Meta's next VR headset version will include eye sensors enabling realistic eye contact in virtual reality.

The test is whether the next VR headset Meta released after 24 March 2022 included eye-tracking sensors used to give avatars realistic eye contact or eye movement in VR. True: that next headset (for example Quest Pro, if it was the next release) shipped with eye tracking that drives avatar eye contact, as shown by Meta's product specifications and launch announcement or by reviews. Mostly true: the next headset had eye tracking and avatar eye movement, but a minor detail differs, for example the feature was opt-in or came by software update soon after launch. Mostly false: the next headset lacked eye tracking and only a later model added it, or the sensors existed but were not used for eye contact in social VR. False: the next headset had no eye sensors, and no Meta headset delivered this feature.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Mixed Reality For Real: Meta Quest Pro Is Now Available Meta · 25 October 2022 Own record

   “As you draw, you can see the expressions of understanding on your teammates’ avatars’ faces. That’s possible on Meta Quest Pro in Horizon Workrooms thanks to the headset’s full-color Passthrough, eye tracking and Natural Facial Expressions.”

2. E2 Evolving the Future of Work at Meta Connect 2022 Meta · 11 October 2022 Own record

   “And because avatars can now show non-verbal cues like eye contact and facial expressions, meetings in Workrooms will give you a much greater sense of “being there” than traditional video calls.”

3. E3 Meta Quest Pro: Built with Privacy in Mind Meta · 11 October 2022 Own record

   “Meta Quest Pro, our next-generation, high-end VR headset, offers opt-in eye tracking and Natural Facial Expressions to let you express yourself in VR far more realistically than ever before.”

4. E4 Meta Quest Pro Trusted Reviews · 23 June 2023

   “The other big additions to the Meta Quest Pro are face- and eye-tracking sensors that allow the headset to map your gaze and facial expression and use this data in VR apps like Meta’s work-focused Horizon Workrooms to provide a much more lifelike social experience”

Meta's launch materials say Quest Pro, its next-generation headset released in October 2022, has eye tracking that lets avatars show non-verbal cues such as eye contact in Horizon Workrooms (E1, E2, E3). An independent review confirms that the Quest Pro's eye-tracking sensors map the wearer's gaze and are used in apps like Horizon Workrooms to make social VR more lifelike (E4). Meta describes the eye tracking as opt-in (E3), and the criteria list that as a minor difference that makes the verdict mostly true rather than true.