Meta Quest 3's High-Resolution Colour Passthrough Is a Game Changer for VR, Says Keywords Manager

The Meta Quest 3 is out now. Is it really a game-changer for the Virtual Reality scene, and if so, why? Wccftech talks to an industry expert.

[UnbreakableAlex]

Just got it today. Awesome piece of tech.
A sharper oled screen and 200 grams less weight on the quest 4 in 3 years and it will be super ready for mainstream mass market.

[Petebloodyonion]

Glad for you :)
The Quest 3 still uses LCD but it now sports the incredible Pancakes lens from the pro :)

[bunt-custardly]

Nah, that passthrough quality needs to improve by at least 200% alongside a lower price point, before it can be deemed ready for "mainstream". All these VR headsets are priced for the niche enthusiast's market.

[bunt-custardly]

Nah, that passthrough quality needs to improve by at least 200% alongside a lower price point, before it can be deemed ready for "mainstream". All these new VR headsets this year are priced for the niche enthusiast's market.

[ApocalypseShadow]

It's an extra feature to sell headsets. But AR does nothing for VR. They're two different things. One allows you to interact in the real world. The other allows you to become submersed in a virtual world.

Quest 3 games will eventually get better than the updated versions of Quest 2 games. But they won't hold a candle compared to made from ground up console or PC VR games. But at least stand alone will look better than PSVR did on base PS4.

He skirted the question when asked about price. "Well, when you get it and see all those games you can play from BC, then it would be worth it." Or something like that.

The question was if it will sell as well to the mass market now that it costs $500 and $650. PS VR 2 was being called expensive at $550 for PS5 owners. Now a lot of these journalists, gamers and bloggers are ducking and dodging the price issue when it comes to this headset.

"But but but look at all those old games you can play."

You still have to be able to afford the headset first to get to those games that also aren't cheap to buy. Even the accessories aren't cheap to buy.

[Profchaos]

As a psvr2 owner I hope it sells phenomenal more growth in the VR market for gaming benifits everyone.

Now where's GTA SA VR for the Quest cause inevitably that's coming to pc and PS

[Petebloodyonion]

"But they won't hold a candle compared to made-from-ground-up console or PC VR games."
Care to explain how a game like Eleven VR, Tetris Effected Connected or Beat Saber, would hold better on a PC?
Sure you can say that Quest 3 won't have an AAA storytelling game like Halflife Alyx (unless you use it with a PC)
or produce a car racing simulator like Gt7 but I could easily say that no tethered VR headsets have come close to producing a table tennis simulation like Eleven VR, the precision and freedom of Walkabout minigolf, or simply the feeling of endlessly walking in Tea for God.

"The question was if it would sell as well to the mass market now that it costs $500 and $650. PS VR 2 was being called expensive at $550 for PS5 owners."

The short answer is NO! and I don't know what bloggers, or gamer you saw or read since the majority of the respected ones said they expect 1st time VR users to go for the cheap 250$ Quest2, the same way that mass market user don't end up buying the latest iPhone.

As for the PSVR2's price, the problem isn't the 550$ it's the 550$ + the 499$ for a library consisting of 90% games already found on the Quest2.

"You still have to be able to afford the headset first to get to those games that also aren't cheap to buy."
I'm pretty sure you're mixing things with the habits of console VR users who love paying more and more.

Quest is an OPEN platform where you can play tons of (legit) games for free or insanely cheap not directly offered on the Oculus store ( https://sidequestvr.com/app... ) or you could simply check the official Oculus App Lab for more of the same. https://applabgamelist.com/...
Still, there are also tons of free games to play (like Population 1). and the majority of the best games are priced 30$ and less.

[Petebloodyonion]

Seeing Eleven Table Tenis using AR is quite impressive but we're still at the early stages of what AR could offer when mixed with some VR ideas.

[RavageX]

I thought the whole idea is to escape your reality?

At least it is for me, I really don't want to stare at my living room in VR.

[TheEnigma313]

Price is too much for most people.

[gold_drake]

oh wow the price tho.

not sure if AR is rly that great for a VR headset lol

[RiseNShine]

I think it's being sent to die, $500 for a device with slighter higher res, slightly improved old games, no big AAA game at launch, and focuses and AR that's yet to prove that it actually interests anyone, sure it'll sell among the hardcore VR fans but there isn't a single reason for the average player to grab one. Not even PSVR2 with Resident Evil Village, RE4, Horizon etc is getting big sales and it has fantastic exclusives among PS5 owners and it's only $150 more, i don't see Quest 3 selling well at all. Someone tell Facebook that Quest 2 was succesful thanks to fantastic price point and tons of great exclusives, not for some nice hardware upgrade and a cool gimmick with no games at top price.