All the things we all know up to now in regards to the Meta Quest 3 launch date, specs, and pricing
Up to date: Nov 2, 2022 2:00 pm
Not lengthy after the announcement of the Meta Quest Pro at Meta Connect 2022, we began listening to rumors a few potential Meta Quest 3.
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This was a bit of annoying as we spent a considerable amount of time earlier than the Meta Quest Professional’s announcement considering that it was going to going to be referred to as the Meta Quest 3.
Anyway, now we’ve established that the Meta Quest 3 isn’t the Meta Quest Professional, we will begin speaking about each we all know up to now.
That is notably thrilling as we’ve slowly found that the Meta Quest Pro isn’t really for gaming, because it has a stronger give attention to different makes use of in enterprise and schooling, and we totally anticipate the Meta Quest 3 to be all about gaming.
In months passed by, we had assumed that 2022 was far too early to launch the Meta Quest, and had been confirmed proper by the Meta Quest Professional’s arrival, nonetheless, there was at all times discuss that Meta was growing two VR gadgets concurrently.
So, when may we see the Meta Quest 3 launch date? Properly, it received’t be in 2022 in accordance with Mark Zuckerberg himself, saying “it’s not this yr, however there shall be a Quest 3” in an interview with Stratechery.
This is smart, after all, they solely raised the worth of the Meta Quest 2 close to the top of Q3 2022, so that they’d wish to milk that for a bit of longer.
Moreover, the Meta Quest Professional could be costly, however some individuals who need the most recent VR headset for gaming may nonetheless purchase it, to allow them to squeeze some cash from these folks too.
So, our greatest guess for the Meta Quest 3 launch date is someplace in Q3 of 2023, and it’ll probably be introduced throughout that yr’s Meta Join occasion, simply because the Meta Quest Professional was.
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Fortunately, we’ve got extra to go on right here than we normally do, throughout the identical interview with Stratechery, Mark Zuckerberg is quoted as saying “there shall be a Quest 3 and that’s within the worth vary of $300, $400, or $500, that zone.”
That is improbable information for individuals who had been shocked on the inaccessible pricing of the Meta Quest Pro, as that is much more consistent with the Meta Quest 2 pricing, although it would most likely and understandably be priced at a premium above the Meta Quest 2. This information comes at a good time for individuals who may not make sure if the Meta Quest Professional is value it.
After the relative surety of the Meta Quest 3 launch date part, we’re thrown straight again into hypothesis, although we’re not completely blind, largely due to famous VR business leaker John Bradley (@SadlyItsBradly on Twitter).
Brad Lynch appears to have an unparalleled potential to mysteriously purchase CAD fashions for unreleased {hardware} too, which is at all times useful, and whereas this doesn’t immediately assist with determining the Meta Quest 3 specs, it could level us in the suitable course.
The Meta Quest 3, codenamed ‘Stinson’ seems to have a design extra much like the Meta Quest 2, and the general specs and capabilities are going to fall someplace in between that of the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro.
This tallies up with one thing else that Mark Zuckerberg mentioned within the aforementioned interview the place he mentioned that the excessive worth and superior tech of the Meta Quest Professional would assist create a ‘improvement ecosystem’, which might then permit a extra consumer-accessible machine down the road, which might be the Meta Quest 3.
Entrance and middle on the headset we will see 3 oval-ish shapes. We suspect these to be digital camera cutouts. The vertical orientation leads us to suspect that the Meta Quest 3 may have a bigger vertical subject of view than its predecessor. Sadly, we don’t suppose that we’ll get the self-tracking controllers of the Meta Quest Professional.
That is excellent news because the headset must ‘see’ the controllers to trace their actions, and the Meta Quest 2 was infamous for dropping imaginative and prescient on the controllers after they had been moved too excessive above the pinnacle or too low under the waist.
Moreover, the truth that there are 3 digital camera cutouts unfold throughout the entrance of the headset most likely implies that the horizontal FOV shall be fairly good too, however once more, that is nonetheless hypothesis at this level.
We’ll be updating this web page as and after we study extra in regards to the Meta Quest 3, so come again for a go to right here and there. As quickly as we all know extra, you’ll know extra.
Is there a Meta Quest 3 popping out?
Sure. Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that there shall be a Meta Quest 3 in an interview with Stratechery.
How a lot will the Meta Quest 3 be?
Mark Zuckerberg has mentioned that the Meta Quest 3’s worth shall be “within the worth vary of $300, $400, or $500”
