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Meta VR Glasses (Project Phoenix): price, specs and release
What is confirmed?
| Item | Announced detail |
|---|---|
| Maker / product name | Meta VR Glasses |
| Form factor | Glasses-like headset with open sides and color passthrough; compute, battery and storage move to a pocketable puck connected by an optical tether |
| Display | “5K Infinite Display” using micro-OLED panels; 37 pixels per degree |
| On-head weight | About 100 g (Meta’s figure) |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon Reality Elite |
| Battery claim | Up to three hours of continuous high-resolution media playback; 45W fast charging |
| Controls | Eye input, hand gestures and Meta AI; no controllers are required. Touch Plus controllers are supported, according to Road to VR. |
| Price and timing | $1,299.99 USD listed by Meta (rounded to $1,300 by Road to VR); spring 2027 sale window. No exact release date announced. |
What the announcement means for a buyer
Meta's roughly 100 g figure applies to the glasses worn on the head. The display/sensor glasses connect by optical tether to a separate pocketable puck that carries compute, battery and storage; the official announcement does not give a puck weight, so the on-head figure should not be mistaken for the mass of the complete setup. Meta states up to three hours of continuous high-resolution media playback, which is a specific media-use claim rather than a general mixed-use runtime guarantee.
Meta frames the device around a private personal screen, movies and a portable workspace. Its announcement also names IMAX Enhanced certification, Disney-related 3D and immersive viewing, and spatial audio. Those are announced content and partner plans—not proof that every title, app, country or feature will be available on launch day. The exact on-sale date remains unannounced, and this page is a pre-release status guide rather than a review.
Project Phoenix: what the name means
“Project Phoenix” was the widely reported codename for the development effort before Meta publicly introduced the product as Meta VR Glasses. Road to VR links the two names, while UploadVR describes Phoenix as the project initiative and distinguishes it from internal hardware and platform codenames. That makes Phoenix useful historical context, but it should not be treated as the final consumer product name.
Availability and specifications remain forward-looking until launch. Meta’s announcement says up to three hours of continuous high-resolution media playback; Road to VR reports 3+ hours of mixed use, so those battery figures are not directly equivalent. Road to VR also reports 2,412 × 2,288 per eye, 128 GB storage and a roughly 300 g puck; Meta’s announcement does not publish those figures, so they are not treated here as Meta-confirmed specifications.
See the headsets directory for released products. This is an announcement/specification page, not a hands-on review or a current-availability claim.