Meta Quest 3 is an affordable VR headset for gamers: Check price, specs and other details

Meta recently unveiled its latest VR headset - Quest 3.

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Designed for gamers, it comes with a high resolution mixed reality display and is 40 per cent thinner than its predecessor.

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The Qualcomm powered VR headset offers double the graphics performance compared to the last gen model.

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Meta Quest 3 offers full colour passthrough and natural depth perception with Meta claiming that it is the most powerful headset by the company to date.

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The redesigned controller comes with TruTouch haptic feedback.

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Meta Quest 3 supports more than 500 games and will be available for purchase sometime this fall with a price tag of $500 (approx Rs. 41,000).

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It will be interesting to see how Meta competes with Apple's upcoming Reality Pro Mixed Reality headset.

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