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I adore the Meta Quest Pro, but what I really want is an Oculus Quest 3

  I can’t put down the Meta Quest Pro. Ever since I first slipped the headset on to test it out I’ve been blown away by its performance, and my Quest 2 – once the best among the gadgets I own – now sits gathering dust as I ignore it in favor of this new champion of VR. Yet even as I sit here, impatient and longing for the Quest Pro on its charging station, I know the real truth of the situation: I’m not in love with the Meta Quest Pro. I’m in love with the Oculus Quest 3 hiding inside of it. The Meta Quest Pro is an ultra-premium upgrade of Meta’s Oculus Quest 2 . The old white-plastic-clad front-heavy design has been swapped out for a sleek black shell with better weight distribution and padding for extra comfort. Internally, the Quest Pro also boasts improved specs with its all-new Snapdragon XR2 Plus chip, which offers a 50% boost in sustained power over the Quest 2’s regular XR2, and a pair of Mini-LED display panels. Each screen offers 1800 x 1920 pixels per eye and provides 37% m

Oculus Quest 3 and PSVR 2 coming in 2022, supply chain analyst says

VR lens manufacturers are gearing up for huge orders from Facebook and Sony. What you need to know Both Facebook and Sony's next-generation VR headsets will launch in 2022, based on supply chain orders for lenses. These new lenses are more advanced and will cost more to produce, which should deliver greater clarity and a wider field of view. Kuo estimates that 8-9 million Quest 2's will be shipped in 2021, while Facebook will be shipping 18-20 million VR headsets in 2022. While we'll still be busy playing the best Quest 2 games well into the next year, VR lens factories will be working to build even better hardware than we have right now. As the Oculus Quest 2 enters its second year of existence, supply chain analysts believe we will see an Oculus Quest 3 hit the shelves. That, or an Oculus Quest Pro , depending on what Facebook's headset strategy turns out to be. Meanwhile, the same Taiwanese lens manufacturer, Yujingguang, will also be working on orders for