A brand new Meta VR headset has been licensed by the FCC, presumably pointing to the upcoming launch of the rumored Quest 3S—or what may very well be the corporate’s extra reasonably priced providing subsequent to Quest 3.
Replace (September twenty fourth, 2024): A brand new VR headset from Meta is coming. Paperwork associated to the FCC certification had been printed on Sunday, which generally arrives solely days earlier than a brand new Meta product is because of launch. A separate certification additionally popped up on third-party testing and certification website Dekra.
With Meta Join arising close to the top of the month, it appears we’re solely about three weeks away from discovering out for good—supplied we don’t see any of the same old leaks main as much as launch.
The unique article protecting the earlier ‘Quest 3S’ title leak follows beneath:
Authentic Article (Could thirty first, 2024): It was revealed in early 2023 that Meta was internally cooking up a brand new Quest headset to ship in 2024, which the corporate talked about it hoped would make the platform extra accessible to shoppers. Now, the naming scheme ‘Quest 3S’ has appeared in a latest app itemizing, seemingly confirming earlier rumors of Meta’s subsequent headset.
As seen within the Quest Retailer itemizing for XR health app Alo Strikes XR, the title ‘Quest 3S’ has appeared, which ostensibly factors to the corporate’s subsequent headset.
Whether or not that is speculated to be that ‘extra accessible’ (re: cheaper) headset in query stays to be seen, but it surely’s a very good wager.
Whilst you would possibly assume it might merely be a mistake made by any studio, Alo Strikes XR is notably being printed by Meta and developed by Magnopus, the identical studio that labored with Meta to create an open supply Unity demo constructed to showcase a number of the most compelling issues you are able to do in MR.
It’s not clear when Meta hopes to announce the supposed Quest 3S, additionally referred to in prior rumors as ‘Quest 3 Lite’. Its subsequent massive alternative can be Join 2024, which generally occurs in October. The corporate tends to announce headsets there, so we’ll simply have to attend and see (see replace).
In the meantime, Meta has slashed the worth of Quest 2, bringing the 128GB model of its 2020-era standalone VR headset to only $200. This comes as the corporate has repositioned itself extra as a platform holder and never a sole producer as such, evidenced by the announcement it will likely be releasing its XR working system to third-party OEMs for the primary time. That’s set to incorporate XR units working Meta’s HorizonOS from a 3 preliminary companions ASUS, Lenovo, and Xbox—promising to carry plenty of Quest-like standalones to the forefront within the close to future.
