Meta Quest 3 Pre-Orders Go Live, Mixed Reality Headset Starts Shipping October 10
Meta announced its newest Meta Quest 3 mixed reality headset back in June, promising twice the graphical performance of its predecessor, the Quest 2. Now, with increased competition in the mixed reality segment from Apple, the company has revealed more details about its next-generation headset at its Meta Connect 2023 annual conference on Wednesday, including an official launch date. The Meta Quest 3 will start shipping October 10, with pre-orders for the headset live right now. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also showed off immersive virtual reality capabilities of the headset, while keeping your physical surroundings in sight with full-colour passthrough.
The focus was on the headset features that “blend the physical and digital worlds together,” as Zuckerberg put it. The Meta CEO showed off virtual games being played in real physical surroundings via the headset, lego puzzles and custom creations, and real-time AR/VR workouts. Meta is promising 10 times the pixel count compared to Meta Quest 2, so that users can see their living rooms in sharp detail with the help of two dedicated colour camera sensors and a depth sensor. A double tap on the side of the Meta Quest 3 switches between immersive virtual worlds to your physical surroundings with virtual elements laid on top. Meta Quest 3 claims to be the world's first device powered by the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 platform, allowing faster load times and crisper visuals. The headset also features 8GB of dynamic RAM — 33 percent more memory compared to the Meta Quest 2
The headset comes with a higher resolution display than its predecessor — a 4K+ (2,064 x 2,208 pixels per eye) Infinite Display, offering 1,218 pixels per pinch. The Meta Quest 3 claims a nearly 30 percent bump in
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