Meta Quest 2 & Quest Pro Get Major Performance Enhancements & Price Drops

This sort of enchancment often doesn’t come with out at the very least a knock on the door.

Meta’s present technology of VR headsets, the Quest 2 and Quest Professional are receiving a major enhance in efficiency out of solely a software program replace, permitting builders to do extra with the VR units.

With the announcement of the Meta Quest 3 got here the extra footnote that the Quest 2 fashions won’t solely be receiving drops of their costs, however that they’ll getting maintained by software program updates alongside the Quest Pro. The Quest 2 will price $299.99 for the 128 GB mannequin and $349.99 for the 256 GB mannequin, beginning June 4.

Meta additionally introduced that each the Quest 2 and Quest 2 Professional are going to obtain a software program replace that may vastly enhance processing speeds. They declare that each headsets will obtain a lift in CPU efficiency of as much as 26%, and when it comes to GPU efficiency, the Quest 2 will get a 19% improve and the Quest Professional will get an 11% improve.

These enhancements will go hand-in-hand with the enabling of Dynamic Decision Scaling, all serving the objective of giving builders extra respiratory room in what the units are able to. Meta is claiming that these enhancements will permit for smoother graphics and textures and a extra responsive UI, that are at all times greater than welcome.

Each the reductions in worth and the efficiency enhancements ought to open the door for extra gamers and extra builders to enter into the realm of VR. Those that may not be capable to swing the $499.99 for the Quest 3 when it comes out will now have a way more accessible choice, and so they can take consolation in the truth that they’ll nonetheless get updates that enhance their expertise.

The Meta Quest 2 will likely be dropping in worth on June 4, however there was no particular date given for when the software program replace will roll out.

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