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it home reported on august 29 that technology media the information published a blog post today (august 29), revealing that meta is developing a mixed reality headset code-named "puffin", focusing on solving the pain points of existing products being bulky, and is expected to be released in 2027.

it home quoted sources as reporting that mark zuckerberg and his chief technology officer andrew bosworth canceled the high-end headset code-named "la jolla" at the product roadmap review meeting, but approved the headset code-named "puffin". the two have different positioning and research and development directions, but both aim to be released in 2027.

it is reported that this headset, code-named "puffin", will be more exquisite and compact in size than the existing quest headset products, and the key point is that it will be more thermal, do not require handheld controllers, and use advanced gesture and eye tracking technology.

the appearance of "puffin" is closer to glasses.meta hopes to keep the weight under 110 grams, is an opaque vr headset with pancake-shaped lenses and a pass-through camera.

"puffin" is mainly realized through external batteries and computing hardware. by integrating these components into a ball, meta hopes to further reduce the size of the ball so that it can be put into the user's pocket in the future.

by comparison, the meta quest 3 weighs about 400 grams without the shoulder strap and facial interface, and about 515 grams with the shoulder strap and facial interface. the battery weighs about 70 grams of this.