So their current strategy seems to be to release a series of updates to see what people might be interested in: a “throw spaghetti to the wall and see what sticks” approach, so to speak.

In addition to Meta Quest Pro, the company also announced at the event that it would open Horizon Worlds, the social media platform within the Meta metaverse, to mobile and desktop users, so people without headsets can access the virtual world. .

That’s a notable step: It’s a tacit admission that VR headsets aren’t taking off as fast as the company would like. Without a critical mass of people who understand what the metaverse feels like or is like, Meta can’t expect its products to be adopted. Opening their virtual worlds to the formats consumers are comfortable with…