If we know that new licenses will be released soon on the brand new Meta Quest 3 (Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR, Asgard’s Wrath IIStranger Things VR), let’s not lose sight of the fact that this one is, like the previous headsets, backwards compatible. In this regard, the headset has not yet been released until two studios, Vertical Robot (Red Matter) and Skydance Interactive (The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners) take the step of optimization.
Whether you want to rediscover your games or want to discover them in a better light, Meta promises that its future helmet will be capable of it. So, of course, between making the game compatible Quest 3 through a patch and optimize it properly (lighting, textures, definition, etc.), there is a gap. And it is this gap that we took in the face (to be polite) during the Meta Connect 2023.
Meta Quest 2/Meta Quest 3 comparison – The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners
Even if this version is still far from equaling the PCVR and PSVR 2 versions, THE survival horror of Skydance Interactive However, it is effective on Meta Quest 3, especially compared to the Meta Quest 2 version: less fog, finer textures, higher definition, lush vegetation, for sure, it no longer has anything to do with the version wish that some people agreed to think.
The studio is also not stingy when it comes to optimizationsince, remember, this one had already operated a facelift some time ago for the PlayStation VR 2, with the same care: to get the best out of each machine, whatever it may be. We can only welcome the initiative!
Meta Quest 2/Meta Quest 3 comparison – Red Matter 2
Second comparison and not the leastsince it is neither more nor less the technological showcase of VR (all media combined): Red Matter 2. Once again, it is not a question of simple compatibility, but of in-depth work (increase in definition, 4K textures, dynamic shadows, etc.) or everything that could not be present, due to lack of power, on the old version (which is already magnificent, it should be remembered).
What to think ?
If we know, from experience, that this will not exceed the announcement effect (we hope to be wrong), in reality few studios will go so far as to refresh their games for the occasionpreferring by far to focus on the compatibility of their titles on Meta Quest 3 rather than optimizing them, as this incurs a cost that many of them cannot afford. To overcome this, Anagan79our developer, will work on making its optimization application compatible (we wish him good luck) when the headset is released: Quest Games Optimizer.
Last point and surely the most important, you will have to be vigilant! We experienced it when we left the Meta Quest 2, many studios maintain (for reasons marketing) the ambiguity between compatibility and optimization, making us believe that one necessarily includes the other. To avoid being fooled, several solutions are necessary:
- Go to the page Meta Store of the coveted game and watch the changelog (patch notes), if the game is declared compatible on its thumbnail, but nothing appears on the version change (apart from a Quest 3 Compatible), that’s a bad sign.
- To confirm your suspicions, run OVR Metric Tools (a developer account is required) on the version Meta Quest 2 and on the version Meta Quest 3 Game, observe if there are differences in definitions (EBW/EBH) between the 2 iterations.
Meta Quest 3 is now available for pre-order on the site of Meta and on Amazon. The model with 128 GB of storage costs 549.99 euros while the one with 512 GBis sold at 699.99 euros.