Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about fitness, health and wearable tech If you are a fan of VR, you should be rooting for the Meta Quest 3S to be a hit.

This is the most obvious difference between the two. The Quest 3S starts at $299.99, the same price as the Quest 2 at launch, and comes with 128GB of storage, or you can upgrade to 256GB for $399.99.

Remember when getting into virtual reality was cost prohibitive? Yeah, neither do we at this point. VR has outlasted 'passing fad' status and appears here to stay—even Valve is getting in on the ...