Meta has released an updated roadmap for the future of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), with a focus on its Reality Labs group. The release of a more powerful Quest 3 headset later this year, the next stage of smart glasses with a heads-up display element by 2025, and fully-fledged AR glasses by 2027 are among the key milestones.
The company’s photorealistic Codec avatars are also nearing completion, thanks to more powerful VR headsets. With AR potentially presenting a significant opportunity, it remains to be seen how Meta will promote and showcase its AR glasses, as well as whether it will be able to gain a first-mover advantage with a consumer-friendly, unintrusive AR device. The company’s most recent metaverse promo video appears to be primarily focused on AR, indicating a shift in strategy on this front.
