Meta Quest 3S Review | What's Changed Vs Quest 3?

Reviewing the Meta Quest 3S VR headset, a more budget-friendly gaming option vs the Quest 3, offering the same excellent gameplay. Here's my Meta Quest 3S unboxing and impression after several days of testing.

If you can't quite afford the 3, then this is probably the best standalone virtual reality headset for you in 2024. Starting from under £299, the Meta Quest 3S boasts that same excellent gaming performance as the regular model. That's thanks to the Snapdragon brains, for running every title on the VR store.

Check out my review round-up of the best Meta Quest games for some of my favourites.

The hand and controller tracking seems to be the same as before, if a little better. And the Meta Quest 3S also serves up some excellent battery life for a VR headset, with the option to expand using accessories like the Elite Strap.

The main drawback with the Meta Quest 3S vs 3 is the display tech. You now have a single screen again, like the old 2, so the resolution and field of view have both taken a hit. Still, games like Asgard's Wrath 2 look great and run brilliantly on the Meta Quest 3S. So if you're on a strict budget, this is a fantastic option.

Meta Quest 3S Unboxing & Review Chapters:
0:00 - Blather
1:00 - Unboxing
1:32 - Design
3:11 - Mixed Reality
3:37 - Performance
4:51 - Storage
5:40 - Controllers
6:21 - Tracking
7:03 - Hand tracking
7:29 - Display
8:52 - Audio
9:43 - Battery life
10:43 - Verdict

[kenny.rys]

This is really good, have the Quest 3 myself and I'm excited for more people to get their hands on VR! We need more people and players :D

[Psycho_Typist]

This is cool, can't wait for the future of VR.

[spoooky]

never been so early!! Love ur reviews man, keep going. Now, into the video 🥳

[Miku-yuiu]

Its an extremely good product for the price, with the new chipset games can render high enough to look about twice as sharp as they were looking on Quest 2

[NotTomoyo]

great video! just make sure to change the recording options in the camera settings next time, so that its in 1080p 60 in 16:9. You can even bump up the bitrate and remove meta's pesky auto stabilisation which essentially just crops the image.

[Joe_]

Gravity sketch is the main reason I got the quest 2. Can't wait to see how the performance is for the something like this.

[tarman]

The 3s looks good but for another £40-£50 I might get a refurbished Meta Quest 3 with obviously the better lenses and resolution. Great review though mate. 👍

[reebwar]

Looks like they sticked 2 pro iphone cameras on the front 😂

[alvinnorin]

2:35 hearing you say "Oculus Quest 3" triggered an unexpected nostalgia in me.

[Enderkiller]

Saved up and got the quest 3, might as well if you're gonna spend that much anyways

[paully]

Brilliant review and doesn't metaphorically suck off the product!!!

[leedorney]

Chris looked like he had a mushroom on his head in the pro-mo shot 😁

[Jedbullet]

Uncle Spurt, liking what improvements quest have done. But...i can't have you dissing us Geordies like that. 50 bottles? Had away man. We Geordies could manage setting them goggles up after 100 bottles of NukieBroon. Nae bother like 😊

[waterzipper]

I have a quest 2 and quest 3. Would this be a good headset to replace my quest 2 for my kids.

[BadAcidd]

I'm your mate. Even though I'm in Florida and we don't ever talk or anything like that. I just listen to you talk

[Kendoujo]

Been into VR since the DK1 in like 2012 and still disappointed with it. I just don't think it's ever gotten its killer app for me, outside perhaps beat saber. I just want a killer RPG experience (Shangri-la, SAO, Log Horizon) etc. Once I get that, I'm basically dead to the real world.

[vherostar]

for me if you have a quest 2 and all the games you play work fine on it then I wouldn't get this the bump in power is great but without the improved screens whats the point?

[Jiyanwarhier]

genuinely more helpful than al, l these vrtubers

[-Tanjiro.]

WHERE CA WE GET YOUR ANIME WALLPAPERS PLEASE !!
WEEBS NEEDS A LIST 🥺💌

[JoshuaGutierrez-xl]

quest 3 Pancake lenses IPD is better head strap pro controllers no rings and mixed reailty quest 3s fresnal lenses THE AUDIO UNCOMPY DOWNGRADE FROM QUEST 3