I tried the new Meta VR Glasses at Meta Connect 2026. It’s a full VR headset squeezed into a pair of glasses, about 100 grams on your face, launching spring 2027 for $1,299.99.
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In this video, we go hands-on with the Meta VR Glasses, previously codenamed Phoenix. I had about a 30 minute demo and only one evening to film, so this one is unscripted. Here’s everything I tried: 3D movies, live sports in VR180, the surface keyboard, Virtual Display with a Windows laptop, Beat Saber’s new hands-only mode, and a VR-enhanced Avengers movie made with ILM.
📋 Specs at a glance
– 5K micro-OLED Infinite Display, 2412 x 2288 per eye, 37 PPD, up to 120 Hz
– Pancake lenses with eye tracking (4 cameras, 2 per eye), 6DoF
– Field of view: 70° horizontal x 66° vertical x 84° diagonal
– Snapdragon Reality Elite, 12 GB RAM, 128 GB storage, microSD up to 1 TB
– Glasses about 100 g, compute puck 300 g
– Up to 3 hours of media playback (unlimited when plugged in)
– IPD 56 to 70 mm, two sizes
– Plays your Quest library with Touch controllers
The one thing to know before you get excited: the field of view is noticeably smaller than a Quest 3, and there’s light leakage from the sides. So is this a Quest 4? No. It’s a whole new category. Tell me in the comments: are you excited about these, or are you waiting for the Quest 4?
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⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 What are Meta’s VR glasses?
01:40 Specs (and the one big catch)
03:44 Comfort & controls
05:22 Everything I tried
09:41 Verdict: who is this for?
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