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Meta VR Glasses · Meta/Oculus official press photograph; complete supplied composition, background and maker marks retained.
VR Glasses
Meta's glasses-style VR headset of about 100 grams, with micro-OLED displays and a separate pocket puck that holds the chip, battery and storage, aimed at films, sport and work rather than controller-based games.
- Works
- Standalone
- Per eye
- –
- Refresh
- –
- Weight
- 100 g
Specifications
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- Panel
- Micro-OLED
- Pixels per degree
- 37
- Display details
- 5K Infinite Display built on micro-OLED panels; 37 PPD; Dolby Vision; IMAX Enhanced certified
- Lenses
- Ultra-compact pancake lenses; prescription inserts sold separately
Tracking and input
- Eye tracking
- Yes
- Hand tracking
- Yes
- Controllers in the box
- No
- Colour passthrough
- Yes
- Sensors
- Eye tracking, hand gestures and voice control through Meta AI; any flat surface can act as a keyboard and touchpad
- Controllers
- None; controller-free
- Passthrough
- Full-colour passthrough camera; open sides
Performance
- Works
- Standalone
- Chip
- Snapdragon Reality Elite
- Chip details
- Qualcomm Snapdragon Reality Elite, in the puck
- Connections
- Glasses connect to a pocket puck by an optical tether; the puck holds compute, battery and storage
Design
- Battery
- Separate, on a cable
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 3 hours
- Weight (headset)
- 100 g
- Battery details
- Up to 3 hours of continuous high-resolution media playback; 45 W fast charging
- Audio
- Dolby Atmos spatial audio built into the frames
- Strap
- Glasses form with arms; no strap; magnesium alloy frame
Pros and cons
Pros
- About 100 grams on the face, five times lighter than Quest 3 by Meta's figure
- Micro-OLED displays at 37 pixels per degree, with Dolby Vision
- Eye, hand and voice control with no controllers needed
Cons
- Needs its tethered puck for compute, battery and storage
- Up to 3 hours of media playback on the puck's battery
- No controllers; games at launch are played with hand gestures or streamed
Closest rivals
Model | Works | Per eye | Refresh | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standalone | 3552 × 3840 | 90 Hz | 545 g | Oct 2025 | |
| Standalone or with a PC | 2160 × 2160 | 144 Hz | 440 g | Sept 2026 | |
| Standalone | 3660 × 3200 | 100 Hz | 600 g | Feb 2024 |
Sources
- meta.com/gb/vr-glasses
- about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-meta-vr-glasses-3d-movies-immersive-live-…
- about.fb.com/news/2026/09/the-biggest-news-from-connect-2026
- Meta VR Glasses held in both hands, showing the lenses and nose support: Meta/Oculus official press photograph; complete supplied composition, background and maker marks retained.
- Man wearing Meta VR Glasses in the supplied warm interior photograph: Meta/Oculus official press photograph; complete supplied composition, background and maker marks retained.
