Oculus Quest 3 and Oculus Quest Pro leak just tipped major upgrades

Oculus Quest 3 and Oculus Quest Pro leak only tipped major upgrades

White new generation VR headset isolated on white background. Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2021.01.01

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With the success of the Oculus Quest ii, many have been wondering when Meta would follow upwardly with an Oculus Quest 3 or even an Oculus Quest Pro. A new report suggests that Meta's next headset might be coming very presently.

According to extended reality (XR) analyst and YouTuber Brad Lynch, as reported past Android Central, the Oculus Quest Pro, currently codenamed Cambria, is set to make it in the 2d quarter of 2022 — placing the headset'southward release in an Apr to June window. That's typically when Meta — the company formerly known as Facebook — holds its programmer briefing.

Meta Cambria (Q2 2022) will include MiniLED screens. Targeting to sell 3 million HMD units in its starting time yr.Quest 3 is planned to include uOLED. Meta signed deal to build production lines for these displays with Changxin TechnologyConnect 2023 announce/release presently afterJanuary 4, 2022

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Given that Meta inverse the name of the Oculus Quest two to the Meta Quest 2, it's likely that this project is codenamed internally as Meta Cambria, as Lynch suggested in his tweet.

Lynch'due south study is also corroborated by Brandish Supply Chain Consultants, or DSCC, which also claims that Meta is gear up to launch a "high-end headset" in 2022. Per DSCC'due south written report, which besides swings in by comments by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Connect 2021, said Project Cambria "will enable loftier resolution color passthrough AR. The device volition be 'pushing the limits of brandish technology and form gene' and will exist based on pancake optics, which enable a slimmer form factor."

Meta already confirmed that Projection Cambria would be coming out in 2022, though no specific engagement was given.

Per Lynch, Projection Cambria is looking to sell 3 million units and will feature Mini LED displays, like the ones institute in the 2021 iPad Pro. Combining Mini LED with pancake optics, which involve folding low-cal "several times over," could brand for a thinner and lighter VR headset with fantastic colors.

At Connect 2021 last yr, Meta already confirmed that Project Cambria would not exist a replacement to the Quest 2 or the Quest iii, but "a high-end device at a higher price betoken, packed with all the latest advanced technologies, including improved social presence, colour Passthrough, pancake optics, and a lot more than."

Meta also published a quick teaser video last year of Project Cambria, which looks very like in blueprint to the get-go Oculus Quest.

Equally for the Oculus Quest 3, Lynch claims the headset volition not utilize Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR3 processor, which is expected to ship in late 2023. Instead, Meta is trying to make a chip of its own that's better designed for VR. And apparently Meta wants to differentiate itself from other VR headset makers by not packing in a Qualcomm chip. The current Meta Quest 2 uses the Snapdragon XR2.

According to Lynch, the Quest 3 will use uOLED displays.

Of grade, fans are wanting to know whether they should buy a Meta Quest two now, wait for Project Cambria or concur out even longer for the Meta Quest 3. Co-ordinate to Lynch, Meta is hoping to announce the Quest 3 at or afterward Connect 2023 next year. The by few Connects took place in the September-October timeframe, meaning that Connect 2023 might have place then. If true, that means Meta'southward next-gen headset is near two years off.

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