On what date did the Meta Quest 3 become available to consumers?

The Meta Quest 3 became available to consumers on October 10, 2023.

Meta announced the Quest 3 in June 2023 and began consumer availability in October of the same year. It followed the Quest 2 and was positioned as a mixed-reality headset as well as a virtual-reality device. Its front-facing full-color cameras enabled a higher-quality view of the surrounding room than the grayscale passthrough used on earlier consumer Quest hardware.

The Quest 3 uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 platform and includes higher-resolution displays and pancake lenses. Its Touch Plus controllers are more compact than earlier Touch controllers, and the headset can also support hand tracking.

The date is sometimes confused with announcement dates or regional shipping dates. October 10 refers to the general consumer launch date, while preorders and availability through individual retailers could involve different delivery timings.