Hands-on with the $500 Meta Quest 3 VR headset
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the final details behind the Meta Quest 3 virtual reality headset, which will ship on October 10.
I tried out this latest onramp to the metaverse, and I think it has made a lot of leaps forward in a short time with cool VR technology. But, yeah, the metaverse still isn’t quite here yet. But this headset should be a platform for better and better consumer and enterprise applications.
The VR headset starts at $500 for a 128GB storage model, far cheaper than the Apple Vision Pro coming next year for $3,500. A 512GB version costs $649. It has double the graphics capability of the prior generation Meta Quest 2, which came out in 2020. And the 4K+ Infinite Display brings a nearly 30% leap in resolution compared to Meta Quest 2.
“I’m really excited to get this in your hands,” said Zuckerberg at the event. “It’s a game changer.”
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If you purchase the 128GB version, you will get Asgard’s Wrath 2, a $60 value, included with your purchase. If you buy the 512GB version, you get the game as well as a six-month Meta Quest+ subscription, a $108 value. Preorders start today. The game has 60 hours of gameplay and free roaming through its virtual environment, said Palwasha Khatri, product marketing manager at Meta, in a press briefing. The sequel runs natively on Meta Quest 3, Zuckerberg said.
“It wasn’t that long ago that you needed an expensive PC and sensors to try these experiences,” said Khatri. “It’s come a really long way. The devices are portable and you can take them anywhere. And they’re much
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