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

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...

. The problem is that it doesn’t make me want to recommend VR headsets in general any more than the Quest 2. And for that, I have to knock it down a peg. Still, if you want the best VR headset out there, the Quest 3 is it.

Lightweight, compact design ; Impressive VR and MR experience ; Top-end performance ; Biggest library of apps of any standalone headset

More expensive ; Battery life could be better ; Odd warping in passthrough mode

The Meta Quest 3 is an easy choice if you’re already a fan of the Quest VR headset, improving the experience in practically every way, from design to optics to performance, while simultaneously introducing fans to the world of AR. However, the...

Sharp, clear visuals and audio ; Passthrough works well ; A growing number of apps and games

Not enough mixed reality content... yet(?) ; Controls can sometimes be confusing ; Price has jumped up from the Quest 2

Whether you're upgrading from the Quest 2 or not, the Quest 3 brings superior virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) for a just-about-affordable price. We just hope the library of apps and games continues to grow and develop as the MR/VR hardware...