My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: This Meta Quest 3S Bundle
Meta has made virtual reality (VR) accessible to many more people by offering good VR headsets for much less than the competition. The 128GB Meta Quest 3S Batman: Arkham Shado w Bundle is currently on sale for $269 (originally $299.99), which is the lowest price according to price trackers . You can double your storage for $369 (originally $399.99); in the past this version has dropped to $350. Includes Batman (list price $49.99) and a three-month trial of Meta Quest+, which normally costs $7.99 per month. Other kits with other Meta accessories are also available.
It’s true that Meta Quest 3 has better graphics, but it costs significantly more (currently $499.99) than the 3S version. Lifehacker staff writer Steven Johnson tested both VR headsets to decide which of the two was better , and the Meta Quest 3S was the winner—you can read a more in-depth review of the Quest 3S here. There simply isn’t enough of a difference between the two models to justify the extra cost, as 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).