Is it normal to have my quest 3 passthrough going like this?

This guy wrote that: Meta confirmed 10/24 that passthrough quality can be improved via future software updates as their AI learns our environments from user data.

i also got that. seems normal from what i read to far

After some mailing with the meta Support i got the answer that the "tech team" identifies this issue as "regular behaviour" and the only thing that i could do to improve the quality is increase the light in my room. I returned my meta quest 3 after they responded that way. There is nothing wrong with your mixed reality view when its grainy and blury, thats just how it is and you should better fix your lightning. Lol.

Huge disappointment. The Marketing arround this device is pure deception. YouTubers showing you this cristal clear video footage moaning how amazing this looks and nobody tells you the truth about the blury 80s First color TV experience that you actually see inside the headset. To me this is a customer deception and everyone who got one for the mixed reality experience should return their unit if its blury.

The VR looks very good and improved a lot but thats not the reason why i got one.

While It's true that lightning does help, I don't agree that this the cause of the problem.
It is a compound issue of the camera capture over-exposing too much causes grainy quality then being scaled to the screen resolution which makes it worse. Maybe the depth sensor plays a part but that I can't say for certain.

So here's somethings that would improve the experience:

• Improving the exposure algorithm
• Allow users to tweak it the exposure levels/range
• Run a denoise filter before scaling
• Improve the scaling algorithm

What brightness do you have your phone screen at? mine's always been at 50% and was very readable in the Q3 every time I looked at it. Norm from tested had the same results but I already turn my phone down.

Yes the passthrough isn't the best quality but it's a balance of low power consumption (cameras already reduce battery time by about 15-20%) plus VR requirements for prioritising tracking responsiveness over picture quality. If colour is being overlaid onto the tracking camera images (I don't know if it is), in order to position the hands accurately, that would explain grain and warp.

Tracking cameras are near IR so grainy, and hand position must be accurately shown otherwise there would be disparity with the virtual controller positions, so some warping has to take place (the cameras are a couple inches in front of your eyes).

But as far as graininess, I think it's down to power consumption and hitting a price point. I use my Quest Pro a lot and when switching to the Quest 3, the passthrough is a lot better and less than half the price.

I'm not ruling out variations in headsets though. But at the same time, I'm not ruling out, in some cases variations in expectation, I need to see screen grabs that are different from mine when in obviously high illumination conditions... all the posts here so far aren't really that different from mine when the lighting isn't stellar. I'm tempted to suggest outdoor grabs but we're not supposed to use it outdoors. It would give a definitive idea of the variations in graininess for different headsets in extreme illumination to use as a maximum baseline.

Anyway, hope I don't get shot down too badly by anyone who isn't having the greatest experience. Like I said, I'm definitely not ruling out variation in headsets.