Meta has leaked a picture of the supposed Quest 3S through an replace to its PC software program, exhibiting off what is probably going the upcoming cheaper various to Quest 3.
As first noticed by Reddit consumer ‘Gary_the_mememachine‘, the picture of may be discovered within the recordsdata of Meta Quest Hyperlink shopper for PC.
On the time of this writing, Meta hasn’t eliminated the picture from its newest software program replace. Offered your shopper is up to date, you will discover it your self by following this pathway:
C:Program FilesOculusSupportoculus-dashdashdatajsassetssrcappsdashasset_filesexperience-panels
The headset, like many within the ‘experience-panels’ folder, is referred to by its codename, which is labeled as ‘Panther’. The codename was first noticed by serial dataminer Luna when digging by way of the v65 UX recordsdata within the Quest software program.
All indicators at the moment level to an imminent launch of Quest 3S, as a brand new Meta headset was not too long ago licensed by the FCC, which is now only a few weeks earlier than Meta Join 2024, happening September twenty fifth – twenty sixth.
There, we hope to get affirmation of some rumors floating round at the moment, together with whether or not it packs in the identical Fresnel lenses and show as Quest 2, if it has the identical Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset because the Quest 3, and whether or not it would actually hit the rumored $299 worth level.
We’re additionally hoping to study extra about when Meta will launch HorizonOS to third-party OEMs, which incorporates XR units from {hardware} companions ASUS, Lenovo, and Xbox.