This Meta Quest 3S Kit Is Only $350.
Meta has made virtual reality (VR) accessible to many more people by offering good VR headsets for much less than the competition. Currently, the 256GB Meta Quest 3S Batman: Arkham Shado w Bundle costs $349 (originally $399.99), which is the lowest price according to price trackers . The bundle includes Batman (a great game at a list price of $49.99) and a three-month trial subscription to the Meta Quest+ service, which normally costs $7.99 per month. All of this is $50 more than the 128GB model, and you’ll also get double the storage.
It’s true that Meta Quest 3 has better graphics, but it costs significantly more than the 3S version (currently $499.99). Lifehacker staff writer Steven Johnson put on his VR headsets to decide which of the two was better , and the Meta Quest 3S came out the winner. A more detailed review of the Quest 3S can be found here. The difference is simply not enough to justify the price difference: the Quest 3S’s graphics are very close to the Quest 3’s and run the same games and apps.
Meta Quest 3S is equipped with a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor, 8 GB of RAM, a display resolution of 1832 by 1920 (per eye) and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. Once you put them on, the horizontal field of view is 96 degrees and the vertical field of view is 90 degrees. The sound is stereo, which is nice, and the speakers are compatible with 3D spatial audio. As for battery life, expect up to two and a half hours of use on a single charge (expect a full charge to take around two hours).
What makes the Meta Quest 3S special is how cheap you can get into the world of virtual reality, while other headsets cost much more ( Apple’s Vision Pro still costs $3,499). The package offer makes it even sweeter.