Quest 3S Identify Seemingly Confirmed in Leaked Meta Help Web page

The previous few months has introduced little hypothesis surrounding the identify of Meta’s subsequent headset, primarily resulting from quite a few leaks from Meta’s periphery. A brand new leak, courtesy of serial dataminer Luna, nevertheless seemingly confirms what all of us knew all alongside. It’s referred to as Quest 3S.

Meta’s assist pages now affirm the “Motion Button” on Meta Quest 3S that I had beforehand leaked: https://t.co/vaCWeoksnv pic.twitter.com/uKuhluk4nC

— Luna (@Lunayian) September 13, 2024

The picture above reportedly comes from a Meta assist web page detailing an ‘Motion Button’, which appears to permit the consumer to modify between digital actuality and passthrough, an motion that’s carried out with a faucet of the headset on Quest 3.

Supplied the picture is real, it makes for probably the most direct affirmation of the Quest 3S identify amongst a torrent of sturdy, however equally questionable leaks.

Again in March, a picture from a now deleted Reddit publish (preserved by Luna) confirmed an ostensible mock-up of a French language Meta retailer touchdown web page, whereby ‘Quest 3S’ is each seen and named.

It’s nonetheless not clear the provenance of the picture, though an official picture of the headset itself cropped up in recordsdata discovered throughout the Meta PC shopper, confirming that the preliminary leak initially derived from both Meta or a detailed accomplice.

Then, in Might, Meta-owned studio Magnopus briefly listed ‘Quest 3S’ as a supported system of their health sport Alo Strikes XR.

So now we’ve seen the headset, and we now know with confidence it’s really named Quest 3S, what else is there to seek out out?

Right here’s the rumor mill’s take: Quest 3S is alleged to have the identical Fresnel lenses and show as Quest 2, though runs the identical Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset as Quest 3, and comes with shade passthrough for combined actuality experiences. It’s additionally rumored to focus on a $299 value level, and be provided in a each a 128GB and 256GB mannequin.

With an FCC certification already on the books, we’re now ready for affirmation of these specs and a giant reveal at Join 2024 kicking off September twenty fifth – twenty sixth, which appears all-but-confirmed to be the occasion to look at for all issues Quest 3S.