New Meta prototype headsets combine goggle-like design with ultra-wide VR — and it could be a sneak peek at the Meta Quest 4

New Meta prototype headsets combine goggle-like design with ultra-wide VR — and it could be a sneak peek at the Meta Quest 4

Meta Reality Lab researchers have showcased new VR and MR headset prototypes featuring a goggle-style design and a massive 180-degree field of view, which could be the first signs of a Meta Quest 4.

Meta Shows Off Practical Ultra-Wide Field Of View Headset Prototypes

Meta built two prototype headsets with ultra-wide field of view in a comparable form factor to today's Quests, and will demo them at SIGGRAPH 2025.In advance of the conference, set to take place in Vancouver in August, the Display Systems Research (DSR) team in the research arm of Meta's Reality Labs division published an abstract for a paper simply called 'Wide Field-of-View Mixed Reality'.Meta's DSR team is well-known within the industry for d…

The XR Week Peek (2025.07.21): Bytedance may be working on an MR headset, HTC teases a new product, and more!

Roundup of the most intriguing AR/VR news of the week: Bytendance is allegedly working on a new mixed reality device, and HTC on a new product