Take a look at ‘The World Beyond’: Mark Zuckerberg shares first look at Meta’s Project Cambria ‘mixed reality’ headset
- Zuckerberg today shared the first glimpse of mixed reality on Project Cambria
- Next ‘high-end’ headset to launch later this year, Meta CEO says
- Mixed reality allows real and virtual elements to interact in an environment
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shared the first look at his company’s “mixed reality” headset, known as Project Cambria.
In a new video, Zuckerberg can be seen testing a demo called “The World Beyond” on the “high-end” headset, which will be released later this year.
It shows Zuckerberg petting a cute virtual creature, picking up and throwing a virtual ball, and viewing a web browser that appears to be floating right in front of his face.
Mixed reality describes experiences that combine elements of a physical and virtual environment, allowing real and digital elements to coexist and interact.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shared the first look at his company’s ‘mixed reality’ headset, known as Project Cambria
In the video posted on Thursday, people can see Zuckerberg’s point of view as he strokes a cute virtual creature
Zuckerberg posted the video on his Facebook page Thursday showing the World Beyond demo.
Although Zuckerberg’s teaser video shows the wearer’s perspective, the headset itself has been blurred out.
“I want to share a bit about Project Cambria, the codename for our high-end VR headset that’s coming out later this year,” Zuckerberg said.
“I’m not going to show you the helmet yet, but you’re considering an experiment called The World Beyond.”
“This is just the beginning of mixed reality. Imagine being able to set up your ideal workstation with as many screens as you want, wherever you go.
Project Cambria includes sensors that allow a user’s avatar to make natural eye contact and real-time facial expressions in the metaverse.
During this time, the cameras will transmit high-resolution color video to the helmet screens.
Zuckerberg has previously said that Project Cambria will cost more than current headsets, although it’s unclear exactly how much.
Zuckerberg posted the video on his Facebook page on Thursday showing the World Beyond demo
Mixed reality describes experiences that combine elements of a physical and virtual environment, allowing real and digital elements to coexist and interact
The video demo was created using Presence Platform, a set of machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities that help developers create mixed reality experiences, as well as natural hand and voice interactions.
Presence Platform was launched last year as a first step in Meta’s ambition to turn Facebook into a metaverse.
The term “metaverse,” coined in the 1992 dystopian novel “Snow Crash,” is used to describe immersive, shared spaces accessible across different platforms where the physical and the digital converge.
Zuckerberg, who co-founded Facebook in his dorm at Harvard University in 2004, described the metaverse as “the Internet incarnate.”
Although Zuckerberg’s teaser video shows the wearer’s point of view, the helmet itself has been blurred out
In a few years, Facebook users will be able to use the platform not on their phone or computer, but by putting on a headset.
Rather than swiping a device’s screen, they could potentially meet up with a Facebook friend in a shared virtual space – like an ultra-realistic simulation of another planet or an idyllic garden – and voice chat with the avatars of the other.
“It will be characterized by a social presence, the feeling that you are there with another person, no matter where you are in the world,” says Meta.
“The metaverse is still a long way off, but parts of it are already here and even more are on the horizon.”
Meta rebranded itself in October, as part of its long-term plan to turn its social media platform into a metaverse.