Meta prices its 100-gram VR glasses at $1,300, with a puck in your pocket
Mark Zuckerberg's company says the glasses ship in spring 2027; a tethered puck carries their compute, battery and storage, and the full system is rated for three hours of media playback.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Meta Newsroom
Why it matters
Meta is trying to bring VR's games and media to a glasses-shaped device while shifting computing hardware off the user's face. At $1,299.99, the product tests whether lighter wearability and a broader content catalog can attract buyers as Reality Labs continues to weigh on Meta's profits.
Meta, led by founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (@finkd), priced its new VR glasses at $1,299.99 and scheduled them for spring 2027, pitching a lightweight wearable that still depends on a separate computer, battery and storage puck. The announcement, published on September 23rd, puts Meta's next high-end headset bet between its conventional Quest headsets and its AI glasses: glasses on the face, a cable to a pocket, and a $1,300 price tag.…
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