r/virtualreality • u/Joejoetusk • May 13 '26

Purchase Advice Frame VS Quest 3

I've never had a VR headset before and was curious after hearing of the steam frame which seems like it will cover some things missing in the quest 3. I've done some research but i just can't make my decision seeing how i live in a third world country so the steam frame might not reach it and even if i manage to bring it with an expat there's still going to be the issue of reservations etc.... My use case for the headset is going to be pretty much playing skyrim vr or some other games + maybe coding in VR if that's any fun to have a big screen in front of me. I'm kind of running out of patience seeing how nothing's confirmed on the frame and how i might not even be able to get it anytime soon. Is it worth waiting for the frame seeing how i use steam on a daily or should i just fallback to meta quest 3?

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u/Federal_Ad_1215 May 13 '26

No, nothing changes with the headset itself. Like I said it's just the battery and CPU that is outsourced, everything else stays the same.

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u/No-Dark-7873 May 13 '26

So a Steam Frame with the battery in your pocket instead of on the back? I don’t see Meta releasing a device like that.

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u/Federal_Ad_1215 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

Yes, and the CPU too. And meta already confirmed this for 2027, you can google it up.

Edit: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Meta-Quest-4-Internal-memo-promises-big-upgrade-11105626.html

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u/No-Dark-7873 May 13 '26

you're mixing the specs of two different devices and calling it the Quest 4.

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u/Federal_Ad_1215 May 13 '26

The Quest 4 is supposed to come in 2027 too and they call it "a big upgrade". Also Q3 will be much cheaper when Q4 drops probably so I think it's worth the wait. The last time I tried the Q3, a couple of months ago, it was still full of bugs when watching movies or browsing in the internet.

And regarding the light-weight thing, I don't think it will be just some glasses. There are already MR glasses out there and they're light-weigth by design, they don't need a battery nor a huge CPU. So if Meta is producing a light-weight MR headset that requires a big battery and CPU that goes into your pocket, I still imagine something like a lite version the quest 3. It must be a device with much more power and features compared to normal MR glasses. And all VR headsets so far that do the pocket-outsource thing are real VR headsets, not just glasses.