Meta (Formerly Oculus)
Meta Quest 3S Launches
Meta Quest 3S brought Quest 3-class performance and full-color mixed reality to a lower starting price, using familiar Fresnel optics in a more affordable standalone headset.Production/sales ended: In production. Manufacturer support ended: Not ended; the headset is actively supported.
Meta Quest 3 Launches
Meta Quest 3 paired the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 platform with pancake optics, higher-resolution displays, a depth sensor, and full-color passthrough to make mixed reality a mainstream Quest feature. Production/sales ended: In production. Manufacturer support ended: Not ended; the headset is actively supported.
Meta Quest Pro Launches
Meta Quest Pro introduced pancake optics, full-color mixed-reality passthrough, eye and face tracking, and self-tracking Touch Pro controllers in a premium headset aimed at work and early mixed-reality development. Production/sales ended: Meta announced the end of Quest Pro sales on September 25, 2024; remaining inventory was offered through December 31, 2024 or while supplies lasted. […]
Oculus Quest 2 Launches
Quest 2 brought the Snapdragon XR2 platform, a sharper display, and 6GB of RAM to a lower-priced standalone headset, helping move consumer VR into the mainstream. Production/sales ended: Meta announced the end of Quest 2 sales on September 25, 2024; remaining inventory was offered through December 31, 2024 or while supplies lasted. Manufacturer support ended: […]
Oculus Rift S Launches
Oculus Rift S refined PC VR with a higher-resolution display and Oculus Insight inside-out trackingInside-out tracking determines a headset’s position using ca…, removing the original Rift’s external sensors while retaining a single PC cable. Production/sales ended: April 2021, as remaining inventory sold through. Manufacturer support ended: No formal complete sunset date has been announced; the […]
Oculus Quest Launches
The original Oculus Quest made room-scale 6DOF VR self-contained and wireless, then added Oculus Link so the same headset could access compatible PC VR experiences. Production/sales ended: October 13, 2020, as Quest 2 reached retailers. Manufacturer support ended: August 31, 2024 for critical bug fixes and security patches. Existing apps remain usable; new Quest 1 […]
Oculus Go Launches
Oculus Go was the company’s first all-in-one headset, pairing a simple 3DOF controller with a lightweight design focused on media and accessible entry-level VR. Production/sales ended: Discontinuation was announced June 23, 2020, with sales ending later in 2020. Manufacturer support ended: December 31, 2022 (the announced support window; Meta did not publish an exact final-day […]
Oculus Rift CV1 Launches
The consumer Oculus Rift CV1 helped define modern PC VR with positional trackingPositional tracking monitors where a headset, controller, or…, integrated audio, and later Oculus Touch controllers. Production/sales ended: March 2019. Manufacturer support ended: No formal complete sunset date has been announced; Meta said Rift CV1 software support would continue for the foreseeable future.