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Meta Quest 3S is a disappointing half-step to Carmack’s low-cost VR vision

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Meta 's new $299 Quest 3S headset is a significant drop from the $499 Quest 3 and the cheapest price point for a Meta VR headset since the company raised the price of the aging Quest 2 to $ 400 back in the summer of 2022 .

iFixit 's recent teardown shows that the new headset is more than just a spiritual successor to the cheap and popular Quest 2 .

In 2020 , the 18321920 per-eye resolution offered by that visual stack represented a significant upgrade.

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