- Meta Platforms, Inc META stock is up Thursday as CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched Meta Quest 3.
- The session volume reached close to the 100-day average volume of 7.8 million.
- Zuckerberg promised the successor to Meta's Quest 2 headset this fall.
- Starting at $499, Quest 3 comes with the next-generation Qualcomm Inc QCOM chipset.
- Zuckerberg assured to divulge details during its Connect conference on September 27.
- It appears to have at least three cameras on the front, to help see the natural world around them while wearing the headset and interacting with apps, CNBC reports.
- Meta's announcement comes just before Apple Inc AAPL looks to showcase its mixed reality headset product, Reality Pro, with price points in the ~$3k range at its annual WWDC in Cupertino next week.
- In March, Meta slashed the price of Quest Pro to fend off competition from Apple's upcoming MR headset launch.
- Price Action: Meta shares traded higher by 1.62% at $269.00 on the last check Thursday.
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