Official Meta help pages now reference Quest 3S, and one describes it as having a brand new button to toggle passthrough.
First noticed by VR fanatic Luna, the “Full-color Passthrough on Meta Quest” help article now describes how this new button acts as a toggle between passthrough and immersive VR, changing the unreliable double faucet of earlier Quest headsets:
One other article, known as “Standing show mild colours on Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S”, references the repeatedly leaked headset too:
This is not the primary time Meta has unintentionally leaked the title Quest 3S. The official Quest Retailer unintentionally listed Quest 3S as supported by some video games on the finish of Could.
In June Meta’s CTO basically confirmed {that a} Quest 3S was current within the background of a video he posted, and final week an official render of the headset was discovered within the Meta Quest Hyperlink PC recordsdata.
That render within the PC recordsdata might even clearly present the motion button, positioned simply behind the quantity buttons on the underside of the headset:
These help web page updates come lower than two weeks earlier than Meta Join, the corporate’s annual convention the place it is anticipated to launch Quest 3S.
Quest 3S: Meta’s Subsequent Headset
A variety of leaks and studies, together with Meta’s {hardware} roadmap leaking in 2023, reveal Quest 3S is a less expensive model of Quest 3 meant to interchange Quest 2 in Meta’s lineup.
Quest 3S will reportedly characteristic the identical Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset and coloration passthrough blended actuality capabilities as Quest 3, however use the previous fresnel lenses and single panel from Quest 2 to attain a worth between $300 and $400.
XR2 Gen 2: Quest 3’s New GPU Extra Than Twice As Highly effective
Quest 3 is the primary headset to characteristic Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset, with as much as 2.5x extra GPU efficiency and 8x AI efficiency. Extra particulars right here:
Successfully, Quest 3S needs to be a less expensive Quest 3 with a bulkier design, inferior lens readability, and decrease decision. A decrease high quality machine, however with the identical content material, options, and capabilities. It ought to let extra individuals get pleasure from Quest 3 VR graphics, and vastly increase the room-aware blended actuality market too.
