Good news: the Oculus Quest 3 will be a lot cheaper than the Meta Quest Pro
If you’re disappointed by the astronomically high price of the Meta Quest Pro, don’t be too disheartened – Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that the upcoming Oculus Quest 3 will cost somewhere between $300 and $500 (roughly £270 to £450 / AU$480 to AU$800).
While we didn’t hear anything about the Oculus Quest 3 at the Meta Connect 2022 keynote – instead we were treated to the full reveal of Project Cambria, a.k.a. the Meta Quest Pro – Zuckerberg hasn’t let the event pass by without mentioning the true successor to the Oculus Quest 2.
In an interview with Stratechery(opens in new tab), the Meta CEO reaffirmed that the Oculus Quest 3 was on its way, but “not this year,” and that it will be in the “price range of $300, $400, or $500, that zone.”
The low-key announcement follows a massive leak back in September which revealed the Quest 3 might look similar to the Quest 2, although thanks to new 'pancake lenses it should be thinner (and hopefully a bit lighter) than its predecessor.
Disappointingly though, the Quest 3’s leaked design doesn’t show us any signs of eye-tracking – a feature that's present on the Meta Quest Pro, and which the upcoming PlayStation VR 2 headset will also have. Meta had given us the impression that these were key features that it wanted to bring to its budget-friendly headsets as soon as it could, but that may not be the case.
However, as we always say, leaks should be taken with a pinch of salt. The headset leaked in September could be for an earlier or alternative prototype of the Quest 3, or it could be a complete fake. The only way to really know what the Oculus Quest 3 looks like is to get it in our hands – and based on Zuckerberg's comments it’s at least a year away.
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