Vision Pro in five years, “we’ll be way behind.”
Mark Zuckerberg continues to criticize Apple’s Vision Pro.
In a Friday post on Threads, Meta’s CEO exchanged messages with Benedict Evans, a partner at Mosaic Ventures, pointing out the “tradeoffs” of Apple’s VR headset, saying that in his view: . The company’s $3,500 product is inferior to Meta’s $500 competitor, Quest.
“Vision Pro has a lot of limitations, but I’m really baffled that Meta VR’s engineers are claiming it’s ‘basically the same thing’ as Quest,” Evans said. wrote, prompting the first reaction. “Apple sells most of the devices that Meta wants to achieve within three to five years. Quest sells at a price that Apple wants to achieve within three to five years.”
Zack It just wasn’t there.
“I don’t think you’re saying the devices are the same,” he replied. “We say Quest is better. If our device weighs the same as their device in three to five years, or has the same motion blur as their device, If there is a lack of accuracy or accurate input, that means we are set back significantly.”
Zuckerberg further added, “Yes, you’ll get higher resolution, but at the cost of that comes trade-offs with a lot of other products and worse device quality in most respects. That’s not what we want. It’s not about being there,” he added.
Representatives for Meta and Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Apple has sold more than 200,000 Vision Pro units since the headset became available for pre-order in January (compared to Meta’s headset) 20 million quest units It was sold from its debut in 2019 until February last year. Meta’s fourth quarter financials of 2023 saw revenue for his Reality Labs division of the company surpass his $1 billion mark for the first time. meta The reason for this is that “Quest had a strong holiday season.”
Evans and Zuckerberg continued the thread, discussing the pros and cons of higher resolution for Apple’s devices, with Zuck ultimately discussing Apple’s choice to trade higher resolution for improved ergonomics and motion blur. It was not a “clear victory,” he said, especially “if… The Quest’s resolution is also quite good. ”
Friday’s social media post was just the latest in a series of harsh comments Zuckerberg has made about Apple’s Vision Pro. In a scathing review on Instagram, he thoroughly criticized the device on everything from price to specs, and criticized the headset in an internal meeting, explaining that his vision for Apple’s VR headset was “I It’s not what you want,” he told Meta employees.
