On his wrist was a chunky band that looked like an experimental smartwatch: It's Meta's vision of our future interactions with AR, VR, computers and just about everything else.The trip was the first time Meta's invited journalists to visit its future tech research facility, located in a handful of nondescript office buildings far north of Facebook's Silicon Valley headquarters.This time, I was demoing the Meta Quest Pro, a headset that blends VR and AR together into one device and aims to kick off Zuckerberg's ambitions to a more work-focused metaverse strategy.Meta's newest Connect conference news is focused on the Quest Pro, and also on new work partnerships with companies like Microsoft, Zoom, Autodesk and Accenture, targeting ways for Meta to maybe dovetail with Microsoft's mixed reality ambitions.I also got to look at a handful of experimental research projects that aren't anywhere near ready for everyday use but show glimpses of exactly what Meta's shooting for next."