History to tickle its future competitor, Meta presented its new Quest 3 mixed reality headset about a week before Apple announced its own. Note in passing that this third version no longer bears the name of Oculus, the previous manufacturer of the device before being acquired by Meta (formerly Facebook).
Meta Quest 3, privileged price argument
The headset will be released this fall for an expected price around $500 with 128 GB of storage memory. A version with more memory, and more expensive, is also planned. A price that remains relatively low compared to the €3,000 expected for the Apple headset, in particular thanks to the use of LCD technology for the screens, against the Oled.
Meta Quest 3, augmented reality on the program
However, the CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg promises much better performance than the Quest 2, 40% thinner and twice as powerful on the graphics side. New, the Quest 3 also takes an important step towards mixed reality. In addition to reality, the latter also offers the possibility of switching to augmented reality and seeing its environment enriched with virtual elements in superimposition, and in color, where the Quest 2 was satisfied with blurred augmented reality and in black and white .