As reported by UploadVR, users have been hitting the web to complain after a new software patch left their headsets unusable. You can read some of the stories of Meta Quest woe on the Meta community forums and on Reddit.

Meta's Quest VR headsets gain popularity as Meta Horizon app ranks top in App Store on Christmas.

The latest Meta Quest headset update has bricked several devices so far, but Meta says it is aware of the problem and is working on a fix. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Some Meta Quest owners, both new and existing, are discovering that a recent update seems to have led to their VR headsets not working.

Meta says it’s working on an update to address ‘bricked’ Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest 3S headsets, but it isn’t available yet.

Based on publicly available data via Amazon, Meta sold three times as many Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S headsets as Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and Se

Give or receive a gently used Meta Quest 2 or 3 for the holidays? If so, your augmented reality headset may have gone comatose after completing a suggested software update; similar complaints have flooded Reddit forums about the issue,