Meta Quest 3’s High-Resolution Colour Passthrough Is a Game Changer for VR, Says Keywords FQA Manager

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The Meta Quest 3 is out now at $499.99 (the price of the base version with 128GB of storage) or $649.99 (for those interested in having four times as much storage). Purchases made between now and February 9, 2024 will also receive a complimentary digital copy of Asgard's Wrath 2, the triple-A open world action RPG due to be released on December 15.

Meta has presented the Quest 3 as the first mass-market mixed-reality headset, but will it be enough of a leap over the Quest 2 to entice the audience despite its higher pricing? I've asked that and more in an interview with Ethan Palmer, FQA Manager at Keywords Studios. Keywords FQA has been at the forefront of VR testing for many years now, helping test all the Meta Quest headsets since the original ahead of their commercial launches. Without further ado, check out what he had to say about the Meta Quest 3 below.

What's your favorite new Meta Quest 3 feature and why?

The high-resolution colour passthrough cameras are an absolute game changer for VR. I think we’re going to be seeing a lot of changes to how people are using their headsets, from things as simple as watching a movie all the way to setting up portals in their own home.

Do you think most developers will update existing Quest games to take advantage of the new features, or will Quest 3 users have to wait for new games?

There are certainly apps already out on the Quest store which aimed to take advantage of some passthrough features in the past, such as I Expect You to Die: Home Sweet Home from Schell Games, which really show that developers have been eager for more features like the colour passthrough for some time. Still, I think the lion’s share of truly immersive mixed reality games is yet to come, and I’m