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Oct 2022
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Tech News: Zuckerberg Triples Down on VR

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At the Meta Connect event, the company showed off the new, more advanced and very expensive VR headset formerly known as Project Cambria. Plus we learn about what soldiers think of Microsoft's HoloLens.

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