Start saving – the Oculus Quest 2 Pro’s price might have leaked and it isn’t cheap
Meta’s VR hardware roadmap has apparently been leaked giving us details about its next four headsets, including the price and specs of its Oculus Quest 2 Pro.
Officially called Project Cambria, this souped-up device is expected to supplant Meta’s current best headset, the Oculus Quest 2 (now rebranded as Meta Quest 2), when it launches later this year.
When it was announced in October 2021, Mark Zuckerberg (Meta’s CEO) explained that Cambria will be a “high-end” piece of tech that will produce better VR and MR (mixed reality) experiences than anything Meta has achieved before. This means improved specs and software could be headed our way.
More recently, Zuckerberg described it as a replacement for your laptop and work setup. Now a report from The Information has reaffirmed the idea that Cambria will be a “laptop for the face”.
The leaked internal road map suggests that Project Cambria will cost $799 (around £640 / AU$1,125) and will be about as powerful as a Chromebook – and it will run on Meta’s own Android-based operating system.
Based on the best Chromebooks you can currently buy, as well as the specs of the Meta Quest 2, it sounds like Project Cambria will have at least 8GB RAM and likely around 256 GB of storage. We’ll also likely see its processor get a boost too. However, Meta may have to design its own chip, as Qualcomm has yet to launch a follow-up to the Snapdragon XR2 that powers Meta’s Quest 2.
We’ve also previously heard that Cambria will incorporate dual mini LED displays that will likely offer a 120Hz refresh rate (to improve upon the Quest 2’s “experimental” 120Hz feature).
On top of that, the only released image for Project Cambria (seen above) shows that the controllers have been redesigned slightly. Unlike
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