There are a lot of lofty goals in the world of VR , but delivering hyperrealism is among the most elusive. That’s because there are tons of constraints with a realistic, world-rendering face computer: there’s resolution, field of view, power, weight, battery—you name it. But just because obstacles abound doesn’t mean the titans of XR and VR aren’t trying, and when it comes to the ol’ college try, Meta definitely gets an A for effort.

In its latest endeavor, Meta unveiled Tiramisu, a new headset prototype that it says is the closest it’s gotten to “passing the visual Turing Test.” In nerd lingo, that means its headset is inching towards tricking the eyes into thinking that a virtual world is actually a real one. Without using this very experimental headset for myself, it’s hard to sa

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