COINOTAG news, September 26, reports from the New York Times indicate that Meta has unveiled an array of new products at its Menlo Park headquarters event on Wednesday. The highlights include the updated, cost-effective Quest 3S virtual reality headset and a series of improvements to its Meta AI assistant. Notably, the assistant will now feature celebrity voices such as Awkwafina, John Cena, and Dame Judi Dench to enhance user interactions. The assistant integrates seamlessly with major Meta applications like Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook.
These new releases underscore Zuckerberg’s strategy of merging social networking with advanced technology. Despite achieving some traction with their virtual reality headsets and unexpectedly high sales of Ray-Ban augmented reality glasses, the vision for the metaverse remains a long-term goal. Meta’s substantial investment of nearly $50 billion into its Reality Labs division, which focuses on hardware, has yet to yield profitability. Furthermore, the cost associated with Meta’s push into artificial intelligence and expanding its data center infrastructure continues to rise substantially.