Meta’s consumer VR headsets are already in the same price rangeThe best of them all, but at a conference next week, the company will show off some impressive-sounding research prototypes that could offer a glimpse into its headset's future capabilities.Meta in a blog postSaid that a headset called "Tiramisu" will "raise VR reality to a new milestone."
Tiramisu boasts a "high contrast ratio (approximately 3 times that of Meta Quest 3), an angular resolution of 90 pixels per degree (PPD) (3.6 times that of Quest 3), and up to 1,400 nits of brightness (14 times that of Quest 3)." Of course, it also has some drawbacks, including the fact that it's "bulkier" than currently available consumer headsets. Field of View (FOV) It’s also limited, but it’s “the closest we’ve come so far to a visual experience that passes the visual Turing test.”
The other two headsets, "Boba 3" and "Boba 3 VR", have very wide field of view. The Quest 3 has a horizontal field of view of 110 degrees and a vertical field of view of 96 degrees, while the Boba 3 has a horizontal field of view of 180 degrees and a vertical field of view of 120 degrees. This horizontal field of view brings the headset closer to the field of view of the human visual system, which Meta says is "approximately" 200 degrees.
The Boba 3 headset uses "production displays and similar lens technology to the Quest 3," with a display resolution of 4K x 4K per eye. This is up from the 3K x 3K display resolution per eye of last year’s Boba 2 prototype and the 2K x 1K display resolution per eye of the previous-generation Boba 1 prototype.
The prototype headset will be on display at the SIGGRAPH 2025 conference next week. While Meta says these headsets are "purely research prototypes that feature new technologies that may never become consumer-grade products," it's conceivable that they could eventually become headsets capable of providing a more immersive VR experience.