[Retric]

Ultimately the Quest is designed as a VR game console and it does that well for an affordable price, but it’s the AR aspects of the Vision Pro that people are excited about.

Head to head the Meta Quest 3 has worse screens and cameras, only runs one app at a time, requires controllers, less comfortable while reclined etc. And while Meta removed the mandatory Facebook integration that really damaged people’s perception of the brand.

In the end more affordable products sell, but people still lust after supercars not daily drivers.

[drivers99]

> mandatory Facebook

That was the reason I was never going to touch any future Oculus product but I didn’t realize they dropped that requirement until now.

[zamalek]

> worse screens

Reviews that I've watched have pointed out the woeful FOV. Pixel density appears higher due to being spread over fewer arc-seconds. Further, inadequate FOV will ruin any advantages gained by superior panels. Apple really botched that one.

> less comfortable while reclined

Reclining is likely the only comfortable position for the behemoth.

The Quest loses out on some specific points, but wins holistically. It's the 3rd iteration of the HMD, Meta have learned which compromises matter.

Then there's the vast $1000 Valve-compatible ecosystem where consumers can pick and choose what compromises matter to them. Not caring about AR frees up a lot of room for other improvements, for example. Skipping the uncanny face sheds a lot of weight and fragility in terms of glass. Using plastic might feel less premium, but premium weight is the last thing you want hanging off the front of your head.

[Retric]

The Meta Quest 3 screen has 1/5 the number of pixels. (4.5 million vs 23 million) It’s still absolutely a better game console and that’s where FOV shines, but the general consensus is the Vision pro has much better screens for consuming content:

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/meta-quest-3-vs-apple-vi...

“For playing movies, personal videos, or basically any video, Apple's Vision Pro is a revelation. If you can find a comfortable fit for the headset, its displays create a cinema-like experience. The Quest 3 can also play videos, but the experience is night and day. The Quest 3 display is acceptable for video, but worse than my phone or iPad. The Vision Pro, meanwhile, is better than my TV. Movies feel special. My own videos look good.”

[asadotzler]

Not what I'm hearing from people who can't stand the smearing if they even move their head slightly, and the bad flares or glares watching any dark movies makes it useless for a cinefile friend.

[Retric]

Ask your cinefile friend to watch a movie on a Quest 3 for comparison its issues are even worse by comparison.

[Arn_Thor]

Reviews have remarked on it but I don’t think anyone I’ve seen have complained that it’s a problem. Its other features make up for the FOV shortfall. And lord knows it has other issues too that are probably more important than the FOV