Avast, ye Oculus Quest 2 scallywags! Brace yerselves, for the Meta Quest 3 be plunderin' yer precious storage!
2023-10-10
Arrr, me hearties! Avast ye! The Meta Quest 3 be gettin' fancy upgrades, but alas! These bloated files be devourin' the precious storage of Quest 2. Aye, fear not, for it be a hungry battle betwixt technology and space!
The new Meta Quest 3 VR headset brings many improvements, but it also comes with a downside for Oculus Quest 2 owners – their storage space will feel smaller. VR app developers will release updates to their software to take advantage of the Quest 3's improvements, but Quest 2 owners will also have to download these larger files without benefiting from the improvements.For example, Red Matter 2 will increase from 5.6GB to 9.1GB. This may not seem like much, but for Quest 2 users with a 64GB model, it accounts for 5.5% of their storage space or 6.2% after accounting for the Quest 2 OS. Currently, developers cannot release separate versions for Quest 2 and Quest 3, but they can release a simplified version for Quest 1.
Meta plans to extend the ability to release distinct versions of apps to the Quest Pro and Quest 3 in the future. Until then, Quest 2 owners may have to delete apps from their library or consider upgrading to the Meta Quest 3 to take advantage of the benefits that come with the larger files.
In the meantime, there are other articles on TechRadar that may interest you, such as Meta potentially challenging Apple's Vision Pro headset with a cheaper device, the underwhelming last Quest 2 update before the Meta Quest 3 launch, and Apple's reported fixes for the Vision Pro.