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It's definitely a compromise device. My gut feeling is various factors delayed its delivery and they ultimately were left with the choice of, deliver it now as
by zmmmmm 4y ago
It's definitely a compromise device. My gut feeling is various factors delayed its delivery and they ultimately were left with the choice of, deliver it now as it is or potentially lose the whole business market due to being overrun by Apple, HTC or others in that arena. Nearly all the interesting tech in the Quest Pro will be outdated within a year - it would be impossible for them to ship it if they waited even another 6 months. So I think they said "ship it" and honestly I think they were right - as people say, ultimately "shipping is everything" [0]. Witness Apple struggling year after year to get their AR/VR product out. It's actually really hard, and if you wait for all your problems to be solved you will never ship anything. The product may be full of compromises but the process of shipping it will put Meta miles ahead of those that still haven't got anything out the door yet.
[0] https://medium.com/@jas0njames/the-primacy-of-shipping-94b8e94a8626 https://medium.com/@jas0njames/the-primacy-of-shipping-94b8e...
- rsynnott 4y agoI mean, historically, "it isn't very good, but at least it exists" has _not_ been a particularly effective approach to consumer product launches, not if the competition is waiting a bit longer to bring out something good.