Mark Zuckerberg gives his verdict on Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest

Zuckerberg has delivered his opinion on the Apple Vision Pro, and it’s no surprise that he considers the Meta Quest 3 to be the better product.

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has now tried out the newly released Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset, and needless to say he has a few opinions on it: “I thought Quest would be the better value since it is seven times less expensive, but now I think Quest is the better product, period.” he said at the start of a video posted on Instagram.

“Different companies have different strengths and make different design decisions,” Zuckerberg went on to say, “but I think Quest is the better option for the vast majority of things that people use mixed reality for.”

The video was captured using a Quest 3 pass-through camera by one of Zuckerberg’s assistants, and the video is indeed impressively high-quality. In the video, Zuckerberg goes through the pros and cons of both headsets, though as you might expect he clearly favors the Meta Quest.

“Quest is a lot more comfortable,” he says confidently, “We designed it to weigh 120 grams less, which makes a lot of difference on your face. There are no wires to get in the way. Our field of view is wider and I found the Quest screen to be brighter. I also noticed the Apple Vision Pro has this motion blur as you move around, which Quest is a lot crisper.”

Zuckerberg finds flaws in the Vision Pro

A number of users who have tested the Vision Pro reported on the weight of the device which could cause discomfort during prolonged use, Zuckerberg agrees with these assessments, saying: “The Vision Pro does have a higher resolution and that’s really nice, but I was surprised by how many trade-offs they had to make to the comfort and ergonomics and other aspects of the display they had to make in order to get to that.”

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Zuckerberg also mentions the Vision Pro eye-tracking, a feature that was present in the Quest Pro headset that was removed from the Quest 3, probably to save costs. Zuckerberg indicated intentions of bringing those sensors back in a future iteration of the Quest headset.

Another point was the depth of the available content library of the Quest versus the Vision Pro. The Meta Quest has had time to mature as a product, and Meta has been working with various studios to bring popular apps and games to the headset, including native apps for YouTube and Xbox, which the Vision Pro does not currently have.

It is not a surprise that Zuckerberg would favor the device produced by his own company, but he does make a few solid points. Competition in any tech space tends to help push innovation, so it will be interesting to see what this rivalry will bring.