This was after a price increase of $100 on both units that Meta announced last year, citing a rise in production costs. That's around £320 / AU$400, but this of course doesn't take regional pricing into account.Ī $400 dollar price tag would see the Meta Quest 3 price fall in line with the Meta Quest 2 headset which starts at $399.99 / £399.99 / AU$629 for the 128GB edition and $499.99 / £499.99 / AU$789 for the 256GB edition. Although an internal Meta presentation shared with The Verge in back March saw the company tell employees that the Meta Quest 3 price will be more than $400. Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has given us an idea of the Meta Quest 3 price, telling Stratechery's Ben Thompson that it'll come in somewhere in the ballpark of $300 to $500. So an October 2023 Meta Quest 3 release date seems likely. Instead, the Meta Quest 3 will probably be unveiled at the hardware-focused keynote, Meta Connect, in September/ October time and released two to four weeks later. It's incredibly unlikely that we'll see it make an appearance at the software-focused Meta Quest Gaming Showcase. It's fair to assume that the Meta Quest 3 release will follow this pattern. So there's a pretty speedy turnaround in terms of Meta revealing its VR headsets and their retail launch. The Meta Quest Pro was announced at the company's annual keynote, Meta Connect, on October 11, 2022, and was released for purchase just two weeks later on October 25, 2022. The Meta Quest 2 was unveiled on September 16, 2020, and was available to purchase a month later, on October 13, 2020. We can also look to past hardware release date patterns for the line of VR headsets to give us an idea as to when we can expect to see the Meta Quest 3 release. This apparent confirmation of a Meta Quest 3 release this year comes from the company's third-quarter 2022 earnings report which dropped last October.Īmongst the financial jargon is a snippet in which Meta says that it expects an increase in costs "driven by the launch of our next generation of our consumer Quest headset later next year." It may be a grammatical nightmare, but it sounds like the company is lining up a 2023 Meta Quest 3 release. Meta Quest 3: release dateĪ 2023 launch window has been slated for a Meta VR headset launch, and it's undoubtedly the Meta Quest 3. Ultimately, the Meta Quest 3 is targeting a different audience than these two VR headsets, but if you're after an all-in-one, wireless VR experience to sit alongside your current gaming setup, the Meta Quest 3 is it. On the plus side, you don't need to shell out the extra money for a PS5, or gaming rig plus room trackers to have your Meta Quest headset work. The downside is that it can't rely on the power of a PC or console to power them, so the Meta Quest 3 won't be able to run games at the same power as the PSVR2 or HTC Vive Pro. Of course, the biggest selling point of the Meta Quest series is that they're all-in-one VR headsets. The Meta Quest 3 is rumoured to be more powerful than its predecessor, thinner, lighter, and offer a mixed reality experience combining AR and VR. We're hoping to see it very soon based on the current slew of rumours, as well as potential new games for the platform at the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 2023 set for June 1. But three years later, fans are already speculating about the next headset in the lineup – the Meta Quest 3. Since the launch of the highly successful Meta Quest 2 in 2020, the VR headset has sold over 15 million units at the last count in June, 2022. Meta Quest 3 hasn't been officially announced yet but from leaks and hints, we're expecting an October 2023 release with a low price point and a focus on mixed reality.
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