Meta Connect is happening as we converse, and through the keynote, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced that Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to the Meta Quest Store.

When Xbox Cloud Gaming launches on the Meta Quest Store, it is possible for you to to make use of your Xbox controller when hooked as much as the Meta headset to play video games out of your Xbox Game Pass Ultimate library (thanks, Wario64).

While there is no such thing as a date but, Microsoft stated it is going to share extra on this “as quickly as doable.”

Alongside the information, Facebook – er um, Meta – introduced its new headset, the Meta Quest Pro.

Meta’s Quest Pro VR headset begins at a whopping $1,499.99 and encompasses a streamlined profile and counterbalanced design for extra consolation even when you put on glasses. The optical stack has been slimmed down by over 40% in comparison with Quest 2 and supplies 75% better distinction with a 1.3x bigger coloration gamut. It additionally options native dimming and quantum dot know-how for extra engagement.

You can open a number of resizable screens with it, use the self-tracking controllers with TruTouch haptic suggestions, and luxuriate in backwards compatibility along with your favourite apps.

Meta Quest Pro comes full of the Touch Pro Controllers, a charging dock with speedy USB-C energy adapter, 10 superior VR/MR sensors, 256GB storage, 12GB RAM, and a Snapdragon XR2+ Qualcomm processor. It ships on October 25 and is obtainable for pre-order now.

It was additionally introduced throughout Connect that Meta has acquired Camouflaj, Twisted Pixel, and Armature Studios. Word on what the studios are engaged on shall be shared at a later date.

And lastly, video games coming to the Meta Quest 2 headset have been additionally introduced. There’s Among Us VR, Skydance Interactive’s Behemoth, Iron Man VR, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution will launch in December, and Population One is getting a sandbox mode permitting you to create and share experiences with others.