Introducing our most affordable mixed reality headset, the Meta Quest 3S | Technology

Today at Connect, we unveiled Meta Quest 3S, a headset with the similar mixed reality capabilities and quick efficiency as Meta Quest 3, however at a lower cost level. Starting at simply $299.99 USD, Quest 3S is the finest headset for these new to mixed reality and immersive experiences, or who might need been ready for a low-cost improve from Quest and Quest 2. 

From watching your favourite TV exhibits on a cinema-sized display screen to your personal private coach that you could take with you wherever you go, plus multitasking capabilities, gaming and extra, there’s no higher mixed reality machine on the market at this value.

Meta Quest 3S Joins the Meta Quest 3 Family

When we launched Meta Quest 3 final yr, it wasn’t merely extra highly effective than Quest 2, it was a real mixed reality machine at a consumer-friendly value level. With full-color Passthrough capabilities, Quest 3 unlocked a completely new style of experiences and let folks mix the digital and bodily worlds like by no means earlier than.

We’ve spent 2024 bettering the Quest ecosystem, turning Meta Quest 3 into an much more succesful headset — and Meta Quest 3S will profit from these updates day one. 

We’ve rebuilt Meta Horizon OS for spatial computing, with higher help for important 2D apps like YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. We’ve added higher spatial audio and improved Passthrough’s distinction and coloration, making it extra reasonable and immersive. You may even use Quest whereas in transit, due to Travel Mode.

And we’ve obtained large plans for the future, like increasing Travel Mode to work on trains, help for mendacity down whereas utilizing the headset, persevering with to enhance Meta AI on Quest and enabling the “Hey Meta” wake phrase to invoke it, and extra. 

Like all of our earlier headsets, Meta Quest 3S is built on a foundation of trust, with new options that can shield your privateness and information.

Something for Everyone

With Quest 3S, there’s one thing for everybody. Catch a live performance in Horizon Worlds’ Music Valley or get pleasure from front-row seats at Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat and extra. Flex your creativity with instruments like Painting VR and Gravity Sketch. Kick again and loosen up in the residence theater of your goals utilizing apps like Prime Video, Twitch, YouTube and Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta), plus Netflix with HD in Browser, all in our model new Theater View. And Dolby Atmos provides immersive sound help. Or squeeze in a exercise with Supernatural, with its new group exercise mode launching right this moment. 

Quest 3S is appropriate with our full library of hundreds of apps and video games, plus upcoming Quest 3 and 3S exclusives like Batman: Arkham Shadow. Games that obtained Quest 3-specific performance updates may also work on Quest 3S, which implies you’ll profit from the similar upgraded visuals and sooner load instances.

A Price Drop for Meta Quest 3

In addition to the new budget-friendly Meta Quest 3S headset, we’re additionally dropping the value of the 512GB Meta Quest 3 from $649.99 USD to simply $499.99 USD. Meta Quest 3 stays the finest headset in our lineup for tech fanatics and players, with 4 instances the storage of the baseline Meta Quest 3S, plus our 4K+ Infinite show,* that includes state-of-the-art pancake lenses and a wider area of view. 

Quest 3S is an enormous step in making mixed reality extra accessible, and we hope you’re as excited as we're about the way forward for this know-how.

*Two shows (2064×2208 decision per eye) mixed with Meta’s Infinite Display optical stack.