TechVRRevealed: Meta’s Quest 3 will battle Apple’s Reality Pro AR/VR headsetThe Meta Quest 3 could benefit from Apple’s headset hype and sky-high price tagWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechVRRevealed: Meta’s Quest 3 will battle Apple’s Reality Pro AR/VR headsetThe Meta Quest 3 could benefit from Apple’s headset hype and sky-high price tagWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The Meta Quest 3 could benefit from Apple’s headset hype and sky-high price tag
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(Image credit: Antonio de Rosa)
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The launch ofApple’s AR/VR headset, theReality Pro, is just days away:WWDCbegins on the 5th of June. If the rumoured specs and $3,000 price tag are correct – and it’s possible that the latter isn’t; the iPad was rumoured to be much more expensive than it actually was – then Facebook’s parent company Meta will be doing a happy dance. They too are working on a cutting edge AR/VR device, and it’ll cost a lot less than Apple’s one.
What is the Meta Quest 3?
Gurman admits that, like everyone else, Meta hasn’t yet found a killer app. But it does have a decent games library, and Meta appears to be pricing it just above the currentMeta Quest 2at just over $400, with the Quest 2 hanging around at a lower price. Interestingly, Meta doesn’t appear to have any current plans for anotherMeta Quest Pro: as Gurman puts it, that one “bombed”.
I’ve got a Meta Quest headset so I’m pretty familiar with Meta’s interface design and software, and I think it’s fair to say it doesn’t have that Apple polish. But then, its headset won’t have that Apple price tag either. As Gurman says, it’s likely to cost about one-fifth of the Apple headset price and deliver an experience that’s more than one-fifth as good. That may make it a “good enough” option for people who buy into the AR hype but can’t afford to buy an Apple AR device.
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