The Meta Quest Pro is one of the best standalone VR headsets out there and is therefore the biggest competitor to upcoming Apple Reality Pro VR headset expected to be revealed next month. Its performance is great, its software library is second to none, and while the Quest Pro’s design isn’t perfect it solves the weight distribution issue that its front-heavy predecessors have struggled with for some time.
Meta’s headset has its share of faults, however. While we expect Apple’s VR hardware will be pricier, the Quest Pro’s $1,000 cost isn’t what we consider cheap. Plus its most interesting upgrades over the Meta Quest 2 — face-tracking and mixed reality — are vastly underutilized by the content currently available on the Quest platform. The lack of mixed reality software is especially odd considering the headset’s design seems better suited to mixed reality than VR.
