Wed. 10/12 – Meta’s VR Event; Microsoft’s Surface Event

Only two big stories really. We break down yesterday’s Meta VR event, including the new high end Quest Pro. But did Zuck show us anything that will get anyone excited about the Metaverse yet? And Microsoft’s Surface event had a lot of Surface refreshes, but was the big news actually their integration of DALL-E 2 with a new Designer app? The productivity space is hot…

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• The Meta Quest Pro costs $1,499 and ships October 25th (The Verge)
• What happened to the virtual reality gaming revolution? (Ars Technica)
• It’s painful how hellbent Mark Zuckerberg is on convincing us that VR is a thing (TechCrunch)
• Zuckerberg’s $1,499 Headsets Won’t Help Meta (Bloomberg)
• Surface Pro 9 lets you pick between Intel or Arm 5G and new color options (The Verge)
• Microsoft's (barely) refreshed Surface Laptop 5 starts at $1,000 (Engadget)
• Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 Plus ships with an RTX 3060 for $4,299 (The Verge)
• Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image Creator (TechCrunch)
• Microsoft’s Adaptive Accessories finally have a release date (The Verge)