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Apple’s Vision Pro (see issue 347, p46) reset expectations for mixed reality, but two big things stand in its way: a likely price of £3,500 and uncertainty over the release date in the UK. Until now, your best mixed reality choice was the Meta Quest 2 – but the Meta Quest 3 improves on it in just about every way.
For a start, the visor is 40% slimmer than its predecessor, which makes the Quest 3 far more comfortable to wear. I felt a noticeable difference from the top-heavy Quest 2.
Meta has also ditched the spacer for glasses wearers. Instead, you adjust the “facial interface” using two black buttons inside the headset, which will give you more space if needed. There’s also a new IPD wheel for adjusting the distance between the lenses. The stock settings let me wear the Quest 3 with my glasses on
