While exciting, Quest 3 content isn\u2019t going to uniformly benefit, as native apps aren\u2019t typically optimized to reach such high framerates. As it is, 120Hz has been possible since Quest 2 received its experimental refresh rate support update <\/a>in April 2021, although even now very few apps are capable of making use of the headroom.<\/p>\n Note: 207Hz is the maximum at full resolution, as getting to 240Hz requires developer mode and display scaling<\/a>, which reduces the resolution of the image sent to the panel before it\u2019s upscaled.<\/p>\n One such tool that typically helps developer reach higher framerates may also be hamstrung\u2014at least for now. Quest\u2019s Application Spacewarp, which usually allows Quest developers to double their FPS with synthetically generated frames, doesn\u2019t play nicely with Quest 3\u2019s SoC at higher framerates, as it typically can\u2019t handle extrapolation beyond 120 FPS, let alone 207 FPS.<\/p>\n Still, developers of PC VR games and apps are already making headway. Virtual Desktop developer Guy Godin notes on X<\/a> that he\u2019s already managed to add 144 FPS support to his app, which is used to stream your computer screen or play high-performance PC VR games wirelessly. That said, Godin says that video decoders have trouble beyond 144 FPS, noting that higher framerates probably aren\u2019t likely for the Quest 3.<\/p>\n My Take<\/p>\n If anything, this is a good indication that Quest 3\u2019s hardware was always unusually capable, but wasn\u2019t unlocked for some reason. Still, it\u2019s not uncommon though for companies to throw a bone or two at consumers as their hardware approaches end of life, if only to flush stock.<\/p>\n But I don\u2019t think Quest 3 is gone just yet. Technically for the second time\u2014the first being at the release of the Oculus Rift\u2014Meta is set to compete on an even playing field with Valve, which is perpetually on the brink of announcing price and release date for Steam Frame. Valve\u2019s standalone VR headset is not only capable of wireless PC VR streaming, but it can also download and play both VR and flatscreen games directly from Steam, which has already drawn comparisons to Quest 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n My hunch: Meta didn\u2019t unlock Quest\u2019s framerate before now because the company was focused on serving up native Quest content, the most of which can\u2019t even make use of 120Hz anyway. But now that Steam Frame is nearly here, Meta wants to show off just how much its $600 headset can do, as Steam Frame is surely going to be somewhere north of $1,000 while only supporting up to 144Hz in an experimental mode. <\/p>\n Anything Meta can do to make consumers draw obvious comparisons between the two can only help its bottom line, as Quest 3 will most definitely still be in stock when Steam Frame inevitably runs out shortly after launch\u2014whenever that is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meta just pushed an update to Quest 3 that\u2019s effectively boosted the headset\u2019s refresh rate up to 240Hz\u2014or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[85,46,125,340,341,342],"class_list":["post-601689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/quest-3-60-edited.jpg\")
Image courtesy Meta<\/p>\n