Zuck Is 'Pretty Surprised' Quest Is Better Than Apple's Headset

It's no shocker that Mark Zuckerberg is a bigger fan of his own company's VR headset than he is of Apple's Vision Pro. What might be more of a surprise is that he made a video explaining exactly why he thinks Meta's Quest 3 headset is superior. As CNBC puts it, "his decision to post a video about [it] shows the increasing competition between Apple and Meta." There's really no competition when it comes to price, he explains in the video posted to Instagram Tuesday. His standout comments:

• "I expected that Quest would be the better value for most people, since it's really good and it's like 7 times less expensive [at $500 vs. $3,500]. ... but overall Quest is better for the vast majority of things that people use mixed-reality for."
• In his video, Zuckerberg says he thinks the Quest is frankly more comfortable, has a wider field of view, and offers a brighter screen. "Apple's screen does have a higher resolution, and that's really nice, but I was surprised by how many trade-offs they had to make to the quality of the device and the comfort and ergonomics ... in order to get to that."
• "It seems like there are a lot of people who just assumed that Vision Pro would be higher quality because it's Apple and it costs $3,000 more, but honestly, I'm pretty surprised that Quest is so much better for the vast majority of things that people use these headsets for, with that price differential."

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