{"id":35481,"date":"2024-06-22T12:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T09:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/meta-cuts-vr-headset-prices-to-boost-sales\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T12:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T09:06:17","slug":"meta-cuts-vr-headset-prices-to-boost-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/meta-cuts-vr-headset-prices-to-boost-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Cuts VR Headset Prices to Boost Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced price reductions for its virtual reality headsets in a move aimed at boosting sales. The company said in a statement that the price of the \u201cMeta Quest 2\u201d would fall from $499.99 to $429.99. It will also reduce the price of the \u201cMeta Quest Pro\u201d from $1,499.99 to $999.99, just six months after the headset was first unveiled. According to Sky News Arabia, Meta is seeking to renew interest in devices associated with the metaverse. The company\u2019s investment in virtual reality applications has faced challenges in achieving the anticipated success. Meta stated: \u201cOur goal has always been to create affordable, accessible hardware that enables as many people as possible to benefit from everything virtual reality technology has to offer.\u201d Meta\u2019s Reality Labs division, which is responsible for developing the company\u2019s metaverse technologies, reportedly recorded losses of approximately $13.7 billion last year. For more information about virtual reality applications and <a href=\"https:\/\/aait.sa\/news\/%d8%aa%d8%b5%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%a8-vr-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b6%d9%8a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">VR games<\/a>, contact Awamer Alshabaka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta Platforms has reduced the prices of its Quest 2 and Quest Pro virtual reality headsets in a bid to increase sales and renew interest in metaverse technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}