When Facebook announced it was changing its name to Meta in October last year, it was to signal the social media company’s transformative new direction by creating the metaverse, a three-dimensional computer program where users can visit and mingle from different locations.

In October, Meta unveiled its latest metaverse trailer: Quest Pro, a high-performance virtual and augmented reality headset powered by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 platform.

“We are thrilled to see our long-time partner Meta launch Meta Quest Pro, which is another advancement in VR hardware and helps build a fully realized metaverse,” said Hugo Swart, Vice President and General Manager of XR at …