The Meta Quest 3 will be lighter, faster, and take on Apple in mixed-reality
Apple is set to announce its long-rumored Reality Pro headset at WWDC next week and, suddenly, Meta has given a lot of detail about its upcoming Quest 3 headset., Mark Gurman got a hands-on look at a prototype of the Meta Quest 3 ahead of its projected release in October later this year. According to Gurman, the headset is getting a pretty big overhaul, especially in the area of mixed reality.
Video pass-through is the heart of mixed reality. It relies on external cameras to let headset wearers see a live video feed of the real world, creating an augmented reality effect without the use of clear lenses. While I don’t believe the Quest 3’s video pass-through performance will come close to that of the Apple device , it is a night-and-day improvement over the Quest 2.
Gurman says that the headset also felt lighter and much faster. That’s good news since Meta has already stopped supporting the first generation of the Quest, largely due to the performance limitations of the chip powering the original headset. While the current Quest 2 headset starts at $400, the reporter expects that the third generation may be a bit more expensive. While people may be bummed to hear that, the Quest 3 will certainly not come anywhere near the cost of Apple’s expected Reality Pro headset which is all but confirmed.
It seems that we may be close to a future where Apple owns the high-end market, and Meta owns the low-end market of the mixed-reality space. We’ll know next week since Apple is
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