Best VR Headsets of 2026: My Favorite Hardware Right Now

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Editor’s note, April 30: This list reflects my current choices for Best VR headsets in light of Meta’s price increases and removal of some key services for Quest headsets in 2026.

8.7/10 CNET Score

The Meta Quest 3S (Meta’s replacement to my longstanding Editor’s Choice headset, the Quest 2) is still super-affordable, even at its new higher price of $350, and comes with updated graphics and color passthrough cameras that give the 3S the same gaming and mixed reality powers as the more expensive Quest 3. It’s a fantastic budget buy, but Meta cut corners on the display and lens quality with the 3S, choosing to use the same fresnel lenses and LCD display as the Quest 2. It’s perfectly fine for general VR and gaming, but the more expensive Quest 3’s notably clearer lenses and crisper resolution are

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