Introducing Meta Quest 3S, our most affordable mixed reality headset

Today we presented at Connect Meta Quest 3Sa headset with the same mixed reality features and fast performance as Meta Quest 3, but at a lower price. Priced starting at just $299.99, the Quest 3S is the best headset for those new to mixed reality and immersive experiences, or perhaps have been waiting for an affordable upgrade from the Quest and Quest 2.

From watching your favorite TV shows on a theater-sized screen to having your personal trainer that you can take with you anywhere, plus multitasking features, gaming and more, there’s no better mixed reality device on the market at this price.

Meta Quest 3S joins the Meta Quest 3 family

When we released Meta Quest 3 last year, it wasn’t just more powerful than Quest 2, it was a true mixed reality device at a consumer-friendly price. With full-color passthrough capabilities, Quest 3 opened up a whole new genre of experiences, allowing people to merge the virtual and physical worlds like never before.

We’ve spent 2024 making improvements to the Quest ecosystem and turning Meta Quest 3 into an even more powerful headset – and Meta Quest 3S will benefit from these updates from day one.

We’ve redesigned Meta Horizon OS for spatial computing, providing better support for major 2D apps like YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. We’ve added better spatial audio and improved passthrough contrast and color to make it more realistic and immersive. Thanks to Travel Mode, you can even use Quest on the go.

And we have big plans for the future, like expanding Travel Mode to work on trains, supporting lying down when using the headset, further improving the Meta AI on Quest, and enabling the “Hey Meta” wake word to call them, and more.

Like all of our previous headsets, it is the Meta Quest 3S built on a basis of trustwith new features that protect your privacy and data.

Something for everyone

There’s something for everyone with the Quest 3S. Experience a concert in Horizon worlds‘ Music Valley or enjoy front row seats Sabrina Carpenter, Doja cat and more. Unleash your creativity with tools like Painting VR And Gravity sketch. Sit back and relax in the home theater of your dreams with apps like Prime Video, Twitch, YouTube and Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) and Netflix with HD in the browser, all in our brand new theater view. And Dolby Atmos offers immersive sound support. Or train with us Supernaturalwith its new group training mode launching today.

Quest 3S is compatible with our full library of thousands of apps and games, as well as upcoming exclusive Quest 3 and 3S products Batman: Arkham Shadow. Games that were received Quest 3 specific performance updates also works on Quest 3S, meaning you’ll benefit from the same improved graphics and faster loading times.

A price drop for Meta Quest 3

In addition to the new budget-friendly Meta Quest 3S headset, we’re also dropping the price of the Meta Quest 3 512GB from $649.99 to just $499.99. Meta Quest 3 remains the best headset in our range for tech enthusiasts and gamers, with four times the memory of the base model Meta Quest 3S, plus our 4K+ Infinite Display* with state-of-the-art pancake lenses and a larger field of view.

Quest 3S is a big step toward making mixed reality more accessible, and we hope you’re as excited about the future of this technology as we are.

*Two displays (resolution 2064×2208 per eye) combined with metas Optical stack for Infinite Display.