Meta’s clearly tired of the Quest 2 being its budget-tier headset, and the tech needs to fall more in line with the 3 for a consistent experience across the board. And in that vein, the Meta Quest 3S (with a $300 to $400 price range) has been pretty heavily leaked ahead of a Connect announcement.

HTC has just announced its brand new VR headset, the Vive Focus Vision, and instead of directly going after the Meta Quest's crown (and price point), it seems to be setting itself up as an "everything headset" closer to what Apple did earlier this year… except good.

A leaked image suggests Meta is developing a budget VR headset, the Quest 3S, with a design combining elements of Quest 2 and Quest 3.

Meta is expected to announce the Quest 3S soon. We compare the already available Quest 3 to Meta's expected VR headset.

Meta will likely announce its new Quest 3S headset in a little over a week at Meta Connect, but that hasn't stopped leakers from giving us early info.

Just weeks remain until Meta is expected to lift the lid on the Quest 3S, the spiritual successor to the multi-million-selling Quest 2 VR headset.

Next week's Meta Connect 2024 will see a host of announcements from the big Zuck, and we're expecting to see a lite version of the Meta Quest 3, already one of the best VR headsets. With Meta's big event right around the corner,

Quick Summary A number of images of the rumoured Meta Quest 3S have appeared online, giving away some details of the headset. The images show no 3.5mm headphone jack, whilst also revealing the battery capacity.