What
if
I
told
you
the
Meta
Quest
3S
is
in
some
ways
just
a
more
powerful
Quest
2
with
color
passthrough?
“Yes,
of
course
it
is,”
someone
who’s
read
our
coverage
might
say,
but
iFixit
shows
just
how
true
that
is
in
the
teardown
video
it
published
today.
The
first
hint
of
that
is
the
headset’s
Fresnel
lenses,
which
iFixit’s
Shahram
Mokhtari
writes
in
a
blog
post
are
“100%
compatible”
with
those
used
by
the
Quest
2.
The
headset
has
the
older
headset’s
IPD
adjustment
mechanism,
as
well;
and
it
shares
the
same
single
LCD
panel,
rather
than
using
one
panel
per
eye,
like
the
Meta
Quest
3.
This
is
what
sits
behind
the
faceplate
of
the
Quest
3S.Screenshot:
YouTube
Legacy
parts
aside,
iFixit
found
that
the
3S
uses
two
IR
sensors
for
depth
mapping
instead
of
a
single
depth
sensor.
That
“rare
iterative
improvement
over
the
Quest
3”
performed
“exceptionally
well
in
unlit
spaces,”
Mokhtari
writes
in
the
blog.
And
of
course,
it
uses
the
same
Qualcomm
Snapdragon
XR2
SoC
as
the
Quest
3,
and
works
with
Meta’s
newer
Touch
Plus
controllers,
which
are
sold
separately.
As
iFixit
notes,
none
of
this
should
be
considered
a
bad
thing.
The
changes
make
the
headset
cheaper
—
the
Quest
3S
costs
$299.99,
while
the
Quest
3
is
$499.99.
It
also
means
that
if
those
reused
parts
break,
it’s
not
hard
to
find
replacements
for
them,
since
the
Quest
2
has
already
been
around
for
four
years.
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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