A free update just made the Quest 3 way better

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A free update just made the Quest 3 way better
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The Meta Quest 3 was already one of the best VR headsets for mixed reality, while keeping costs affordable.

Soon Quest 3 owners will see a big upgrade that removes the distortion that sometimes broke the immersive feeling, simply by updating their headsets.

Meta has continued to tweak the quality of the passthrough, with a big update having happened in v64. Meta’s Horizon OS v65 did a good job of minimizing rendering errors where hands move over the background. The v66 update, which is rolling out now, appears to make warping almost imperceptible.v66 Passthrough Improvements This is an important update when considering the Quest 3’s competition and value proposition.

First off, screenshots and recordings are about to become easier to access. Your Meta Quest gallery is now online, so just log into your Meta account to see all your VR content. This feature is already live for me now, as seen in the photo above. Meta also announced new hand-tracking upgrades. Wrist buttons will appear when you turn your palm upward. This is an experimental feature you must enable in Horizon OS v66 and could provide quicker, more reliable access to menus. The previous method required holding an upside-down pinch for about a second.

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