Meta Announces Quest 3 Ahead of Apple's Rumored AR/VR Headset

Thursday June 1, 2023 8:21 am PDT by Joe Rossignol

Facebook parent company Meta today announced the Quest 3, its next-generation mixed reality headset launching later this year. The announcement comes just days ahead of WWDC, where Apple is expected to unveil its own long-awaited AR/VR headset.

Meta Quest 3
Meta said the Quest 3 features a 40% slimmer and more comfortable design, a higher-resolution display, and up to twice the graphics performance as the Quest 2, released in 2020. The headset will start at $499.99 with 128GB of storage, and Meta will also be lowering the starting price of the Quest 2 back to $299.99 on June 4. The company plans to share more details about the Quest 3 during its Meta Connect event on September 27.

Apple's headset is rumored to cost around $3,000, so the Quest 3 could be significantly cheaper. Meta also said the Quest 3 has an all-in-one design, whereas Apple's headset will reportedly include an external battery pack that attaches with a wire.

In his newsletter last weekend, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman provided hands-on impressions of the Quest 3 before it was announced. He said that he "came away impressed with the mixed-reality focus of the Quest 3, the much-improved video pass-through capabilities, the faster performance and the large content library."

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Jimmy_Banks

17 weeks ago

Not the first time we have seen desperation in advance to an Apple major product announcement.

Score: 34 Votes (Like | Disagree)

vegetassj4

VR Wars Episode V: Zuck Strikes Back

It is a dark time for Apple. Although the M2 has been released, Meta troops have driven the Apple headset from it's hidden development ('https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/13/apples-ar-vr-headset-reportedly-being-pushed-out-due-to-huge-pressure-to-ship/') and pursued it across the meta verse.

Evading the dreaded Meta Zuckfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Tim Applebiter has established a new secret VR Pro ('https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ar-vr/')on the remote ice state of Alaska.

The evil lord Darth Zucker, obsessed with finding old Applebiter, has dispatched thousands of remote Metamates into the far reaches of the Metaverse….

Score: 24 Votes (Like | Disagree)

MacWiz_007

Still entirely too bulky. That and it's a Meta product. Another hard pass on the AR/VR front.

Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Marco Klobas

Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)

dannyyankou

That just looks so uncomfortable to put on your head for an extended period of time.

Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)

jonnysods

We have the Quest 2, and seeing how thin this is, people will be a lot happier with this unit.

All those cameras at the front, wonder where the footage gets sent off to....

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