Meta ends support for the original Quest VR headset

Meta is ending support for its original Quest VR headset.

As of March 5th, owners will no longer be able to create or join a party and will lose access to social features on Meta Horizon Home.

However, you can still use the headset with compatible apps. Meta will continue to add software and security patches through 2024.

As reported by IGNthe message was emailed to Meta Quest owners.

Support for the original Meta Quest has apparently ended recently, possibly in the run-up to the upcoming Meta Quest 3.

Details of this headset were leaked last year, including design files and specs. It should be a “mixed reality device” in the lower price range.

That’s in contrast to the Meta Quest Pro, which launched in October and offers high-end VR. The £1499 price tag fits the bill too.

Meta Quest 2 is still supported, although that received a $100 price increase last summer.

HTC Vive, meanwhile, has just announced its new £1299 XR Elite VR headset.

That launches in late February alongside Sony’s PSVR2, which already has 93 games in development.

It looks like 2023 is going to be a big year for VR.