LG confirms it’s releasing an XR headset. But is it the Meta Quest 3 Pro or its own?

As we strategy the official launch of the Apple Vision Pro XR headset, there seems to be one other entrant attempting to shake up the market – LG. 

In response to feedback made at CES, the corporate is working by itself headset, and it could simply rival Apple’s. 

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Just about nothing is thought concerning the machine but, provided that the one official phrase to date is a quote from the LG CEO Cho Joo-wan to a South Korean media outlet saying the corporate will “launch an XR machine as early as subsequent yr.” Cho added that LG had moved improvement of the machine to its division that makes televisions to hurry up the method. 

It is attainable LG is not working alone although, because it was introduced final yr that Meta was teaming with the corporate to assist design and construct its latest headset, with the primary product from this collaboration anticipated for 2025. 

That product, which is probably going a brand new model of the Meta Quest Professional, matches the timeline that LG’s CEO gave, so it appears believable at the least that the challenge his firm is engaged on and Meta’s new challenge are one in the identical. And if that is the case, it is not laborious to think about the 2 heavyweights uniting to supply one thing corresponding to the Imaginative and prescient Professional.  

However issues get a bit murky for those who imagine stories from final summer season that the Quest Pro 2 has been delayed. If LG was offering the optics for Meta’s new headset that is now in limbo, it could possibly be transferring ahead with its personal machine.

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There was hypothesis that LG was engaged on an XR headset powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2. If that is the case, it could look like a higher-end choice that will immediately compete with Apple. When Qualcomm introduced that chip, they talked about a number of gadgets it could energy – together with ones from Samsung, HTC, Sony, and LG. It is value noting Meta was lacking from that record.  

So whereas it is not clear if we’re getting a brand new headset from LG and Meta or an LG/Meta associate headset, it does appear evident that one thing huge is on the horizon.