Zuckerberg: Quest 3 Beats Vision Pro in ‘vast majority’ of Cases in Mixed Reality

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg got a chance to try out Apple Vision Pro, which although seven times more expensive than the company’s Quest 3 mixed reality headset, is arguably its…

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Meta Pauses Quest 3 Elite Battery Strap Sales Amid Widespread Charging Fault

Meta paused shipments of its Elite Strap with Battery for Quest 3 amid widespread user reports of a charging fault that renders the battery useless. Meta says it’s now manufacturing…

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Meta’s $130 Elite Battery Strap for Quest 3 is Facing Major Reliability Issues

From flagship smartphones to VR headsets, first-party accessories tend to be pretty expensive. Along with the higher price tag though, consumers typically expect exceptional quality. After all, the product’s designers…

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Meta’s Best-selling VR Headset Drops to $250 in Early Holiday Deal

It’s pretty unlikely we’ll see any deals this year on Meta’s latest and greatest VR standalone, Quest 3. Before the holiday season kicks into gear though, the company is dropping…

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Quest 3 Teardown Shows Just How Slim the Headset Really Is

Less than a week since launch, Quest 3 has already gotten the full iFixit teardown treatment, showing off just how slim (and seemingly difficult to repair) the headset really is.  iFixit’s Shahram…

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Former Oculus CTO “unconvinced” Mixed Reality Apps Will Sell Headsets (like Quest 3)

Less than 48 hours after Meta fully unveiled Quest 3, John Carmack, legendary programmer and former CTO of Oculus, expressed doubts about mixed reality’s ability to increase headset sales. Carmack…

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New Quest Dev Tools to Add Leg Estimation for More Convincing Avatars

Meta announced that it’s offering new developer tools for Quest headsets to make avatars more realistic. The company also unveiled a Quest 3-exclusive upper body tracking feature that supports a…

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Quest 3 Brings a Big Change to Controller Tracking Coverage

Meta Quest 3 brings with it new ‘Touch Plus’ controllers that do away with the tracking ring that’s been part of the company’s 6DOF consumer VR controllers ever since the…

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