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It reads more like they're smartly stepping away from the hardware game they're not really optimized for and focusing on the software and connectivity features that they are.

I'm not keen on more headsets having a Meta data vacuum built-in, but this isn't the opposite of putting the metaverse stuff to pasture.

They're just shifting from an Apple strategy of full-control vertical integration to a Android/Windows strategy of platform ubiquity.

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> It reads more like they're smartly stepping away from the hardware game they're not really optimized for and focusing on the software and connectivity features that they are.

Which would be weird cause the hardware (Quest 3/Quest Pro) is top notch, while Metas software for it is garbage. Everything good is provided by 3rd party companies.

Pixel phones are great too, but Google would be a radically different company if they tried to saturate the demand for Android hardware on their own.

Making flagship/reference hardware on the Oculus legacy is a much better strategy for Meta and lets them focus on platform vision and data collection, which is exactly the company they spent the last 15+ years building.

I really hope Meta keeps making hardware. I want a Quest 4

Yeah, me too. It would be really sad if Meta stopped hardware development and left it to other companies.

"Garbage" is harsh. It's flawed but they are streets ahead of Pico or Vive.

Ironically Google Daydream was also very polished and now Google is starting again but with a gigantic dent in their credibility.

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