{"id":791777,"date":"2026-07-10T01:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791777\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T01:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:36:10","slug":"meta-reaffirms-multiple-next-generation-headsets-hints-at-announcement-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791777\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Reaffirms “Multiple Next-Generation Headsets”, Hints At Announcement Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meta’s CTO reaffirmed that the company is still working on “multiple next-generation headsets”, and perhaps hinted at a reveal at Connect in September.<\/p>\n

During an “ask me anything” session on his Instagram page, when asked “Did you guys give up on VR?”, here’s how Bosworth responded.<\/p>\n

“No.<\/p>\n

We’ve talked about this a lot this year – kind of an odd comment.<\/p>\n

We’ve just updated the user interface profoundly for the first time in years. We’ve talked openly about the fact that we’re building multiple next-generation headsets.<\/p>\n

We did get ourselves into more sustainable shape, that’s true. But no. We continue to invest quite a bit there.<\/p>\n

So, stay tuned for Connect and we’ll have more to share then.”<\/p>\n

Bosworth’s claim that Meta has “talked about this a lot this year” is indeed accurate. During the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call in January, CFO Susan Li told investors<\/a> that the company still has “optimism in the future of VR”, and confirmed that it’s still “building future headsets” \u2013 plural.<\/p>\n

Shortly after, when asked about VR during an interview, Bosworth himself stated<\/a> that “I think it’s officially leaked we’ve got two devices on the roadmap that we’re super excited about coming out over the course of a period of time”.<\/p>\n

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Meta CFO: We\u2019re \u201cBuilding Future Headsets\u201d & Still \u201cHave Optimism\u201d In VR<\/p>\n

Meta CFO Susan Li says the company still has \u201coptimism in the future of VR\u201d, and confirmed that it\u2019s still \u201cbuilding future headsets\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The “leak” Bosworth mentioned was clearly the December internal Meta memos<\/a> that revealed the company is working on a gaming-focused headset set to be a “large upgrade” over Quest 3, but without subsidization, suggesting a notably higher price.<\/p>\n

That, to be clear, is\u00a0in addition\u00a0to the widely reported ultralight mixed reality headset with a tethered compute puck that the memo suggested should launch in the first half of 2027.<\/p>\n

UploadVR’s understanding is that the more traditional Quest 4 should then arrive in late 2027 at the earliest, though Meta’s plans and schedules constantly shift.<\/p>\n

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Graphics Depicting Meta\u2019s Next Headset Found In Quest Firmware<\/p>\n

Graphics depicting Meta\u2019s upcoming ultralight headset with a tethered compute puck, codenamed Phoenix, have been found in Quest firmware.<\/p>\n

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In February, low resolution graphics depicting the ultralight headset were discovered in the Quest firmware<\/a>, giving us our first real indication of what it should look like.<\/p>\n

As for the other parts of Bosworth’s response, the profoundly updated user interface refers to the Horizon OS ‘Navigator’ rollout<\/a>. Meanwhile, the “more sustainable shape” is essentially a corporate euphemism for Meta’s shutdown<\/a>\u00a0of three of its acquired VR game studios, significant layoffs at a fourth,\u00a0cancelation<\/a>\u00a0of the Batman: Arkham Shadow sequel, retreat<\/a> of Horizon Worlds from VR, and deprecation of\u00a0Horizon Workrooms<\/a>\u00a0and Quest headsets for business\u00a0offering<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Meta\u2019s New \u2018Navigator\u2019 System UI Finally Rolled Out To All Quest Headsets<\/p>\n

The new Horizon OS \u2018Navigator\u2019 system UI finally rolled out to all Quest headsets, more than a year after Meta began publicly testing it.<\/p>\n

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The mention of “more to share” at Meta Connect 2026<\/a>, set for September 23, is arguably the most interesting part of Bosworth’s response.<\/p>\n

While all signs point to Meta’s ultralight headset launching in 2027, we’ve long suspected that the company could at least tease it, or perhaps even formally announce it, at Connect 2026. Bosworth’s sentence is the first public sign that this might, perhaps, be the case. Though it’s also possible that he’s just referring to VR software for existing Meta Quest headsets.<\/p>\n

We’ll find out in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meta’s CTO reaffirmed that the company is still working on “multiple next-generation headsets”, and perhaps hinted at a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[49,48,61,260,261,262],"class_list":["post-791777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}