The Meta Connect keynote will stream live on the official Meta Connect website. If you’re a Quest headset user, you can also watch it on Horizon Worlds. Following the keynotes, you can participate in live developer sessions for deep dives on AI and mixed reality on Facebook.

Whispers about the Meta Quest 4 virtual reality headset started earlier this year when The Information released a story about the timeline for the new device—Codenamed Pismo. Ac

Also notably changing from second to third-generation Quest headsets are each temple’s built-in speakers. The Quest 2 has one speaker per temple, whereas the Quest 3 has two — each positioned to deliver immersive 3D audio at 40% louder volume.

The next Meta Quest VR headset, the Meta Quest 3S, will be priced at $299.99, the same price as when the Meta Quest 2 released four years ago

Leading to the announcement, we've had questions about how cheap the Quest 3s will be, and those questions seem to have been answered through Amazon ads on streaming platform Peacock, which indicate that it'll sell for $299 and launch on October 16, 2024, as shared by a Reddit user.

The headset boasted a sleeker, more comfortable design, as well as new AR capabilities, that made it more appealing than its predecessor. Once again, for Meta Connect 2024, the social media giant is expected to drop a new VR headset, but it's not necessarily an upgrade over the Quest 3.

Meta has garnered quite a lot of popularity among the augmented reality/virtual reality headsets recently, especially after the introduction of Apple Vision Pro. Meta is now gearing up for the biggest event of the year,

Official channels have remained silent, but Meta’s next VR headset is still expected by 2026, possibly in more than one flavor