Meta's new VR glasses land but still trail Vision Pro, longtime reviewer says
adariostrange · x · 2026-09-26
MARS Magazine's Adario Strange offered flash takes after Meta Connect 2026. He notes Meta's new VR glasses match his pre-Vision Pro prediction of lightweight smartglasses with a tethered puck, but despite Zuckerberg's jab at Apple, Meta still lags far behind Vision Pro in polish and content ecosystem — which remains a perfect, if wildly expensive, private home theater. The piece also notes the upcoming film 'The Social Reckoning' and Tom Cruise's BAFTA remark that audiences want real humans even as AI arrives.
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