In 1 generation Apple solved the hand tracking UI problem better than anything Facebook has done.

The quest looks like android in 3d, and is unremarkable when compared to the 2015 era oculus v1. It is faster and better in everyway. But fundamentally still the same product.

I have the quest 2. I like it. But Facebook as a company is incapable on innovating in product.

Reels was stolen. Stories was stolen. Threads is stolen. Instagram and whatsapp were acquired. Facebook is almost dead. Marketplace is Android UI on top of Craigslist.

FAIR is genuinely groundbreaking, but that's pure research. Their open-source tooling for devs is amazing, but that's pure backend.

Facebook's product org (whether intentionally or not) is incapable of true innovation.