Meta, aiming to create Metaverse and the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced their upcoming launch of a new VR headset. The announcement was made at Meta Connect 2022 on the 11th of October. The headset has several new features and options to make digital avatars more appealing. However, this has increased several doubts regarding people’s privacy as there are several hovering questions about the data collection by this new headset.
Meta has given the name Quest Pro to its new headset. As per the company, it is also one step further towards Metaverse. The features include 5 cameras inside the headset. Moreover, these cameras will be positioned to look at the person’s expressions and then track them along with the eye movements. Also, the headset has 5 external cameras which will focus on covering the body movement of the person wearing the headset. This will help in recreating the person’s movement as his accurate movements.
The enhancement of the features is aimed at increasing the quality of digital avatars in the Metaverse. As per the company, these features will increase accuracy and precisely recreate a person’s movement and expressions.
The announcement happened after Mark Zuckerberg posted a highly unreal avatar of himself. So naturally, this took the internet by storm, and a series of backfires started.
Designers and developers have been trying for years to develop avatars or identities which look natural. However, the success till now hasn’t been very significant. That’s why it is one hotspot topic to discuss regarding Metaverse, which claims to provide a realistic feel with its avatars.
Some top industry experts suggest that the success and progress will be limited even after the launch of such an advanced technology-integrated headset. Facebook has always been in talk and has experienced several tumbles about data collection and privacy. Several companies that collect data have been in reports to sell this data for commercial benefits. This has happened even after they have been making claims against it and ensuring users about their privacy. So this new launch fuels the same debate again.
