Meta Quest 3 vs Apple mixed reality headset: Price, specifications and more
Meta Quest 3 vs Apple mixed reality headset: On June 2, the Meta Quest 3 was unexpectedly unveiled and that too in an off-hand manner. Announcing the product, Meta said that the new headset will allow users to interact with both the virtual and real world simultaneously The timing and the AR + VR feature was interesting given it has been widely speculated that Apple is also expected to announce its own mixed-reality headset, Reality Pro, today, June 5 at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2023. While nothing can be said for certain, their specifications are out in the public sphere. So, let us take a look at how these two headsets differ.
Compared to the Apple Reality Pro, we know more about this headset since Meta has officially unveiled the product and has shared some details on what people can expect. The biggest part is its price tag. The Meta Quest 3 will start at $499, which is $100 more than the Meta Quest 2 and its price tag of $399. In fact, Quest 2 launched at the price of $299 but Meta has hiked the price since then.
Meta revealed that the headset will now be 40 percent slimmer. While the overall design is similar to its predecessor, it now features three vertical pill-shaped cutouts for cameras and sensors that allow it to have a mixed-reality feature.
The announcement of the Meta Quest 3 did not reveal details around the specifications, but it was said that the headset will feature “a next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon chip”, but did not specify the name of the chip. Notably, Meta Quest 2 uses the Snapdragon XR2 chip, whereas Meta Quest Pro uses the Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 1 chip. Some rumors believe that the latter could be used for Meta Quest 3.
The chipset will be important since Meta has also
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