Speaking of lenses, the Meta Quest 3S reverts to fresnel lenses. The Quest 3’s “pancake lenses” help make graphics in your peripheral vision look sharper, making the whole experience more immersive. Since this device has fresnel lenses like the Meta Quest 2, I expect the viewing experience will be largely similar.

Learn more about Meta's new Quest 3S, a budget-priced mixed-reality headset with many of the best features of the $500 Quest 3.

The Quest 3S is bringing almost as much to the table as the Quest 3 but for $200 less. Meta may have just made an offer that mixed-reality first-timers can't refuse.

And yet, for all its new features -- a better color passthrough camera that can enable mixed reality just like the more expensive Quest 3 and the same Quest 3 processor for more advanced graphics in games -- I wonder how rapidly the VR and AR app landscape on Quest can accelerate along with it.

Meta has said it will produce its newest mixed reality headset, the Quest 3S, in Vietnam, a move that will create 1,000 jobs.

The new Meta Quest 3S looks like it's going to be a hit headset, delivering many of the features of the Meta Quest 3 at a more affordable price. But while the Quest 3S will delive