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Facebook's VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away (news.yahoo.com)
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Facebook's VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away::Last fall, Meta-formerly-Facebook unveiled its Meta Quest Pro, a long-rumored, higher-end follow-up to the company's best-selling Quest 2 VR headset. The sleek device, which initially went on sale for an eye-watering $1,500, has really struggled to catch on since then, just as we predicted at the time. And, as Mixed Reality News reports, Meta is […]

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[–] iesou@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok I agree with all that sentiment, but in the article I only saw a $500 price drop, were they ever free or are you taking the world literally figuratively?

[–] moormaan@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

It is referring to that Roblox developer conference. But yeah, somewhat click baity as people might be hoping to get one for cheap.