Cheaper VR Glasses Meta Quest 3 Coming Soon?

Meta Quest 2 are virtual reality glasses that anyone can buy, put on their head and start enjoying the virtual world. They are extremely easy to use and support a huge number of games and applications. They can also be connected to a computer, for example if you want to play the game Half Life: Alyx. For a long time they were considered the best buy, even though they were not the most powerful. But they were extremely cheap (around €300), so it was hard to beat them in the area of the relationship between performance and price. The PICO 4 VR glasses came even closer to them.

Meta Quest 2 is now 4 years old and users have been asking for more than what was offered. We got Meta Quest 3, an upgrade in every way, unfortunately also in terms of price. The Meta justifies the price increase with much better performance, including a processor and spatial-sensing cameras. The price is around €600-700 depending on the version, which is almost double the price of the basic version of the Meta Quest 2. Meta sensed an opportunity and there is clearly enough demand for a cheaper version of the latest VR glasses.

Meta Quest 3 Lite or Meta Quest 3S is said to be equipped with much worse hardware, but also with twice the lower price. There is talk of 300 euros or even less, which is a very optimistic figure. The Meta Quest 3 Lite virtual reality glasses are said to be more powerful compared to the previous Meta Quest 2 model, but will not come with advanced options such as the ability to sense depth. In addition, they are said to be made of cheaper materials and offer a lower resolution, 1832 x 1920 pixels instead of 2064 x 2208 pixels. There should also be less memory available to store data. The entry-level version should offer from 128 gigabytes to a maximum of 256 gigabytes of built-in memory.

If predictions about the Meta Quest 3 Lite virtual reality smart glasses come true, virtual reality would have a chance to take off beyond the enthusiast community. Bigger numbers, however, mean a greater likelihood of those biggest developers joining the VR world.