Quest 3 vs Quest Pro. The BEST VR Headset 

Quest 3 or Quest Pro?

Here we are as Quest Pro owners hoping to avoid buyer’s remorse over our $1,000-1,500 purchase. 😬

Hey VRelity, question? What would you recommend I get, I have a quest 2 and play F1 23 VR (Steam VR through PC)… would it be better off getting the Quest 3 because of the higher resolution or the quest pro. Thank You

Both have their pros and cons, idk why but the quest pro just felt more marketed towards businessmen to me.

I just picked up a Quest 2 a few days ago, but im already debating on getting the newer Quest 3 down the line (one of the reasons in particular, which may sound silly, but i am sharing using this with my kid. Having to re-adjust the head strap constantly is becoming an annoyance already as she needs help with it every single time, though i hope she eventually takes in my directions to do it). If im getting a 2nd I may as well upgrade simultaneously. I am planning on going with Quest 3 for sure, but one thing im curious about is if Quest Pro controllers could be bought second hand and used with the 3 (or even the 2)? EDIT: Apparently yes you can use the Pro controllers with the 3 or the 2. Seems like a best of both worlds idea but if anyone has tried this I'm all ears as I want to know if that may be worth the extra purchase or not.

I actually did some testing tonight and the new Q3 graphic updates on various games run perfectly fine in the Pro which is encouraging. I was running the new Resist update which apparently is only for Quest 3 and it was running buttery smooth at the experimental 90hz. I have to say for a standalone game, it looks impressive. I played it on the Quest 2 and wasn't so impressed. Thanks so much for doing this video as the Pro gets forgotten about and it's creating excellent and helpful comments.

OMG, the lens AD... This should have been the whole video!!!!!!!!! That's freaking amazing!

Quest Pro is super uncomfortable without a top strap. Quest 3 basically requires an elite strap or aftermarket version to add a battery and improve comfort.

Just picked up the quest 3 I’m in love with it just bought assassin creed , I got the 128gb version because 500 is expensive enough. Only thing is the head strap it’s not a big deal maybe down the road I’ll get a cheap one on Amazon

I have the quest pro (bought it earlier this year in July) and the only thing I was interested in this video was the mixed reality part. I was very dissapointed with my headset when it came to mixed reality, considering the price point and it being a huge selling point, and to see how much better the Q3 is with its mixed reality makes it an even more dissapointed experience. It's 100% true that the cameras for the quest pro are low resolution, and I think it has to do with the fact that they capture video at a high framerate. When you are in mixed reality with the quest pro it indeed is black and white and where you are looking is where the colors are added, as far as I remember. It almost feels like you're adding motion blur to the video, as the colors kind of ghost around. Would be better to turn off the added colors and only keep it b&w. You also mentioned the weight distribution of the headset, and for this I had to buy a third party strap to replace the original, that distributed the weight much more evenly on my head. For the most part it was pressuring my forehead, as the forehead pad was designed to (not necessarily, but most likely) take all the pressure off of the back. The new strap I bought is 100x times more comfortable and makes me able to play for much longer sessions. It also seems Meta decided to use some cheaper leather in their pads, as their pads irritate my skin and makes me blood red after maybe 30-60 minutes of gameplay. The new strap I bought is much better in this area, and I do not experience any irritation from hours of gameplay. I would say if you can get the quest pro cheaper its worth it. I mean I paid 1300 euros for mine and its sold for 1800 in my country, so saving 500 euros was worth it to me. The controllers are great, the tracking of the controllers and the headset is near perfect, the headset is made to be compatible with glasses, there's a market for third party attachments and equipment... It's awesome. I have not tried the face tracking in VR chat yet, not sure if that's even possible. All I know is it drains the battery of the headset quite a lot more, so turning it off is better imo. You can always attach a power bank and double your play-time though.

Hey, I am considering getting the quest pro and the quest 3. And i noticed where i live the quest pro is only 150$ more than the quest 3, the main reason i want the pro is cus it looks way comfier and cooler. Keep in mind for 150$ im getting double the storage too however when i had the quest 2 before i sold i loved the resolution and now im thinking the quest 3 is better cus of performance and resolution. Should i go for comfort and style in quest pro or quest 3 cus its a lot more future proof and better at gaming. Could you help me with this as I an very confused and let's assume price isn't that big of a problem as I definitely dont mind paying a little extra for the pro. Thank you!

If I want a VR headset specifically for max VR gaming experience which one is better? Quest 3 or quest pro?

I have to buy one of these for Christmas. Might as well get the performance from the quest 3 we all know pro 2 will be out eventually anyways Ty great video

If your someone like me that play beat saber at s high level at expert+ the quest 2 and the new quest 3 controllers aren’t good enough u need to get the new quesr pro controllers or us a vr headset like the valve index to get perfect tracking.

Let's do a simple math: 1. A cheaper version of Quest 3 is $499. 2. Quest 3 Elite Strap with Battery is $129. 3. Quest 3 Charging Dock is $129. 4. If you want Quest Touch pro selftracking controllers (not sure if they're compatible with Q3) it's $299 more. Total: $1056 So the Q3 is not 2x cheaper.

Happy i got the q3, thanks for the recommendation

I am a little torn between the two. I have the Quest pro about a year ago, got it for 500 bucks sold my HTC vive pro 2 at the time... I love the quest pro it's been my fav VR headset thus far and I've used so many over the years and for visuals its way better than the vive pro 2... The open face design and the new pancake clear lens with quantum dot and local dimming makes all the difference to me. I use Virtual Desktop, my settings are Godlike mode HEVC 10-bit running on a 13th gen i9 and a RTX 4080 and mainly play VRchat but I def played other titles like half-life alyx and Rec room beat saber ect.. everything looks so clear and has really nice colors. I also stream my desktop sometimes and watch anime on it and it looks clean sharp to me. I do want to try the Q3 via PCVR and see if it's any better for pcvr I mean 30% increase in resolution is nice but it does have some washed-out colors and the contrast isn't as good plus the closed face design so your face gets all sweaty again... not sure if it's worth it or if I could go back to closed face... also, I've never used the face tracking or hand tracking or even the passthrough lol not sure how to use it and I don't really care to learn hot to for now... But if you use it mobile meaning no PC then absolutely Q3 all the way! I've owned original oculus, quest 2 the Rift S the samsung Odyssey + and HP reverb G2 and vive pro 2 for reference

Personally, the quest pro is good enough for now. If we start getting quest 3 only games I might switch 6-12 months later

So i better just wait for quest pro 2 to have both features from pro and 3?

Though these are cheaper the the Apple Vision Pro. I like the fact that you don't have to use any controllers on the Vision Pro. This is one big thing that Meta needs to work on.

I'm gonna go for the quest pro. I'm mainly a pcvr user and I feel like the pro is just more comfy for me. I wear glasses and the comfort factor for a vr headset for me is big. The pro is just easier to handle with glasses, as you can easily adjust your space for the glasses inside, whereas with the quest 3 you need to take the headset off and instead of it being a wheel where you can set it for however much you want, you gotta lock it in one of the 4 preset places. Also my friend's quest 3's glasses space adjustment just kinda gave out a month in and now freely slide forwards and backwards. I personally like the halo style support for the headset rather than the top strap, as for me it gets uncomfortable afted a while of usage and my cheekbones feel heavy and my head gets a bit painful. The more even distribution of weight on the pro definitely beats the base quest 3 for comfort. I usually play social games like VRChat, so face tracking and independent hand tracking is important to me. It makes your character more expressive and when I first saw it on someone else it was just... Surreal. I also like the little cool features the pro has in plus over the quest 3. Also I hate the headphone jack placement on the quest 3. And lastly, the quest 3 is just not that good looking. It looks heavy, even though it's not, and kinda complicated. It looks like you're wearing one of those fantasy prisoner masks with slits for eyes. The pro, on the other hand, looks slick, thin, modern and sometimes you can't even see the cameras through the front cover, which just makes it a good looking headset. Also I like the audio better on the pro.

Personally for me, Quest Pro is better for PC VR and Quest 3 for standalone. It depends whats important to you. I'm a PC VR enthusiast and the 2 QLED backlit panels in the Quest Pro with higher pixel density and local dimming for me is better compared to a dual panel LCD display on the Q3, regardless if the resolution is higher. Although I am sure the PC VR experience on the Q3 is absolutely a huge upgrade over the Quest 2. Buy what is right for you. I am one of the few that finds the Pro more comfortable as well so that helps! I have owned every single Quest to date and had a total of 8 different VR headsets. You choose whats right for you! :-)

Ebay has Brand New Pro for £500 and the Q3 for £500. Given they are the same price - which one is better.

I got a quest pro two weeks ago on marketplace for 510… idk if it was worth it now lol

Pro user here and love it. Quest 3 ? But I have GO, Quest, Quest 2 and Quest Pro so who knows lol. The Pro has been awesome.

You forgot to mention, that the Quest Pro has more RAM memory (12gb) than the quest 3 (8gb). Sadly no games make use of the extra Quest Pro memory (that could be used for even more detailed textures than Quest 3 is able to.....)

Aight, saving money for q pro😂🎉

I have both headsets and i can confirm thay the quest 3 is better in general. The only thing better about the quest pro are the conrollers(not that noticeable) and the battery life(youre going to want external batteries for both regardless)

I love my Pro. I’m skipping the quest 3 and waiting for them to come up with the 4th 🙂

Pro is 550$ in my region and quest 3 is 500$ what should i choose?

Im getting the 3 but the pro seems better. Full controller tracking is a need. The fact that they didnt add a camera or two to the 3 controllers is pretty lazy. They’re just separating out features to make people are more confused and just endup buying both.

i still go back to my quest 1 because of the oled screen

But on the one hand, Quest 3 has mixed reality and Pro does not, this alone tips the scale in favor of Quest 3.

Have you tested both?

I got a quest pro. Don't see any reason to get a quest 3.

Id go with the 3 because it’s cheaper than the pro (and it’s graphics look better than the pro and gameplay is smoother)

You can get a quest pro for less than 600-700 new. Maybe you could of considered this in the video. But considering metas lack of pro support for eye and face tracking (and generally) quest 3 is better for most/new users.

Imma just pair the quest pro controllers with my quest 3

Thanks for letting me know that the quest 3 is better

wow vr era is starting en masse

Seems like a Quest 3 with the Touch Pro controllers would be the best of both worlds.

The Quest Pro has full color passthrough! You're wrong

At the very moment in UK Quest 3 on ebay is about £370, Quest pro about £450, so in reality price difference is about £80 (less than $100), I have both, PRO has way better premium feel to it and controllers are amazing; mix reality is better with quest 3, but i do not play those type of games, I find myself wanting to use PRO more than Quest 3, pro head strap does not mess up my hair LOL and i like it better how it sits on head. Ideally would be amazing to use quest 3 "insides" on quest PRO shell.

I’ll wait for the quest pro 2

Actually the quest pro cameras have color. But Its oversaturated

I got the quest 3 with the quest pro controllers

Whats better quest pro or quest 3 for vrchat??

You can get a Quest Pro off Offer up for half the price I found a quest 3 w Controller Grips Elite headstrapw 2 extra batteries for 400$

A lot of people seem to hate the quest pro, so I wanted to share my experience with it. I bought the quest pro when it came out for 1500$ and I regret nothing. Would do it again, even if I knew about the price drops a few months later. The time was just perfect for me. A friend of mine has the quest 3 and I tried it for a few minutes, I wasn’t really able to tell a difference between the screen, but I can definitely say that the pro is much more comfortable (my friend doesn’t have any extension headstrap stuff). And also the pro controllers feel way better. I guess everyone has to decide on their own if the big price tag of the pro is worth it. I definitely was, like a year ago. Btw I heard people complaining about the battery life of the pro, they are talking bullshit. In one whole year, never have I ever had 0%, neither the controllers nor the headset.

if i didnt have a pro already i would be all over the Q3 , I will be honest the quest 3 is a far better device than i was expecting (it has 2 screens and a great FOV for a start). Given i already have a pro however and given i primarily use it for PCVR, i am still happy with my purchase and will happily skip the 3 generation and hopefully go straight to quest 4. I do hope foveated rendering gets a proper support however, maybe it will mean quest pro gamers can get some of the quest 3 stand alone eye candy - esp if we run at 72hz, until then, meta have really done well with the Q3 and now have 2 great headsets on the market. i must admit i was never really sold on my quest 2, and indeed ended up buying a reverb G2 for pcvr. now however i dont feel the need for it. The G2 is sold and my lad has the quest 2. I also love my pro as it gives me Garden Scale VR....... despite the quest 1 working outdoors i could never get my quest 2 controllers to track outside, where as the pro is flawless in our out. I dont know about the Q3 but if i had to guess i would say the pro will track better outside.

I think ever reviewer forgets to mention the quest pro has 12gb of ram compared to 8gb on the quest 3. So basically, the quest pro is the best for vrchat

500$ for a pro used compared to 600 for a new quest 3 at my place :)

Quest pro and quest 3 are both good

Então, o Quest 3 seria superior ao Quest Pro? Claro que a relação Custo-beneficio é relevante pra mim...

Quest pro looks cool and futuristic though 😎

quest pro has full color passthrough wtf are you talking about?

With my perscription those VR lenses will set me back $170 before shipping and taxes... i'll stick with wearing my contacts in VR

Found a seller Quest Pro for 400, do I take it over Quest 3?

This is insane. There should not be so much you have to sacrifice to hug the pro.

I should say that quest 3 is better than quest pro

5:30 ...I guess I am among the minority then. I use it mostly for enterprise purposes.

Vrwave is a bad option they only ship out around December

To compare the price difference properly you must add the quest 3 docking price, the elite head strap price, the extra storage with the pro cost, and then if you also add the price of the pro controllers, the cost is about even, or even a bit more for the quest 3. So with the price being even when comparing apples for apples then one must decide if the features of the pro are valuable to them. Overall, the quest 3 with newer tech would be the better choice as it is more future proof. However I still prefer the pro for many reasons.

Quest pro in now cheaper than Quest 3 512GB

I have zero interest in mixed reality I don't understand why that's going to be their main focus going forward

This is just an advert for quest 3. The pro controllers virbration is much much stronger and the quest 3 controllers is so weak its not even noticeable

You dont even have the headset yet!!!

I bought a lens protector after watching this video

Quest pro! Def getting it Sure, it's expensive, but I, myself, don't have many expenses to worry about as of now, and can allow myself to get it But yes, the price is quite high... I do it for the face tracking and eye tracking tho!

Remember this comment by the end of 2025 we will have heard or they will of released a Quest pro 2 with the same or higher resolution as the quest 3 and with micro oled screens and wider fov. Give us this meta we just want a light headset with at lesst 120 degree fov and the same hz as the quest 3 put a 20000mha battery inside and make a device the quest pro 2 can connect directly to the PC rather than over wifi. Give us this im in. Still love my quest 3 but with the bobovr headstrap 3 batteries a double battery charger and controller grips im much closer to the £1000 mark so give us a headset around a £1000 that covers all this

Ill wait till the Quest 3 pro that hopefully has eye tracking....

Give me a quest 3

Mf really showed us parts of the psvr2 trailer

Hey I'm early

Pro would become a clear winner if they would just port its capabilities over to PCVR. Standalone is cool, but PCVR is where the bulk of people who use VR end up anyway. Zuck and his stastitical analytics team need to realize that a vast swath of the people who are interested in tech aren't on phones 100% of the time. Also, that a vast swath of those people are blocking their trackers. They don't have all the data. If they'd stop trying to invade our privacy, and allow for the PCVR space. Meta would win the majority vote. It's sad, really.

i just got meta quest 3 , while i have meta quest 2... sadly the meta 3 is feeling same heavy for face, and are very uncomfortable to have on more then a short time(5-10min).. render it useless despite it look sweet inside. i will return this to store for a full refund. ps the elite strap with extra battery came with 0% charge same as the vr set. extra batyery drain empty from 100 to 0% in 10min so that is broken. overall bad experiense.

Quest 3 is gonna be awesome

The quest pro has even worse comfort, resting the entire weight on your forehead dawg, watchu mean?

first???

The Quest Pro was the most uncomfortable VR headset ive ever used.

Can I be pin I’m the 72 th person watching 😂😂😂

Quest pro much better quality

can I GET A pin

You cant see your world as if its real life its not good at all

pointless

QUEST PRO = BRAIN DAMAGE

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Meta should really make a quest 3 pro. Put in an oled panel add face and eye tracking price it about were the pro was. They would pretty well dominate all parts of the market at that point.