WEBVTT 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:07.040 Meta has sold just shy of 20 million of 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:11.440 their Quest 2 headsets. To put that number in perspective, that is about 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:17.119 half as many as Sony has sold of the PlayStation 5, but it's a VR headset, 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:22.080 not a living room gaming console. And if you're asking, hey, is the Quest 3 an 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:26.480 improvement over the Quest 2? The answer is, yeah, it is. But you're also asking 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:32.800 the wrong question. What you should be asking is how is it that Meta has 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:35.200 managed to lose 47 billion dollar while 00:00:32.800 --> 00:00:40.559 being the most successful VR headset maker by a country mile. The answer of 00:00:38.239 --> 00:00:44.640 course is research and development. Some of which is still locked away in a lab 00:00:42.239 --> 00:00:49.520 somewhere, but some of which is finally seeing the light of day in the form of 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:53.280 the Quest 3, or at least the simulated 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:54.879 light of day. Welcome to augmented 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:59.600 reality. This is incredible. Look at this. It's 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:03.600 like there's a real chair right in the middle of the room. Like I Oh, that's a 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:07.760 real chair. Okay, this is not the demo. We'll show you the demo. There's still a 00:01:06.080 --> 00:01:12.240 long way to go and we're going to talk about that. But when I put on the Quest 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:16.320 3 for the first time, it marked, pun intended, the moment when I could 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:21.200 clearly see the Zuck vision for the first time, and I might even be sold on 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:25.360 it. The simplicity of the Quest experience begins with the packaging. 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:29.439 Just dawn the headset and controllers and jump right in where the first thing 00:01:27.119 --> 00:01:33.600 you'll notice is the absolutely incredible video pass through. Thanks to 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:38.640 the new sensor array at the front of the headset, the Quest's first trick is to 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:43.280 transport you not to another world, but to the exact place you're standing. Your 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:48.240 surroundings get rendered with accurate depth and at shockingly low latency 00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:54.079 thanks to two 4 megapixel RGB cameras and Meta's allnew time offlight sensor, 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:56.720 making it easy to not just move around a 00:01:54.079 --> 00:02:01.280 little bit, but to actually do things to show off to Ivonne. I had a conversation 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:05.759 with her while drinking a beverage while wearing the Quest 3. She might have been 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:10.000 more impressed if I did the dishes, but what are you going to do? To illustrate 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:14.879 how much better it is than any other headset we've seen before, we set up a 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:17.520 highly scientific experiment. Roll clip. LOOK AT THEM GO. 00:02:16.896 --> 00:02:24.480 [laughter] LET'S SEE THE TRADITIONAL HEADS. OH. OH [screaming] NO. OH. ON TOP of the mixed 00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:29.040 reality sensors, the headset also makes use of four IR sensors to manage its 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:33.680 inside out tracking. Then at the bottom, you'll find IPD adjustment for improved 00:02:30.959 --> 00:02:37.519 comfort, a volume rocker, and three pins for charging with a stand accessory that 00:02:35.519 --> 00:02:42.080 is sold separately. On either side of the hinged temples, you'll find the 3 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:46.560 and 12 mm combo jack and the USBC port that handles both charging and display 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.519 input. I really like this placement, but it should be noted that if you're 00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:53.599 connecting with a wire for Steam VR gaming, you're going to want to be sure 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:57.440 to grab a long, flexible, right angle USBC cable to make routing it a little 00:02:55.760 --> 00:03:00.959 bit easier. And I'd also recommend a cable tie or similar to act as a strain 00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:07.440 relief so you don't ruin your visual immersion. ltstore.com. Speaking of, 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:09.599 man, does this headset ever look good. 00:03:07.440 --> 00:03:16.319 Once you've dialed it in, you will be very impressed. The dual 2064x 2208 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:23.840 displays provide you with 25 pixels per degree of clarity and a 110° field of 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:26.480 view at up to 120 hertz. Also gone are 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:30.879 the Fresnel lenses replaced with pancake optics like we saw on the Quest Pro. 00:03:28.959 --> 00:03:35.519 Something only seen at this price point on the yetto be released in North 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:37.680 America Pico 4 headset from Bite Dance. 00:03:35.519 --> 00:03:43.360 Of course, to hit that price point, Meta had to make some sacrifices. And sadly, 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:48.000 those displays are still LCD, which coming from the incredible color 00:03:45.200 --> 00:03:53.360 richness, contrast, and motion clarity from the OLED displays on the PSVR2 or 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:58.400 the big screen beyond leaves something to be desired. The Quest 3 also lacks 00:03:56.159 --> 00:04:03.920 eyetracked foviated rendering to improve performance. You can decrease render 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:08.239 quality outside of the sweet spot, but without eyetracking hardware, it just 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:11.519 ends up looking kind of blurry whenever you happen to shift your gaze off 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:16.320 center. Of course, you can just turn that off, though, because the Qualcomm 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:21.919 XR2 Gen 2 chipset on board this thing somehow manages to push 4 and a half 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:27.440 million pixels up to 120 times per second in real applications and games 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:31.280 while also managing the six degrees of freedom tracking for the headset and the 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:36.240 controllers. There's no other way to put this other than it is an absolute beast. 00:04:33.919 --> 00:04:42.560 And I was blown away by the immersiveness of games and other VR 00:04:38.880 --> 00:04:45.120 experiences on this headset. But all of 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:49.919 that horsepower comes at a cost. And the first one is heat. The outside of it, 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:54.400 even though it's made of plastic, and it feels like it shouldn't, gets hot. 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:58.000 Almost as hot as you'll look in our lightweight 3D down jacket from 00:04:55.919 --> 00:05:02.560 ltdstore.com. Really, that's our pitch for this. You're going to look 90% 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:05.440 awesome and 10% like a complete At least you won't be out there long 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:11.759 enough for many people to see you. Because the other downside is battery 00:05:08.400 --> 00:05:13.919 life. While a little over 2 hours is 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:18.880 sufficient for most gaming sessions, it's a big step down from the Quest 2, 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:23.199 and augmented reality experiences tank the battery life even further. Now, 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:28.479 high-speed charging could help to mitigate this, but we found that 15 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:32.560 minutes on the wall was worth about 15 minutes away from it. So, if you were to 00:05:30.479 --> 00:05:36.960 work a full 8 hour workday in Meta Horizon's workrooms, you'd probably have 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:39.840 to hot swap between your two headsets, assuming, of course, that you don't just 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:43.759 leave it plugged in. Quick note, while we were working on editing this video, 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:46.800 Meta added a battery saver mode that could help with this, but we don't have 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:51.440 hard numbers for the improvement yet. Moving on. I love the improvements 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:57.199 they've made to the controllers. The easily swappable single aoublea design 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:59.919 is back, but gone are the crummy battery 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:05.759 covers. [music] Check this out. No slippage thanks to Latch. Praise be to 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:09.199 Latch. They also got rid of the one ring to track them all. So, they now resemble 00:06:07.520 --> 00:06:13.199 the Touch Pro controllers that are found on the Quest Pro without the IR cameras 00:06:11.440 --> 00:06:18.319 that allow the Pro controllers to handle their own inside out tracking. On that 00:06:15.840 --> 00:06:22.800 note, we did notice some times when poor location estimates or just flatout 00:06:20.880 --> 00:06:27.600 tracking failures did affect our ability to enjoy fast-paced games, but overall 00:06:25.520 --> 00:06:31.440 tracking feels significantly improved over the Quest 2. From an ergonomic 00:06:29.840 --> 00:06:35.440 standpoint, we let a few people from around the office try the controllers 00:06:32.880 --> 00:06:40.240 out, and it seems like they fit well in a wide variety of hand sizes, but those 00:06:37.840 --> 00:06:45.759 with wider hands may need to employ a British tea sipping grip. That is if 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:50.319 they bother to use controllers at all. That's right. The Quest 3 does 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:52.000 handtracking and it's so so while 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:56.479 pinching to interact with Windows feels moto ben. The uh handtracking would 00:06:54.400 --> 00:07:00.160 often miss the mark on a grab or wig out entirely even in optimal conditions. 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:03.680 These issues were frequent enough that I found myself almost exclusively using 00:07:01.919 --> 00:07:08.560 controllers in my augmented reality experiences. The few that actually work 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:13.120 right now. Building LEGO in VR would be a lot cheaper than in real life, but you 00:07:10.400 --> 00:07:16.720 can't do it yet. And the experiences that are available, shooting enemies in 00:07:15.039 --> 00:07:20.160 my actual apartment is pretty neat, I guess. But for the most part, they kind 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:24.160 of just feel like tech demos and not even fresh ones. Remember face raiders 00:07:21.919 --> 00:07:28.400 on 3DS? And when they're not fun tech demos, they're work applications. But 00:07:26.880 --> 00:07:31.280 I'd argue that those are the more convincing pitch for the future. I had a 00:07:30.080 --> 00:07:36.880 great experience working on the script for this video while wearing the headset. I was up and running in Meta 00:07:34.880 --> 00:07:40.240 Horizon's workrooms in no time. And being able to shut out the world and 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:44.479 surround myself with three giant monitors was great for when I needed to 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:47.360 hunker down and focus. With Pass through always available, making it a breeze to 00:07:46.080 --> 00:07:53.039 quickly check if my bosses were at their desks in case I wanted to slack off and watch some YouTube. Speaking of which, 00:07:51.280 --> 00:07:58.000 I'm sure you've seen the myriad creative viral stunts that people have been pulling using the Quest 3. I too tried 00:07:56.319 --> 00:08:01.440 my hand at some of those shenanigans, like cooking while wearing the headset, 00:07:59.520 --> 00:08:04.960 and honestly, I would not recommend it. While the idea of having like a video of 00:08:03.039 --> 00:08:08.800 demonstrating the recipe is awesome in theory, the cameras just aren't good 00:08:07.280 --> 00:08:13.919 enough to gauge the quality of your work. Is this ground pork fully cooked? 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:16.479 I sure hope so. Holding a spoon. Well, you better have a controller in the 00:08:15.280 --> 00:08:21.039 other. I'm just going to keep putting my laptop in my above range microwave like 00:08:18.400 --> 00:08:24.319 a normal person. Oh And that ignores the motion 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:29.120 sickness that you might experience with pass through like my wife Ivonne did. 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:34.800 You see, one of the downsides of its on the-fly 3D mapping is that sometimes it 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:36.399 needs to make on the-ly adjustments. And 00:08:34.800 --> 00:08:40.880 even if you aren't prone to motion sickness, this camera strangeness can be 00:08:38.719 --> 00:08:44.959 a major distraction in augmented reality. Like when the headset doesn't 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:49.760 understand what is flat when going around corners or doesn't allow you to 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:54.640 take your UI downstairs, lest it float off into the sky. Also, I was really 00:08:52.560 --> 00:08:58.320 hoping that I'd be able to pin a video in the corner of my vision rather than 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:01.920 being required to pick up my things and carry them around the house with me. 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:05.680 Connecting to your PC by cable still works great, though, providing you with 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:11.680 all of the PC VR experiences you could want. And surprisingly, connecting 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:14.240 wirelessly via AirLink was just about as 00:09:11.680 --> 00:09:18.240 seamless as long as you're on a capable wireless network. We were using Wi-Fi 00:09:16.160 --> 00:09:22.640 6E. With a stable enough connection, you can play rhythm games, even at bit rates 00:09:19.920 --> 00:09:27.120 of up to 250 megabit per second with very serviceable image quality. Or you 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:32.160 can even push it higher if you tweak developer settings. Your mileage may 00:09:28.880 --> 00:09:34.640 vary. Wired or wireless, connecting to a 00:09:32.160 --> 00:09:39.040 PC does use the Oculus Link software, though, and it feels pretty outofdate 00:09:36.880 --> 00:09:43.279 compared to the modern Quest UI and sends you right back to the cameraless 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:48.399 stone age, locking you out of any kind of pass through unless you close the 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:50.959 link software entirely. And if you have 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:55.760 an older PC VR headset with outside in tracking, you still can't beat that 00:09:53.360 --> 00:10:01.839 smoothness even this many generations into inside out. So, it's okay, but it 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:05.360 could be better. Which is kind of how I would describe the audio on the 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:10.320 integrated speakers. I mean, I want to make this abundantly clear. It is a lot 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:15.440 better than the Quest 2. And the spatial audio wizardry works surprisingly well, 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:21.839 making objects sound like they are actually around you. But the Quest 2 is 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:23.440 a really low bar, and the bass is still 00:10:21.839 --> 00:10:28.160 very much lacking with the speakers distorting sometimes, even at lower 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:28.160 volumes. 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:36.079 The mic on the other hand is pretty serviceable, especially considering 00:10:34.560 --> 00:10:42.800 there's just the one on the front of the headset, but it does sound a little bit 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:44.720 processed and very, very noiseancing. 00:10:42.800 --> 00:10:48.560 Coming back out of VR, I've read some complaints about the head strap needing 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:53.200 a lot of adjustment, but neither Adam nor I felt that this was its biggest 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:58.720 issue. For us, it was the cushion, or rather the lack thereof. I expect to 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:03.760 have some headset face after a couple of hours in VR, but what I don't expect is 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:07.680 the unevenness of the pressure points. And while you can replace the whole 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:13.120 thing with a more sanitary silicone one, that's going to run you 40 realworld 00:11:09.839 --> 00:11:15.120 dollars for this flimsy thing. Clearly, 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:19.040 Meta hopes to subsidize the cost of this headset with ludicrous pricing on their 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:22.240 official accessories. Who do these guys think they are? Actually, come to think 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:27.600 of it, maybe they're all on to something. Speaking of which, we should 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:31.360 talk about price. The Quest 3 is packed full of great new performance and 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:38.079 features, but that's going to run you an extra $150 over the 256 gig Quest 2. The 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:41.920 good news, though, is that the Quest 2 is not going anywhere. Rather than 00:11:39.920 --> 00:11:47.839 discontin it, Meta is positioning it alongside the Quest 3. Though, I don't 00:11:45.839 --> 00:11:52.560 really know if I would go that route, at least not brand new. Let's lay out the 00:11:50.079 --> 00:11:58.000 options for each kind of buyer, then. If you don't have a VR headset or you're 00:11:54.640 --> 00:12:00.560 unsure, the secondhand market is flush 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:05.120 with cheap Oculus Quest 2 right now that are going to give you a solid VR 00:12:02.160 --> 00:12:08.800 experience at a crazy good price. I would just stick with that. On that 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:12.959 note, by the way, I've got the same advice for folks with an outside intrack 00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:18.000 PC headset already. The image quality of the Quest 3 is good enough that it would 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:23.040 be the go-to at this price for PC VR, but the tracking just isn't on par, and 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:26.959 I think that you'd be better off sticking with what you have, saving your 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:31.279 pennies, and waiting for a big screen beyond or Valve's rumored nextG headset, 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:35.519 or maybe for them to crack the code with the PSVR 2, which I've heard might be 00:12:33.839 --> 00:12:39.760 usable on PC sometime in the near future. For the third category of buyers 00:12:37.760 --> 00:12:45.839 though, who want an upgraded standalone VR headset and maybe want to dabble in 00:12:42.079 --> 00:12:48.720 AR, Quest 3 legitimately is a really 00:12:45.839 --> 00:12:53.279 exciting option. If the software catalog continues to grow and improve. I really 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:57.760 like the thing. Adam really likes the thing. And ironically, actually, I think 00:12:55.120 --> 00:13:03.839 for both of us, this was the first thing to make us sit up and go, "Wow, I'm kind 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:08.959 of hyped for the Apple Vision Pro." Like if this is how good it can be at this 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:13.200 price, just imagine what the Vision Pro is going to be like. I mean, heck, we 00:13:10.880 --> 00:13:16.480 won't even need TVs or gaming monitors. We can all move into shoe box- sized 00:13:14.959 --> 00:13:21.920 apartments just like the Zuck Envisioned. All we need is a bed and a 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:26.480 Segway to our sponsor. Has enjoyed this video? Why not check out our review of 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:29.519 the opposite VR product, the Big Screen Beyond? You'll have to see what I mean 00:13:27.920 --> 00:13:34.240 when you watch it. It's for not interacting with the world around you or 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.240 other people.