Hidden costs to own Meta Quest 3

I love Meta Quest 3, but there is no denial of the speed of the money basin. Here are some hidden costs that I hope to know before the purchase, even if I do not regret a penny from it.

The batteries (AA and rechargeable)

If there is one additional cost, each Meta Quest 3 owner will pay for it, it is batteries for Touch Plus. These control units come pre-installed with AA batteries, which will-at least in my experience-a few weeks before you need to replace them. After that, you will need to provide you.

An alternative to this is rechargeable batteries. Meta offers special dictations alongside shipping docks or On their own for $ 39.99 (Although it is not advisable to buy it in this way because they can only carry a berth). Fishing is that this can die very quickly with a frankly phenomenon capacity of 167 mAh. They usually outperform the headphone battery, although it is not guaranteed. Forget their shipment and you will need a backup option.

If you want a slightly less suitable alternative, but it is much longer, consider purchasing a rechargeable AA batteries. This has an additional benefit is to work with all the possibility of the old school as well. GEEEK Geek with a buyer’s guide to help you navigate in rechargeable batteries.

The wireless accusation cage

Meta offers wireless shipping docks: one for headphones, control units and only for control units.

the Control unit only the dock It comes at $ 59.99, but given the low capacity mentioned above, it is a difficult sale if you are not looking to impose fees on headphones as well as wirelessly. However, $ 129.99 The dock is the excellent prices that do both Comfortable and somewhat lightweight, good lock. The main edge is in third parties to its ability to charge the elite belt battery along with the headphone.

The wireless charging sidewalks of the external side is a good option as well, especially given that it is usually less than half of the Meta solution price. Some also come with their own rechargeable batteries. However, know that if you use the elite belt with a battery pack, you may need to ship it separately via USB-C.

Elite belt

The fabric belt that comes with Meta Quest 3 is far from useless – as the light weight is great to use the headphone in bed or travel – but I quickly found lack of support and uncomfortable weight distribution. It really looks like Meta designed to design you on Partial Belt is much superior.

The powerful plastic body of the belt of the elite, the rear support of the silicon, and the high -quality fabric belt helps to rest the headphone evenly on Noggin. The phone calling the back allows you to adjust the convenience more. Of course, this luxury – which will end up to be a need to use the headphone comfortably – comes Dees at an additional cost of $ 69.99.

It is the elite belt of $ 129.99, which wanders in the water “must”. Thanks to its battery, which mainly doubles at the time of the headphone operation. What makes this external battery, especially the property technique that it uses, which exhausts the tape battery before clicking on the headphone, which greatly extends from the period it takes. A unique can also be charged alongside the headphones using one USB-C or wireless connection.

Third -limited third -party belts are also available, and many of the tapes that I swear, although these are one counterpart as the unique features of the elite belt battery package make the Meta option in the clear front term. This promotion revolutionized my experience Meta Quest 3 in a way that I can never return from, which is the same element that I was unambiguously confirmed.

External energy banks

Another way to enhance your play time is external energy banks. These are trying to charge the thirsty headphones for energy while draining the inner battery, which still results in a battery that is still decreasing, slowly slowly. Although there is no effective option other than the elite belt battery, the power bank will continue to increase the headphone operation time significantly.

There is a handful of integrated electrical banks that reach the USB-C port on the side of the headphone. These are either mini units free of cables that stand out on the side or clips connected to the Meta Quest 3 belt. Long sessions are more tired. If you are concerned about it, there are also electric banks located around your neck.

Regardless of the path you choose, the Meta Quest 3 battery can last less than two hours under painful conditions and not better, so how to charge it during use is required.

Remember to take this into account when shopping for energy banks: the announced capacity is about 40 % of the capable capacity.

Medical lenses

You can wear your glasses while using the headphone, but what is more comfortable is prescription lenses.

Meta using these external sources to Zenny Optical, which offers two options for $ 49.99: Anti -deception or oil resistance (It reduces fingerprints). This clip is directly on the inner headphones of headphones, although it blows enough to the extent that the long eyelashes sometimes brush against it. Also, even with oil -resistant lenses, I find myself cleaning staining with some regularity, although it is not enough that it affects my comprehensive positive feelings towards them.

If you are wearing contacts, congratulations, you can completely skip this. Meanwhile, if you are wearing glasses but you don’t have a valid prescription on hand, you will need to examine your eyes (which is something you must do with some regularity, regardless of).

Active tapes

The wrist belts that come with Touch Plus consoles are ideal for most situations, but if you plan to play exercise games, you want a pair of tapes that fix control units at your hands. Meta sells the option of $ 39.99 Active tapesWhich found it very convenient and a total changing for the game how to use headphones for exercises.

As usual, third parties offer different and cheaper solutions (such as silicone belts). If you end up looking at these alternatives, be sure to read the reviews, because the uncomfortable tapes coated tightly on your hand will be an obstacle.

A pregnancy issue

If you are planning to travel, a specialized pregnancy issue for Meta Quest 3 deserves to protect the noble VR investment from bells, scratched lenses, and torn fabric.

Meta offers compressed options It accommodates either the arrow tissue belt or the elite belt, and there are external options in countless factors of other models, including backpacks and consuming cases. The best bet for you is to search for the option that suits your needs, which focuses on the most difficult shells for appropriate protection. However, if you do not travel with Meta Quest 3, you will not need to consider this out of long -term storage.

Upgrade your router or buy a link cable

For most people, the innovations in the wireless PCVR make correlation cables a hidden cost of the past. If you have a powerful Wi-Fi 5 or better connection, you will have a great wire-free experience in running VR games from your computer through your router. You cannot simply overcome the freedom of the wireless. My basic recommendation is to invest in the best Wi-Fi preparation if you are struggling to complete this work.

If this is not an option, but you still want the highest sincerity of VR games on the PC, you will need to fill. Fiber optical correlation cable in Meta It costs a beautiful shark at $ 79.99, to the extent that it is very expensive expensive to recommend when the price is well accomplished in a quarter of the price (such price recommended by Geek) well. Again, do your best to avoid having to perform the purchase at all.

Meta Quest+ is Subscribe to VR Meta game. Think Game Pass for VR, only the choice is much less excavated with a few distinct titles, and therefore, the cost is much lower than $ 59.99 annually. Frankly, you can try everything that interests you in the free trial that lasted three months and purchases some of the favorites that you cannot live without. I mostly mention this because it was part of the Meta Quest 3 experience that I did not know about before I received headphones.

Pacific power

Although the Meta store offers a wide range of games that already work at the headphone, many of them will look much lower than how to play it on a computer through an application like The virtual desktop. This does not mention the number of the top VR games Half of life: Alyx and Esgard anger Available only via PCVR. I will not go out and build a powerful computer only for virtual reality, but if you are looking for a new graphics card to update the aging platform, this is a good opportunity to do this.

All this means that the VR experience with Meta Quest 3 will include a series of purchases outside the primary headphone, even if the details differ on the basis of each individual. If you want to help that may be suitable for you, check out the Geek guide for our favorite Meta Quest 3 accessories.