I tried Meta's new $1,300 VR Glasses. They might be good for watching a movie — but I'm not sure what else.

Meta's new VR Glasses are good for watching a movie, but I'm not sure what else you'd use them for.

Business Insider Meta is showing off new VR Glasses, which will start selling next spring for $1,300.

These are a much cheaper and lighter version of the Apple Vision Pro, which launched two years ago.

But the Vision Pro flopped in part because people can't figure out what to do with them.

Can Meta figure it out this time? Two years ago, Apple introduced its Vision Pro virtual reality goggles .

They failed : They were too expensive, too heavy, and — crucially — no one could figure out what to do with them .

Now Mark Zuckerberg is taking a swing at the same idea.

The new Meta VR Glasses, which he debuted at his annual developers' conference Wednesday, are way cheaper and way lighter than Apple's, and they have at least one cool new feature.

But I'm still not sure what to do with them.

Meta's VR Glasses are connected to a puck.

Meta The basics: The Meta VR goggles — which they've been working on for years — will go on sale in spring 2027 for $1,300 — a third of the Apple Vision Pro's starting price.

The headset weighs about 100 grams — much, much less than the 600 grams the AVP weighs. (The Meta glasses also require a not-too-bulky "puck," which provides battery and computing power for the device.

Meta expects the puck will sit next to you when you use the goggles, but you could also conceivably wear this thing on your belt if you wanted to stand up or (don't do this) walk around with the goggles on.) And at their core, Meta's goggles do the same thing as Apple's: Put them on and you can see a completely encompassing view of a virtual world.

You can also toggle them so you can look outside into the real world, sort of*.