Meta has announced Quest 3S, a virtual reality headset that was developed by the unit specialists of this technology giant called Reality Labs and differs from its predecessor product in a similar functional orientation at a more affordable price.

Sales of the announced device will be launched on October 15. The cost of the headset will start at $299. It is worth noting that the starting price of 2023’s Quest 3 was $499. In this case, there is a significant increase in the financial availability of the product.

Quest 3S can be used in scenarios like watching movies, and running VR apps for fitness and gaming. The technology giant announced the relevant information on Wednesday, September 25, at its Connect event in Menlo Park, California.

The company described the new headset as a multitasking computer. The competitor of this product is Apple’s Vision Pro, which was launched in February and costs $3,499.

Also on Wednesday, the technology giant demonstrated its latest prototype of augmented reality smart glasses and announced an expansion of the list of functions of the Meta AI chatbot.

Previous Quest devices from Meta were the leaders in the sales ratings of virtual reality headsets. The corresponding products were sold in multi-million units. The corresponding result is due to factors such as active marketing campaigns and a higher level of financial accessibility compared to competitors. At the same time, the corresponding efforts of the company have not yet formed what can be called a cultural phenomenon and have not changed a kind of hierarchy of the Meta digital ecosystem in terms of the scale of the technological components of this space.

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