Meta Quest 3S VR

Design and display

The Meta Quest 3S bears the same basic shape as the Meta Quest 3 but has some tweaks that help distinguish it.

The main difference is that the Quest 3S has front cameras on its lower right and left sides instead of in the middle like the Quest 3. Other than that, the straps (which you can get in either soft or hard variants) and everything else appear almost identical.

Display resolution is 1832 x 1920 (773 PPI) and features a variable refresh rate of 90-120Hz. The headset has a FOV of 96 degrees horizontal and 90 vertical. Meta says the display covers 100% of the sRGB color gamut. The resolution isn’t as high as the Quest 3’s 2064 x 2208 (1218 PPI) and the FOV is slightly limited, but the headset should still provide an overall solid image quality.

One drawback is that the device is reverting to fresnel lenses. One of the Quest 3’s best upgrades on the Quest 2 was the introduction of “pancake lenses” which help make graphics in your peripheral vision look sharper, making the whole experience more immersive.

Meta Quest 3S: Specs

Specs-wise, the Meta Quest 3S is identical to the Quest 3.

The headset packs the same Snapdragon XR2 Gen2 processor and 8GB of DRAM. Interestingly, this could actually give the Quest 3S an advantage over its better-specced sibling: with a lower native resolution, more demanding games may end up performing better (albeit with less visual fidelity).

Meta Quest 3S has 3-position IPD/IAD adjustment for configuring things for your eyes — which is a a downgrade from the IPD wheel that offered a more granular fine-tuned approach on the Quest 3. That’s no issue if you sit fine with one of the three presets, but could be problematic if you don’t.

We should note that the Meta Quest 3S can only be configured with up to 256GB of storage, whereas the Meta Quest 3 can top out at 512GB.