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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by aimor on Thursday June 01, 2023 @11:15AM (#36152298)
"Meta said that starting June 4th, the Quest 2 will drop its price by $100 to $299.99 for the 128GB version"

Ah, what a deal. The same price it was 1 year ago.

https://twitter.com/metaquestvr/status/1551975828442910720

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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by pavlov on Thursday June 01, 2023 @11:25AM (#36152471)
Considering 10% inflation in the meantime, that's actually a standard tech price drop.
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by travisporter on Thursday June 01, 2023 @11:29AM (#36152539)
According to this website it’s really only a $7-8 difference.

https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=300&year1=2022...

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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by Rebelgecko on Thursday June 01, 2023 @11:50AM (#36152868)
In the meantime there's been inflation, the CPU and GPU are getting clocked up, and I believe the other SKU of the Quest 2 is the cheapest its ever been
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by rchaud on Thursday June 01, 2023 @01:09PM (#36154174)
Not cheap enough considering the competition are light-years ahead in terms of brand recognition.

They've lost $15b already, it's shocking that they're trying to break even on hardware instead of subsidizing adoption.

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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday June 01, 2023 @01:15PM (#36154257)
> Not cheap enough considering the competition are light-years ahead in terms of brand recognition.

Nobody is really competing with Meta in the unwired VR space.

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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by rchaud on Thursday June 01, 2023 @08:30PM (#36159327)
Waters were sometimes uncharted for a reason.
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday June 01, 2023 @10:17PM (#36160055)
Yes. Like those sailors who truly thought the Atlantic Ocean terminated in a sheer cliff before hitting Asia.
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by Rebelgecko on Thursday June 01, 2023 @10:11PM (#36160017)
Which competitors?
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by crakenzak on Friday June 02, 2023 @01:12AM (#36161281)
> the competition are light-years ahead in terms of brand recognition.

Who are you talking about?? Not a single brand is as synonymous with VR as Meta & Oculus Quest. In fact, whenever I speak with any non tech focused people about VR they automatically assume I'm talking about the Quest.

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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by wilg on Thursday June 01, 2023 @01:29PM (#36154484)
That price is gonna look amazing in a week when Apple announces their weird expensive thing.
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by wahnfrieden on Thursday June 01, 2023 @01:51PM (#36154791)
773 ppi vs >4000 ppi
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by smoldesu on Thursday June 01, 2023 @02:08PM (#36155016)
Also internal battery vs external battery. There will be a lot of interesting comparisons to be made once both products hit shelves.
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by wilg on Thursday June 01, 2023 @06:17PM (#36158180)
One dollar per ppi
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by CharlesHorsey on Thursday June 01, 2023 @06:44PM (#36158466)
One inch-dollar per pixel
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by ipsum2 on Thursday June 01, 2023 @07:40PM (#36158959)
Invalid comparison, the display size doesn't matter because of how lenses work, so the perceived screen size is what counts. VR headsets are typically measured in PPD (pixels per degree). Apple's headset is rumored to be 1.5-2x Quest 3.
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by wahnfrieden on Saturday June 03, 2023 @11:13AM (#36177295)
no, ppi still matters. it informs headset size and weight and quest 3 is 509 grams vs near half that.
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by ipsum2 on Saturday June 03, 2023 @04:47PM (#36180388)
Maybe, it depends on the lens design as well.
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by wahnfrieden on Monday June 05, 2023 @11:32PM (#36207709)
well?
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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by TulliusCicero on Thursday June 01, 2023 @04:51PM (#36157157)
It launched at 299 for the 64GB version, not the 128GB version.

Plus, there's actually been quite a bit of inflation since then.

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Re:Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $4... by jjcon on Thursday June 01, 2023 @11:19PM (#36160485)
Recognize that upon launch the 128gb version was $350 - they had a 64gb version that they don’t make anymore that was $300
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