Meta appears to have leaked the Meta Quest 3S, its rumored budget follow-up to last year’s Quest 3 headset, in its own Windows Meta Quest Link PC software. Spotted by UploadVR, the images posted on Reddit show a VR headset that’s visually a bit of a cross between the Quest 2 and Quest 3.
The headset is expected to make its first Meta-sanctioned appearance very soon at the company’s Connect event that starts on September 25th.
The “Quest 3S” (if it ships with that name) appears to have front-facing cameras. Instead of three pill-shaped camera cutouts like on the Quest 3, they’re clustered in two sets of three on the front cover of the device, while the strap remains the same. I could still find the image buried deep in the asset folders…