VR, Meta and The Quest 3S
Meta’s $300 Quest 3S Headset Significantly Lowers VR’s Buy-In Price
The Meta Quest 3S has nearly all the same capabilities as the Meta Quest 3, but costs $200 less. It ships in October.
The Meta Quest 3S Headset Could Be the Cheapest Way to Get Into VR
The Quest 3S comes in the box with two of the same Touch Plus controllers as the Quest 3 and the same head strap as last time. It should also accept “some, but not all” of the Quest 3’s accessories, including the elite strap with battery and carrying case.
Meta’s new Quest 3S is the VR headset I wanted last year
While the Quest 3's $500 price wasn't good enough to dethrone the Quest 2, the more affordable Quest 3S variant should hit the spot.
Meta Announces Quest 3S VR Headset Starting at $300
The new headset has all the same software features as the Quest 3, and even most of the internals are identical. The Quest 3S has 8GB of RAM and the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chip. The Quest 3 brought a significant graphical upgrade over the Quest 2, so all the games designed for that device will work just as well on the Quest 3S.
Meta announces new, cheaper VR headsets while teasing concept for AR glasses
Consumers soon will have access to the newest and more affordable virtual-reality headset Quest 3S and augmented-reality glasses produced by Meta.
Meta bulks up AI offerings with new headset, glasses, chatbot features
Meta Platforms announced a new entry-level version of its Quest line of mixed-reality headsets and a slew of software enhancements to the AI assistant that has driven interest in the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses as it kicked off its annual Connect conference at its California headquarters on Wednesday.
The Morning After: Meta launches a newer, cheaper VR headset
Meta Connect is over for another year, leaving nought but some paper plates on the floor and a raft of new AR/VR gear on the table. Because we’re nice, we’ve prepared a comprehensive list of all the goodies announced at the show for you to peruse at your leisure.
Mark Zuckerberg shows off holographic AR glasses prototype as Meta unveils cheaper VR headset
Meta unveiled updates to the company's virtual reality headset and Ray Ban smart glasses.
Meta’s new lightweight AR prototype shows a future beyond bulky VR headsets
The early Orion AR glasses prototype Zuckerberg showed off today don't mean Meta will be ready to release a pair of consumer AR glasses any time soon. But the demo represents a new vision for lightweight,
Meta unveils cheaper VR headset, AI updates and shows off prototype for holographic AR glasses
Meta unveiled updates to the company's virtual reality headset and Ray Ban smart glasses on Wednesday as it tries to demonstrate its artificial intelligence prowess and the next generation of computing platforms beyond smartphones and computers.
Meta unveils cheaper VR headset, AI updates and a prototype for AR glasses
Meta unveiled updates to the company's virtual reality headset and Ray-Ban smart glasses on Wednesday along with AI advances as it tries to demonstrate its artificial intelligence prowess.
The metaverse never happened, but Mark Zuckerberg’s got some funky glasses
An expensive demo, an unfulfilled Metaverse—Meta has become the Queen of Vaporware. This story originally appeared in The ...
Meta Unveils New Smart Glasses and Headsets in Pursuit of the Metaverse
At an event in Silicon Valley, the company exhibited a range of products meant to blend the real world and virtual reality, ...
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Microsoft Gives up on Metaverse Dreams, Shifts Focus to Real-World Profits
Microsoft is no longer supporting its HoloLens mixed reality headsets. The $3,500 headset had attracted notable support in ...
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Meta Quest 3S Hands-On: VR's New Budget Buy
And yet, for all its new features -- a better color passthrough camera that can enable mixed reality just like the more ...
Meta plans to make connecting your Quest headset to Windows 11 easier - by simply staring at your keyboard
“Soon you’re going to be able to connect to any Windows 11 PC,” he said. “You just look at the keyboard, and it’ll start ...
Meta emphasizes AI & AR innovations during developer event as metaverse hype dissipates
The tech giant continues to develop VR hardware and experiences, though that no longer seems to be its primary focus.
How Meta's Metaverse Bet Went From Awkward to Wow
With Meta's Orion AR glasses, photorealistic virtual spaces and Puma's mixed-reality shopping, fashion has a lot to ponder.