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Data Suggests Most Expensive Quest 3 is More Popular Than Expected

Quest 3 just began shipping last week and headsets are rapidly arriving in the hands of eager buyers. While the 128GB model appears to be in strong supply, the more expensive 512GB model might be more popular than Meta expected. We checked stock availability for direct purchases from Meta.com for Quest 3 (128GB) and Quest 3 (512GB) […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

18. Oktober 2023

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 Mokhtari pried apart Quest 3, revealing the innards of Meta’s new $500 mixed reality standalone. The short of it: it’s pretty complicated to dismantle and there […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

16. Oktober 2023

Quest 3 Review – A Great Headset Waiting to Reach Its Potential

Following Quest 2 almost three years to the day, Quest 3 is finally here. Meta continues its trend of building some of the best VR hardware out there, but it will be some time yet before the headset’s potential is fully revealed. Read on for our full Quest 3 review. I wanted to start this […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

9. Oktober 2023

Update to SteamVR Suggests Valve is Still Working on a Standalone Headset

Valve is a notorious black box when it comes to basically everything. A recent update to Steam client for VR though suggests the company is still working behind the scenes on what appears to be its long-awaited standalone VR headset. As revealed by tech analyst and consummate Steam data miner Brad Lynch, a recent update […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

22. September 2023

Immersed Opens Pre-orders for Slim & Light ‘Visor’ VR Headset, Starting at $500

Immersed, the team behind the titular XR productivity and co-working app, announced Visor last month, a slim and light VR headset designed for work. Now the studio has opened “fully refundable” pre-orders for two distinct flavors of the device. Immersed is offering a 2.5K per-eye Visor model for $500 and a 4K per-eye Visor model […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

20. September 2023

Meta Quest 3 Revealed: Coming This Fall Starting at $499

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the company’s next XR headset today, Quest 3. The mixed reality headset is launching this fall for the starting price of $499. Only a few hours before the big Quest Gaming Showcase scheduled for later today, Zuckerberg showed the first look at Meta Quest 3, a standalone headset that he […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

1. Juni 2023

Pimax Delays VR Headset Shell for Its Nintendo Switch-style Handheld Portal

Portal View's new design | Image courtesy Pimax

Pimax Portal, the Nintendo Switch-style handheld that can be used as a VR headset, is experiencing a bit of a road bump, as the company announced the VR portion of the device has been delayed due to a hardware redesign. Update (July 19th, 2023): As first noted by MIXED, Pimax has delayed its View headset […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

17. April 2023

Meta Quest Reportedly Had Over 6 Million Monthly Active Users as of October 2022

A Wall Street Journal report maintains Meta’s Quest platform had 6.37 million monthly active users as of October 2022. The report doesn’t include a breakdown of which headset is seeing the most engagement, however it’s likely a majority of those users come from Quest 2. The original Quest, which was released in 2019, is currently on […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

Meta is Planning a Cheaper VR Headset for Release in 2024, Pointing to Possible ‘Quest 3 Lite’

Meta is planning to ship a VR headset in 2024 which the company wants to make as accessible as possible to consumers. According to a report by The Verge, Meta’s VP of VR, Mark Rabki, told thousands of employees in a memo that it plans to release a consumer VR headset in 2024, codenamed Ventura. “The goal for […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

2. März 2023

Tencent Reportedly in Talks with Meta to Bring Quest 2 to China

Chinese tech giant Tencent is reportedly shuttering its XR development team, ostensibly putting a hold on its home-grown VR ambitions. That may not mean Tencent is hanging up the XR towel for good though. As reported by Chinese language publication 36Kr, WeChat developer Tencent is set to promote Meta Quest 2 in mainland China. At the time […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

21. Februar 2023