Meta reportedly sidelined ‘Quest 4’ designs for a goggles-like mixed-reality headset

Meta is pushing up with a lightweight headset that could travel with a “tethered compute puck” that powers the device, according to a study from UploadVR. Sources archer the outlet that Meta present aims to merchandise the mixed-reality instrumentality by the extremity of 2026, portion sidelining 2 Quest 4 headsets rumored to motorboat adjacent year.

The forthcoming Quest 4 headsets – called “Pismo Low” and “Pismo High” internally – were rumored to travel successful a modular and premium variant. Now that they mightiness beryllium canceled, different Quest headset whitethorn beryllium years away. The institution also abandoned plans for its high-end La Jolla headset past year, which would’ve arrived successful 2027.

The Information first reported on Meta’s plans for a lightweight mixed-reality device, codenamed “Puffin,” successful August 2024, saying it looks similar a “bulky brace of glasses” and weighs conscionable 110 grams. At the time, The Information reported that Meta would person to offload the processor and artillery into a pocket-sized outer battalion to marque the headset lighter. The instrumentality besides reportedly won’t travel with controllers, allowing users to power it with their eyes and gestures instead.

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth confirmed The Information’s reporting to The Verge’s Alex Heath past year, saying the institution precocious moved into the “discovery” signifier of its development.

As reported by UploadVR, Meta is presently considering respective antithetic show options astatine varying prices, but it “hasn’t yet settled connected which it volition ship.” The instrumentality volition besides tally HorizonOS, akin to Meta’s Quest headsets, but it could beryllium chiefly designed for productivity and amusement alternatively than gaming, according to UploadVR.