Meta Quest 3
- Grades: 8+
- Number of Students: 1
- Number of Lessons: N.A.
- Contact Hours: N.A.
- Additional Resources: Educational Apps
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Highlights:
Expand Your World with Meta Quest 3
Blend the virtual and physical with breakthrough mixed reality
- Bring virtual elements into your physical space with natural interactions
- High-fidelity, full-color passthrough keeps your surroundings in sight, while stereoscopic depth perception allows you to interact with characters or objects in the room around you.
Surround yourself in 3D sound
- With enhanced sound clarity and an audio range that's 40% louder than Quest 2, all your favorite apps become more immersive.
- Stream movies by creating the ultimate home theater within your headset, or play games backed by a soundtrack of booming bass that brings you straight into the action.
Dazzling graphics
- Delve deeper with lifelike experiences—thanks to 4K+ Infinite Display resolution.*
- You can also see more with an increased field of view (104° horizontal / 96° vertical) that extends your peripheral vision within virtual worlds.
*Two displays (2064x2208 resolution per eye) combined with Meta’s Infinite Display optical stack.
Redesigned to help you find the perfect fit
- Discover the setup that works best for you, including options that let you wear your headset over glasses—or accommodate different hairstyles and face shapes.
Touch Plus controllers for experiences you can feel
- Feel like you're actually swinging a saber or casting a fishing line with TruTouch haptics that let you react to every experience as if you're physically there.
Faster load times. Crisper details. Smoother play.
- The most powerful chip we’ve ever put in a headset* enables faster load times and crisper details—whether you're courtside at an NBA game or battling bad guys to save the universe.
*Based on the graphic performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 vs XR2 Gen 1 on Meta Quest 2.
VR in the Classroom
The Meta Quest 3 can be effectively used in classrooms to enhance education through immersive experiences. It serves as a powerful tool for taking students on virtual field trips to historical sites, museums, and far-off locations, fostering engagement and deeper understanding. In addition, it can facilitate interactive lessons in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), allowing students to explore 3D models, conduct virtual experiments, and grasp complex concepts. The device also supports language learning, art, and creativity, enabling students to practice languages and engage in artistic activities in a virtual space. Collaborative projects, career exploration, and fostering well-being through mindfulness exercises are among the versatile applications of the Meta Quest 3 in educational settings.
See all available Meta Quest EDU Apps here.
What's Included:
- Meat Quest 3 Headset with adjustable pre-installed Standard Facial Interface
- 2x Touch Plus Controllers with wrist straps and 2 AA Batteries
- Charging cable & power adapter
Technology Requirements/Specifications:
Core Overview
- Advanced hardware stack and the first headset with the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2, delivering double the GPU processing power for faster load times and more seamless gameplay compared to Meta Quest 2. This brings enough power to support heavy applications like fast-action gaming, seamless full-color, high-resolution passthrough and so much more.
- 128GB and 512GB options. Enables continued exploration of the vast library of titles.
- 2 RGB cameras with 18 PPD, for 10X the resolution of Quest 2 and 3X the resolution of Quest Pro in passthrough. Delivers full-color, high-fidelity views of your surroundings while you see virtual objects appear in your physical space. Accurate depth projection and room mapping gives you freedom to move throughout your space and interact with virtual characters or objects in the room around you.
- Integrated stereo speakers with 3D spatial audio places you in your space with 40% louder audio range, bass range and optimal L/R matching capabilities. 3.5mm audio jack for headphones and sound output to external audio devices.
- 8GB. 33% more memory compared with Meta Quest 2, giving you more support to play your favorite apps with optimal performance.
Ergonomics
- Soft adjustable strap accommodates a variety of head shapes and hairstyles; Hard strap is available and sold separately.
- Easily adjust the facial interface closer or farther from your face to improve comfort and field of view.
- 515 grams. Pancake optics create a 40% slimmer optic profile* for more comfortable wear.
*As compared to Quest 2 excluding the facial interface.
- 2064x2208 pixels per eye enhances resolution by nearly 30% compared to Meta Quest 2 for next-level clarity and lifelike graphics. 4K+ Infinite Display with 25PPD and 1218 PPI brings the best resolution across the entire Quest line of devices.
- 72Hz, 80Hz, 90Hz, 120Hz.
- 110 degrees horizontal and 96 degrees vertical. This extends your peripheral vision to let you see more of virtual worlds, all at once, for the most immersive experiences yet.
- Pancake lens provides a slimmer optic profile* without compromising the depth of your visual immersion. Increased sharpness by 25% in center FOV (~70% sharper in periphery), with significantly less stray or scattered light artifacts.
*As compared to Quest 2 excluding the facial interface.
- Accommodated IPD range: 53-75 mm, with mechanical lens spacing adjustment wheel for smooth adjustment and better visual clarity.
- Our innovative optical design allows for an eye box that covers a wider range of interpupillary distances than ever before. Use the table to understand if your IPD is within the Quest 3 accommodated range:
Mechanical Lens Spacing (mm)
Distance you see in headset
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58 (min)
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59
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60
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61
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62
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63
|
64
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65
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66
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67
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68
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69
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70 (max)
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IPD range acommodated (mm)
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53-63
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54-64
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55-65
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56-66
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57-67
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58-68
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59-69
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60-70
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61-71
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62-72
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63-73
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64-74
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65-75
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- Not featured.
Meta Quest Touch Plus Controllers
- Play comfortably with a streamlined, ring-free design. Experience more natural movement and precise input as if they’re a natural extension of your hands.
- TruTouch variable haptics provide tactile feedback, enabling a more holistic range of in-experience sensations so you can touch, move and react realistically within virtual environments.
Experience
- 2 RGB Color cameras and depth projector for improved depth and resolution.
- Advanced hybrid computer vision and machine learning sensors follow your gestures, with 4 IR cameras and 2 RGB cameras cameras to enable controller-free navigation and more intuitive control. Simply move your hands to tap, scroll, navigate and play.
- 500+ titles bring a vast library of experiences. There’s something for everyone to discover in more immersive ways, thanks to mixed reality and better performance enabling faster load times, seamless play and ultra-realistic graphics.
- Full access to the entire catalog of Meta Quest apps, games and experiences. Keep playing your favorite titles, with game updates to optimize viewing and performance.
- Supported with Meta Quest Link Cable and Air Link to connect your headset to the power of your PC to unlock yet another level of gameplay (available separately).
Charging
- Up to 2.2 hours of usage on average
- Gaming: 2.4 hours of usage on average
- Social: 2.2 hours of usage on average
- Productivity: 1.5 hours of usage on average
- Media: 2.9 hours of usage on average
- As with most battery powered devices, battery life is dependent on various factors such as device settings, usage, age of battery, Bluetooth usage, and wireless conditions.
- Approximately 2.3 hours with the included 18W power adapter (headset only).
- Built-in USB-C port for charging and connectivity. Contact pads on bottom of device simplify charging, when combined with the external dock accessory (available separately).
Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E certified (region permitting).
Privacy
- Signal notifies bystanders that the external cameras are in use.
- Advanced encryption plus customized settings include data sharing opt-in/opt-out, electronic mic/camera disconnect and password/PIN protection to let multiple users explore safely.