Subj : Breaking: Meta has unveiled the Oculus Quest 3 VR headset
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Jun 01 2023 15:15:03

Breaking: Meta has unveiled the Oculus Quest 3 VR headset

Date:
Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:05:17 +0000

Description:
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has given us our first look at the Meta Quest 3 VR 
headset; a follow-up to the Oculus Quest 2.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has revealed the Oculus Quest 3 VR headset (now 
officially known as the Meta Quest 3 ), the follow-up to the hugely popular 
Oculus Quest 2 . 

The Quest 3 will share a few similarities with the Quest 2  in terms of it 
offering an accessible VR experience  but will also come with some upgrades 
that make it a worthwhile follow-up. Chief among them are its new 
mixed-reality capabilities; the Quest 3 will adopt full-color passthrough  
meaning it can show you the real world in color  rather than using the same 
grainy black and white passthrough that the Quest 2 employed. 

Zuckerberg's announcement via his Facebook and Instagram pages comes just 
days before WWDC 2023 , the conference where we're expecting to finally see 
the long-rumored Apple VR headset . 

While this is an earlier reveal than we expected  we believed that the device 
would first get shown off at Meta Connect which typically lands in October  
it certainly makes a lot of sense. Select individuals were invited to test 
out a prototype of the Quest 3 recently, and Meta has its Quest Gaming 
Showcase 2023 happening later today  which should give people interested in 
the new hardware a flavor of the best VR games theyll be able to play on it. 

With hype for VR riding high at the moment thanks to Apple headset 
speculation, it seems Meta is keen to ensure its efforts dont lose the 
spotlight. While the Quest 2 has made VR the most mainstream its ever been, 
interest in virtual reality has been dwindling. More recent headset releases  
like the Meta Quest Pro and HTC Vive XR Elite  havent captured the same 
levels of attention as the more budget-friendly Meta headset did in the 
months and years after its launch. 

Meta likely hopes the Quest 3 will reignite interest in its metaverse  and 
maybe claw back mindshare from the new tech buzzword: ChatGPT and other 
generative AI. 

 This is a breaking news story. We're updating the page with the latest info 
as it comes in.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/breaking-meta-has-unveiled-the-oculus-quest-3-v
r-headset


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