VR enthusiast Luna received a tip with apparent details of the Asus ROG Horizon OS headset.
Months before Meta Quest 3S was revealed Luna received a tip with the name and function of the Action Button, which toggles passthrough, and this turned out to be entirely accurate. Now, Luna has received apparent details of the Asus ROG Horizon OS headset.
Meta Horizon OS Will Run On Headsets From Asus & Lenovo
Meta is rebranding its Quest software platform to Meta Horizon OS and opening it up to third-party headset makers, including Asus and Lenovo.
The existence of the Asus ROG headset was revealed alongside the announcement last year that Meta’s Quest operating system would be renamed to Horizon OS and made available to approved third party hardware makers.
No specific details of the headset were revealed at the time, though it was described as a “performance gaming headset”, and the early concept image seen above was shown.
According to Luna’s source, the headset is codenamed Tarius, will have face and eye tracking, and will use either QD-LCD panels with local dimming or micro-OLED displays.
NEW: Details on the upcoming ASUS ROG VR headset running Meta Horizon OS.
It is codenamed Tarius, and will likely be one of the first 3P Horizon OS HMDs to ship.
It is planned to include Eye Tracking and Face Tracking. Displays will either be QD LCD with local dimming, or uOLED. The headset will likely be using the same pic.twitter.com/K5pYxcBK4h
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headsets. It is possible that was discontinued will introduce a new XR2 Generation 3 headset in 2026, which would be significantly better than the current headsets. This risk also applies to Samsung’s and Sony’s headsets. Asus may also be targeting a 2026 launch to coincide with Quest 4 and the Gen 3 processor.