Meta is launching an official Open Facial Interface for Quest 3, priced at $40.
With Quest Professional being discontinued quickly, Meta will not supply a headset with an open periphery, that means the flexibility to see the true world on the sides of your view. That could be why it is now providing an official choice to realize this with Quest 3.
Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth has mentioned that he was a giant fan of the open design of Quest Professional, and appeared to tease this Open Facial Interface on a number of events over the previous yr. Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly a significant proponent of Quest Professional’s open sides too.
There are already a number of third-party halo straps for Quest 3 that allow utilizing it and not using a facial interface in any respect, however Meta’s accent has a really totally different design to any we have seen to date.
As an alternative of being a halo strap, the official Open Facial Interface nonetheless presses in opposition to your face. However the house between the interface and the headset itself is empty, permitting you to see the true world.
When inventory of Quest Professional and the 128GB Quest 3 runs out, the price of a Meta headset with an official open periphery will likely be $540.
