If mixed reality and virtual reality are still a big thing, you wouldn’t know it based on Meta’s Connect conference last week. There were no big Quest announcements (outside of maybe Hyperscape), no new Quest headset, and it felt like the only time Meta (traditionally the loudest and proudest purveyor of XR out there) really tackled XR and VR was through a surprise, and slightly out of place, fireside chat with… Avatar director, James Cameron.
That would make sense if XR and VR headsets have fallen behind, becoming a victim of a lack of technological advancement or insufficient investment. But the funny thing is, the hardware seems to be more sophisticated than ever. Take Pimax’s upcoming Dream Air and Dream Air SE , for example. While the headsets are delayed until December, the sp