{"id":79922,"date":"2023-08-15T15:21:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/meta-appears-to-be-readying-a-quest-3-charging-dock-to-streamline-usage\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T15:21:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:21:43","slug":"meta-appears-to-be-readying-a-quest-3-charging-dock-to-streamline-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/meta-appears-to-be-readying-a-quest-3-charging-dock-to-streamline-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Appears to be Readying a Quest 3 Charging Dock to Streamline Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new charging dock from Meta, apparently for Quest 3, has been revealed through regulatory certification. As with Quest Pro\u2019s dock, the goal of the new dock is certainty to streamline headset usage by encouraging users to keep it charged and always up-to-date.<\/p>\n
Friction in VR\u2014all of the clunk associated with putting a thing on your head, fitting it, then, going through menus to get to the software you want to use\u2014is a tough challenge the industry has been slowly chipping away at over many years.<\/p>\n
One major piece of that friction comes with keeping headsets charged and up-to-date. It\u2019s an all-too-common occurrence for someone to forget to plug in their headset after a session and then realize the battery is dead the next time they have the urge to use it. Worse still, if it\u2019s been a while since they plugged the headset in, it\u2019s likely to need updates to both the core software and specific apps before it\u2019s ready to go.<\/p>\n
This is a clear issue, and one that Meta has attempted to address with an official charging dock, first sold alongside the Quest Pro headset. The dock charges both the headset and controllers, making sure everything is juiced and keeping the headset powered on and updated (well, when the auto updates actually work).<\/p>\n
It would seem the company was happy with the benefits to retention brought by the Quest Pro dock, as a new charging dock\u2014almost certainly for Quest 3\u2014has been revealed by regulatory certification through the US Federal Communication Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n The FCC is tasked with certifying products with electromagnetic emissions to be safe and compatible with regulations. Products utilizing radio, WiFi, infrared, etc. need certification before they can be distributed for sale. Certification by the FCC marks one step closer to the launch of consumer electronics product.<\/p>\n The documentation reveals that the dock includes \u201cwireless charging function for left and right controllers,\u201d apparently up to 2.5 watts. That\u2019s pretty slow compared to what we see from wireless charging on modern smartphones, but may be more than adequate for the Quest 3 controllers which don\u2019t need as much power as a smartphone or the headset itself. The actual Quest 3 headset will continue to charge via direct contact as we can see by the pins revealed on the underside of the headset.<\/p>\n \u2013 \u2013 \u2014 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n Wireless charging is an interesting change from the Quest Pro dock which exclusively relies on direct-contact charging. One reason for this change is likely that the current method of docking the Quest Pro controllers is quite awkward\u2014sometimes leading to the controllers not charging when it looks like they should be. The headset itself is much easier to place in the proper location.<\/p>\n