Meta Quest 3: New standalone VR headset debuts with 40% thinner design, pancake lenses and 2x gaming performance

Meta has provided an early look at the Quest 3, a few days after Mark Gurman shared details about the VR headset. As Meta discusses in the short video below, the Quest 3 is 40% thinner than the Quest 2 and will ship with new Touch Plus controllers that borrow the haptics motors from those that ship with the Quest Pro. Supposedly, improved tracking technology has allowed Meta to ditch tracking rings, thereby improving ergonomics.

Moreover, Meta claims that the Quest 3 packs double the GPU performance of the Quest 2 and will be the 'most powerful Meta Quest' headset to date. This improved performance will be put to use powering higher resolution displays, which will work in tandem with pancake lenses to deliver 25% improved centre sharpness and 50% at the edges of images. Furthermore, Meta has upgraded the camera hardware to provide full-colour passthrough and 10x more passthrough fidelity than the Quest 2.