Meta unveils Quest 3 mixed reality headset ahead of Apple’s VR debut
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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday revealed the company's next-generation mixed reality headset, the Quest 3, as it braces for Apple to potentially reshape a nascent market that Meta has dominated so far.Priced starting at $499, the device will be 40% thinner than the company's previous headset and feature color mixed reality, which combines augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) elements, Zuckerberg said in an Instagram post. Meta also said it would lower the prices of its existing Quest 2 headsets, while adding performance upgrades aimed at delivering a smoother user experience. The Quest 3 will have a new Qualcomm chipset with twice the graphics performance as the Quest 2, Zuckerberg said. He said the device would launch in the autumn and promised more details at th...