This, to be clear, is in addition to the widely reported ultralight mixed reality headset with a tethered puck that the memo suggested should launch in the first half of 2027.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n 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 Given Meta’s recent announcement of “shifting some of our investment from Metaverse toward AI glasses and Wearables”, which was followed by the shutdown<\/a> of three of its acquired VR game studios, significant layoffs at a fourth, the cancelation<\/a> of the Batman: Arkham Shadow sequel, and the deprecation of Horizon Workrooms<\/a> and its Quest headsets for business offering<\/a>, many in the industry have speculated that the new Quest 4 candidate may have already been canceled.<\/p>\n Last month, Meta’s CFO Susan Li told investors<\/a> that the company still has “optimism in the future of VR”, and that it’s still “building future headsets”. While this did spark hope of a Quest 4 still in the works, nothing in the statement confirmed what kind of headsets these were. But a recent statement from Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth seems to.<\/p>\n When asked during his Davos interview with veteran tech journalist Alex Heath, which you should go watch in full<\/a>, whether “the metaverse is over”, Bosworth’s reply included “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 The “leak” Bosworth mentions is clearly the December memos \u2013 and by bringing this up now and speaking in the present tense, it strongly suggests that the gaming-focused Quest 4 candidate has not been canceled.<\/p>\n Bosworth’s comment from the interview<\/a> with Alex Heath.<\/p>\n As to when we might expect these future Meta headsets, Bosworth stays tight-lipped. When pressed by Heath on what “a period of time” meant, he simply replied “a period of time – it could be anything, could be tomorrow”.<\/p>\n Based on the leaked memos and conversations with sources back in December, UploadVR’s understanding is that the ultralight headset should arrive in the first half of 2027, and the more traditional Quest 4 no earlier than the second half of 2027.<\/p>\n Additionally, Horizon OS firmware sleuth Luna reports<\/a> that one codename floating around for the new Quest 4 is “Griffin”.<\/p>\n One codename floating around for Meta Quest 4 is Project “Griffin”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Meta-CFO-Susan-Li.png\")
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