The Meta Quest 3 is sharper, more powerful, and still trying to make mixed reality happen

On October 10th, Meta will begin shipping the Quest 3, its latest virtual reality headset. The $499 Quest 3 delivers some things you might expect from an upgrade to the industry’s top-selling VR games console, like a higher-resolution display and an upgraded processor. But Meta has also made the Quest 3 part of the company’s plunge into “mixed reality” (MR): a term that, right now, typically refers to a video feed overlaid with digital objects passed through to a headset display. Meta’s mixed reality seems to be getting better, but it’s still struggling to demonstrate that the new feature is worth buying into — at least before launch. Subscribe: Like The Verge on Facebook: Follow on Twitter: Follow on Instagram: Why’d You Push That Button Podcast: The Vergecast Podcast: More about our podcasts: Read More: Community guidelines: Wallpapers from The Verge: Subscribe to Verge Science on YouTube, a new home base for our explorations into the future of science: