According to NetEase Technology News, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook parent company Meta, talked about the price of the company’s latest new VR headset in an interview on Tuesday, saying that the price of $1,499.99 The pricing is just “guaranteeing the capital”, in order to allow more people to experience the metaverse by buying hardware.
Zuckerberg also took the opportunity to dig at rival Apple, saying that Apple is pricing its devices “as high as possible.”
“Typically, people make hardware and they want to make a profit from it. Apple, for example, makes hardware and charges as much as possible,” he said.