Meta confirms virtual reality glasses to be manufactured in Vietnam
Meta’s President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg has confirmed that an affordable line of Meta virtual reality glasses will be produced in Vietnam.
The Quest 3S line uses a similar technology to its predecessor model Quest 3, but will be cheaper and lighter, he said at the Innovate Vietnam 2024 conference in Hanoi on October 1.
“We will be starting to manufacture in Vietnam our next generation of virtual and augmented reality headsets,” he said.
“It’s an extraordinary new technology, it’s part of an emerging new computing platform. And we will, with our local partners, be manufacturing it here in Vietnam, and we estimate that this will create well over a thousand new jobs.”
The visual and audio technologies of Quest 3S will be extremely impressive, Clegg added.
“[It is] at least by a long way the most accessible and advanced Metaverse headset anywhere in the world, and we are delighted to manufacture it here.”
The confirmation of the headset manufacturing is one of the two significant new milestones in Meta’s commitment to Vietnam, according to Clegg.
He also announced that Meta’s virtual assistant, known as Meta AI, will be made available to users in the country across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp during this month.
“We are doing this here in Vietnam and other countries across Southeast Asia before even countries in Europe has access to this technology,” he said. “And I think that demonstrates the shared vibrancy of the digital ecosystem in Vietnam that is pushing Vietnam increasingly at the front of the pack, the queue, the line, for new innovations.”
TB (according to VNA)