I suspect the quest 3 is more expensive to produce than the 2 so they’re raising prices now so that they can price the 3 the same as the 2 on launch. They may also want people to wait for the 3 because they feel it’ll do a better job of showcasing vr potential.
I think not really. Quest 2 is not feature complete because it lacks core social features like color passthrough cameras, eye tracking and facial expression tracking. I’m guessing Meta thinks those features are so critical to their Metaverse experience that they are willing to forgo sales in the short term.
I just read a thread from 2021 on reddit yesterday where an Oculus employee said that they wouldn't be adding color passthrough cameras, and that the current cameras worked on ir and likely would for a while. I'll see if I can dig it up, but it seems like color passthrough isn't going to be on the menu for the 3.
I think that color passthrough is confirmed on the Quest Pro. Your linked comment from Reddit seems to be raising the issue that the cameras will be fixed focus and will still be a second rate AR experience. I don’t know what is planned for the Quest 3 as that is still at least a year out.
