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What camera does the Meta Quest 3 have?

Brad Lynch: Quest 3 schematics show pancake optics

Brad Lynch said Quest 3 uses XR2 Gen 2, pancake optics, dual LCDs, no eye/face tracking, 2 tracking + 4 environment cameras.

Brad Lynch reported that leaked Quest 3 schematics showed XR2 Gen 2 silicon, pancake lenses similar to the Quest Pro's, and a soft fabric strap rather than a rear battery pack.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedBrad Lynch said Quest 3 uses XR2 Gen 2, pancake optics, dual LCDs, no eye/face tracking, 2 tracking + 4 environment cameras.
  2. Who said it, and whenBrad Lynch reported it on Sep 28, 2022 in UploadVR.
  3. What happened, and whenMeta Quest 3 was announced on Jun 1, 2023, 246 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyMoving targetThis was right about the plan at the time. The company then changed it.Why: Right on XR2 Gen 2, pancake optics, dual LCDs and the absence of eye and face tracking. Wrong on the camera allocation: it claimed 2 tracking plus 4 environment cameras (2 mono, 2 RGB).
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Moving target
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Moving target
A moving target is a report that described the plan accurately at the time, on a product the company then changed. We count these on their own: it would flatter a reporter to call them right, and it would blame a reporter for a decision that was not theirs to call them wrong.
Reported by
Brad Lynch
We read it in
UploadVR
Product
Meta Quest 3
Read it at UploadVR

The story of this report

  1. Sep 28, 2022Brad Lynch reported it · UploadVR
  2. Jun 1, 2023Meta Quest 3 was announced · official source
  3. VerdictMoving targetWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Brad Lynch · Leaker

2 reports in the Reporting Record. The one we have checked held up. The other one is not part of that number: 1 moving target.

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Questions about this report

What camera does the Meta Quest 3 have?
Moving target. This was right about the plan at the time. The company then changed it. Right on XR2 Gen 2, pancake optics, dual LCDs and the absence of eye and face tracking. Wrong on the camera allocation: it claimed 2 tracking plus 4 environment cameras (2 mono, 2 RGB).
Who reported it first?
Brad Lynch reported it on Sep 28, 2022 in UploadVR.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 246 days before Meta Quest 3 was announced on Jun 1, 2023.