Meta Quest 3

Doubles Quest 2 GPU performance Crisper graphics with 30% more pixels Sharp, clear lenses without god rays Mixed reality is good enough to use a phone Depth sensor automatically maps your room Ringless controllers are less breakable Great price for a...

Battery is still in front, adding face pressure Passthrough cameras are good, not great No silicone cover included

“If you’ve been sitting on the VR sidelines, the near-perfect Meta Quest 3 is the headset you’ve been waiting for.”

Dramatically improved object detection and hand tracking. Enhanced visuals with greater FOV. Full color, higher resolution pass-through is a dramatic improvement …

… but pass-through is still noticeably fuzzy. OS and UI remain stubbornly dated (you still can't organize apps!). Much higher price points than Quest 2. Horizon Worlds is a ghost town.

Sleek, lightweight design ; Full-color passthrough mode ; Large library of games ; Great audio ; Powerful, seamless virtual and mixed reality experiences

More expensive than the Quest 2 ; Same battery life as the Quest 2

The Meta Quest 3 brings a sleeker design, more powerful CPU and more memory for seamless virtual and mixed reality experience. Best of all, it's under $1,000.

Detailed imagery with improved passthrough ; More compact and comfortable form factor ; Rich catalog of games and services ; Accessibly priced

Battery life could be better (still less than 2 hours) ; Not the easiest to wear with glasses

Ability to fine-tune IPD ; Tons of gaming + experience options ; Can be tethered to PC ; Battery cover doesn't fly off

Straps can snag hair ; Tricky to nail in-headset screen captures

The Meta Quest 3 is a standalone VR model with improved design, better comfort, and more precise tracking and performance. After testing and comparing this headset to the Qest 2, we found that it features significant upgrades to its previous...

Colour passthrough opens up AR ; Brilliant app experience ; No need for external sensors ; Fully standalone

Passthrough could be sharper ; Weight unevenly distributed ; No facial tracking

The Meta Quest 3 builds on the best elements of Meta’s Quest 2 and Pro headsets, and provides us with a new gold standard in standalone VR. With improvements in colour passthrough, build quality, boundary setting, resolution, and lens design, the Meta...

Best mixed reality experience (passthrough) ; Very good picture quality due to pancake lenses ; Really cheap for the great performance ; Optimal hand tracking

No face and eye tracking ; Limited battery life ; Lens reflections ; Long charging times

Technically, there is nothing to complain about in the brand-new Meta Quest 3. In my eyes, it is clearly better than the Meta Quest Pro, which is more than double its price, especially in terms of passthrough, i.e. mixed reality. Well, it does not have...