Meta Quest 3 512GB — Ultimate Mixed Reality Experiences — All-in-One Headset with Controllers, 4K resolution + Infinite Display

So this purchase is my introduction into the VR world, I have to say i'm blown away by it. The level of immersion farexceeds my initial expectations.There are 2 cons to this headset, which i will get out of the way. The 1st is battery life. For gaming on the big AAA VR titles, you are looking at around 2 and a half hours... other lighter use, maybe longer.The 2nd is the weight and bulkiness. The headset strap isn't the best and at times wearing the headset feels cumbersome. There are plenty of after market ones that solve the above 2 cons.. decent headstraps with built in battery to extend use.I purchased a link cable with built in charging and I'm quite happy having the headset charging while I'm using it so i dont have to worry about the battery running out.Now onto the positives;Game selection is vast through the Meta Quest store, a lot of big titles are there, these will cost you around 20-50 pounds, depending on the title. There is a subscription for Quest + which gives you around 20 titles to download and play for free.Linking to PC to 'stream games' from Steam is fairly straight forward and can be done 'Wirelessly' through steam link or link cable. Wirelessly streaming games from your PC means you don't have to be in the same room as your PC, it just depends on your internet speed and wifi connection to your network. There can be small amount of lag due to latency issues but nothing to make it unplayable.Link cable requires you to be in the same room to your PC and will require an aftermarket link cable purchase. There is far less latency issues using the cable.The Headset itself has an excellent resolution and reading other reviews seems to be one of the best. Which means the area for the sweet spot is quite large so its easy to adjust the fit to your head and no blurr/fuzzy edges. There is a little light bleed from around the nose guard, but again nothing that spoils the immersion.The Controllers require batteries, they do come with batteries supplied, however its something to bear in mind.Aftermarket charging stations along with rechargeable batteries seem to be a fix to that, however in the time ive had mine, I've gone through 1 battery swap on the controllers.Storage is great, apps aren't massive downloads so on the 512gb storage you can fit plenty of apps/games without worrying about clearing space.The Quest 3 can also be set up for full body tracking with the use of additional hardware and apps and connection to a pc. Ive not explored that area yet, so a simple google should explain everything you need to know.Overall, Id highly recommend the Quest 3 for VR / PCVR experience. Those that want a standalone VR experience but also the PCVR experience, for the money, its the best option right now.

I've had an OG "Oculus" 64Gb Quest 2 for 3.5 years now which I used for both native and PCVR gaming and was pretty happy with it. I wanted a Quest 3 but wasn't prepared to pay the £619 RRP. I decided to wait until it was under £500 before taking the plunge. Once the 3S was announced they dropped the price of the 512Gb model (whilst discontinuing the 128Gb and Quest 2) to a very reasonable £469 with Batman Arkham Shadow and 3 months free Quest+ subscription.I was impressed with the jump in hardware quality verses the Quest 2. The pancake lenses and resolution being immediately noticeable, as well as a much snappier overall response from the CPU/GPU. Being a PCVR gamer too I'm used to high end graphics and can honestly say the graphics on the Quest 3 are very impressive for the hardware limitations. Batman Arkham Shadow and Asgard's Wrath 2 for example, look fantastic. Even older titles that looked washed out on Quest 2 look significantly improved, with a lot of them getting "upgrades" for Quest 3. I'd say it's on a par with Xbox 360 graphically. It misses out on the usual GPU intensive additions such as high end textures, shadows/lighting etc. which are to be expected, but still very impressive for mobile hardware.Air Link/Steam Link/Virtual Desktop all work as expected for PCVR gaming and again, the pancake lenses really make everything look so much crisper than the blurry Quest 2 lenses with their tiny sweet spot. These are the positives of the Quest 3.The negatives are mainly to do with what I'd deem as mandatory third party additions:1. Head strap with battery (this is pretty much essential if you want to play for a long time without interruption and proper comfort). If you have to make one extra purchase, this would be top of the list.2. Facial interface (whilst improved vastly over the Quest 2, it's still not comfortable enough and also has no nose guard to block light which breaks immersion).3. Grips (the wrist grips aren't really that good, so proper grips are also required)4. Prescription lenses (not everyone needs glasses, but if you do, these are much better than wearing glasses, even with the built in spacer and they slot in perfectly).I've been using it a full month now and it's been great, it's such an improvement over Quest 2 and feels like Meta are really going in the right direction with VR. I hope this continues and they keep pushing the hardware, because it's certainly putting out some great VR gaming experiences so far, with Metro Awakening (which supports cross-buy) on the horizon (at time of review), for example.UPDATE: The only other negative is Meta's obsession with Horizon Worlds, which imo is very poor, they seem to be pushing this "app" more than the actual "games" the platform was built upon. I uninstalled it (but it appears it's going to be baked into the forthcoming v76 build whether you want it or not!).UPDATE: Six months later and it's definitely still a worthy purchase. If you sideload Quest Games Optimizer, you can immediately improve graphical fidelity, by instantly improving resolution and/or CPU/GPU performance with profiles. A real game changer, with just the resolution increase alone. You can also sideload ports of older games via SideQuest, such as Doom 3, Castle Wolfenstein, Quake 3 etc. so even more options for gaming.Due to the extra cost of third party peripherals, I would give it 4.5 stars overall (Updated April 2025)

I've been a VR user for a long time. I had the initial run of the HTC Vive, then later the Valve Index, followed by a Quest 1 and now this Quest 3. The lenses are much improved over the Quest 1 with a wider viewing angle and crisper image. I still find the bundled strap for the head support woeful so you'll need to instantly replace it. I've modified mine with the HTC Deluxe Audio headstrap which makes a night and day difference to the comfortability factor.Setup is far easier than the Valve Index in comparison. No need for light houses for motion tracking anymore, makes my valve index redundant. I mainly play Beat Saber as it's a great form of exercise and fun to play.Definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a simple VR setup with decent quality.