The next iteration of Meta’s successful VR/AR headset is on the way this fall with the Meta Quest 3, boasting solid performance and visual upgrades.
After a soft reveal in June earlier this year, Meta has fully revealed the Quest 3, its latest headset that serves Mixed Reality experiences with a dash of passthrough magic and some big internal upgrades. The starting price has been set at $499 a pop, which is a healthy $200 hike compared to the Quest 2 following its price cut.
Meta is calling it the «world’s first mass-market mixed reality headset,» which is subjectively accurate when compared to Apple’s $3,499 Vision Pro mixed reality headset. Powering the latest Meta headset is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chip, which is claimed to deliver twice the raw graphics power, alongside other benefits like faster load times and a smoother gameplay experience.
It also packs in 8GB of RAM, while storage options on the table are 128GB and 512GB.
