Meta’s VR glasses weigh about 100 grams and will cost $1,299.99 next spring

Meta’s newsroom announced on September 23, 2026, that its new VR glasses will weigh about 100 grams and go on sale in spring 2027 for $1,299.99. The company compares the weight to a deck of cards and says the glasses are five times lighter than the Quest 3.

The figure describes the glasses on the face, and the computer, battery and storage live elsewhere. That split explains how Meta reached a number so far below any headset the company has sold, and it is the first thing to understand about the 100 grams.

The 100 grams: frames only, puck separate

In Meta’s announcement, the glasses carry the sensors and the micro-OLED displays, while a separate puck connected by an optical tether holds compute, battery and storage. The puck clips to a pocket or bag, which is how Meta keeps the processor and cells off the wearer’s head. Meta rates its battery for up to three hours of continuous high-resolution media playback and supports 45W fast charging.

Meta has not published a puck weight. Digital Citizen points out that the five-times comparison covers only the face-worn piece, and that the roughly 515 grams usually quoted for the Quest 3 is what gets divided by 100 to reach it. The same outlet notes that a puck figure of about 300 grams has been reported elsewhere but cannot be attributed to Meta, so the weight of the two-part system is not known from the company.

Price and the spring 2027 window

Meta’s post says the glasses “will go on sale Spring 2027 for $1,299.99 USD.” No day-level date has been given, no preorders have opened, and the announcement does not list the countries of sale. The phrase “select countries” in the post refers to where Disney+ 3D movies will stream starting in November, according to Digital Citizen, and not to where the hardware will ship.

At that price the glasses sit well above the Quest 3, which VR.org lists at $599.99, and above Valve’s Steam Frame at $1,059. The same report adds that a June 2025 Wall Street Journal report said Meta had hoped to come in under $1,000, and that Qualcomm raised chip prices in the interim while Meta raised Quest prices in April.

Other costs and inclusions are still thin. VR.org reports 128GB of built-in storage, a microSD slot for cards up to 1TB and a 45W power supply in the box, with Touch Plus controllers sold separately and Quest 3 or 3S controllers expected to pair. Prescription inserts are due through Zenni Optical, with no price announced.

Display, chip and what Meta says it will play

Meta describes a 5K display on micro-OLED panels at 37 pixels per degree, with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos in the frames. The processor is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite, and controls are voice, eye tracking and hand gestures through Meta AI, with no controllers needed. Passthrough cameras and open sides keep the wearer aware of the room, and Meta says any flat surface can serve as a keyboard and touchpad for the workspace mode. Hologram calling, which Meta says works with apps such as WhatsApp and Zoom, shows other participants the caller as a hologram on their own screens. Both features are described from the announcement and have not been independently tested in anything reviewed.

Meta bills the product as the first IMAX Enhanced certified VR device. Its content list includes more than 75 launch games playable by hand tracking, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Disney+ 3D titles from November, and more than 100 immersive live sports events a year with MLB, NBC Sports, TNT Sports and UFC. Meta’s post adds ESPN “Immersive Sports” in 8K with 180-degree views, college football on Meta Quest this year with more sports in 2027, and plans from director James Cameron and Lightstorm Vision for 3D releases in 2027. Popular Science reports the puck-and-frames split and the 515-gram Quest 3 comparison in its own write-up, and its coverage of the launch quotes no named Meta executive.

The streaming list is long, with Prime Video, YouTube, DIRECTV, AMC+, Crunchyroll, Plex, ESPN, Tubi, Peacock, HBO Max and Paramount+ named in Meta’s post, and the pitch to buyers rests on movies and sports ahead of games. Meta publishes no field of view. VR.org reports unofficial specifications of 70 degrees horizontal by 66 vertical, against about 110 by 96 on the Quest 3, and calls it the main open question for a device sold on cinema.

The battery, image-quality and comfort numbers are all company specifications and not independent measurements, as Runtime Wire notes. Until reviewers handle a unit, the 100 grams is the one measurement Meta has published for the part a wearer carries on the face, and the puck’s weight remains unstated on the company’s own page.

This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.

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