Meta’s developer conference may bring a dash of new Quest VR hardware, mixed reality experiences, and a truckload of AI software news — here’s how to watch it.

The Meta Quest 3 is the company's current VR headset, and while certainly not as expensive as Apple's Vision Pro, it still costs $499 minimum. According to the rumor mill, Meta is working on a less expensive version of the Quest 3,

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will take the stage on September 25 to deliver a keynote address about all things AR and VR, chatbots, headsets, smart glasses, and generative AI. Here’s a preview.

Meta Connect will air Sept. 25 and 26 from the stage at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Meta will (hopefully) reveal exact timing for the event by next week. You can watch it via Facebook or, if you’re all-in on Meta’s vision, through the Horizon Worlds app on a Meta Quest headset.

Like every other big tech firm this year, Meta will be desperate to demonstrate how it plans to stay relevant in a future powered by AI. And now that we're seven months beyond the launch of Apple's Vision Pro,

I have lusted over the Meta Quest 3 since it was announced in June 2023. I haven't bought it, though, because I can't figure out if it will be useful enough to justify the $500+ p