One if my kids wants a Meta Quest 3 for his birthday, and I am only vaguely familiar with VR hardware, and on top of that I’m wary of everything Zuckerberg.
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How are the ecosystems? Does the choice of brand lock you in or out of particular titles? I suspect his main goal is to play gorilla tag and similar.
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Is Metaquest 3 an objectively good/decent product? What are some viable alternatives?
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He’s got a decent phone and a half-decent PC. Will the same headset work for both?
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How much GPU (if any) is required to drive one of these decently?
EDIT: He’s looking at the 3S version. Looks like 3 is more in line with steam frame. His birthday is mid-march.


Personally you need to decided what features are important to you. From my understanding anything connected to Meta requires logging into Facebook to use. For me that is a big no not to mention that I’m a linux user.
https://vr-compare.com/ is a decent place to start looking around and get an idea on what you need to look for.
I’ve seen a few things that are interesting but so far nothing has ticked all the boxes to make the purchase happen.