Quest 2 Virtual Desktop Q&A - FAQ on Setup and How to Use
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2021
- Want to use your Quest 2 with Virtual Desktop for wireless PC VR gaming? Check out a series of frequently asked question on how to setup and use Virtual Desktop on your Oculus Quest 2. This supports playing PC VR Games such as Half Life Alyx, Boneworks, Minecraft and much more.
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hey man thanks to you im not limeted to oculus quest games it costed 20$ but its worth it bro it made my purchase worth it man thank you and have a good life man
You’re super welcome Waylin, really glad I could help and hope to see you around again, it’s pure joy to have great people such as yourself leave such thoughtful comments. Cheers buddy!
how do i conect my quest 2 to virutal dekstop using wired instead of wireless?
Question do you need quest app and steam vr or just steam vr?
Thank you so much for this video and the past tutorial!!! I had tried literally EVERYTHING I could find on the internet but nothing worked until I came across your videos. I do have a slight problem however.. So, when I open Virtual Desktop on my Oculus Quest and open a vr game such as Cooking Simulator VR or anything else, it shows the front cover image of the game but nothing else happens. Stream Vr says "Now playing ......" but nothing is actually happening. I can access the game settings and everything but it's like the game just doesn't really load. Just stuck on cover image. Any suggestions?
You're super welcome, and thank you so much for watching my vids! Did you start the game from the Virtual Desktop menu or directly from Steam? I'd suggest the first option for the best optimization, and you generally also need the Oculus app open in the background on your PC. It's weird that you can still access the menu of the game but not the game itself. If you just start it, do you hear the sound or anything else from the game or is it just stuck silently on the cover image?
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I have a VR Desktop question that I can't find the answer for.
When my home PC pops up in VR Desktop on my Quest 3, the monitor is very large and feels like its only like 18" from my face. Its uncomfortable and I want to move the monitor back another foot or so like my real computer on my desk. Is there any way to adjust the size or location of the monitor?? Thanks!
(I left this on your discord but since you said you don't check it much here it is here)
Hey Trevor! Yeah sadly I don’t have the time to manage the Discord too much anymore. Pressing and holding the Meta button should reset your view, which will place the virtual monitor at the ideal distance from your face. If that fails for some reason(though it shouldn’t), then maybe try changing to a different environment from the Virtual Desktop menu, which should again reset your view and align things properly. Hope that helps!
Whenever I play and turn it has black screens, even tho I have Wi-Fi 6 best one connected to a router I’m clueless 😅😅 it lags and has black screens how do I fix that?
Can you make a video how to mod blade and sorcery on virtual desktop 🖥️
Virtual Desktop is just a method of connecting your Quest 2 to your PC. The way to mod Blade & Sorcery or any other game is the same as if you had your Quest 2 connected to your PC via wire, so just download the mods you want and copy them into the Mods folder where you have the game installed. Hope that helps!
Hi Like and support your video, may i ask if using VR office log in PC with those Virtual Desktop or Immersed VR , would there be any security concern between the linkage or the video data being reviewed or stealth at their server backend ? At the meantime, there may have some password or personal information had been shown up at the virtual office screen , thanks
Hi Arnold! Thanks for the support! As far as I’m aware there shouldn’t be any additional security concerns as opposed to normally using your PC outside of VR. Virtual Desktop simply streams your desktop in VR using your local wireless network, without needing actual internet access. That being said, I would suggest joining the developer’s Discord server and asking there to double check if you’re working with highly sensitive data.
Hey man, thanks for your vids on virtual desktop. Maybe you can explain why when I try to play Microsoft flight simulator using virtual desktop it says my headset can not be found? Very frustrating. Airlink works ok. Strange
Hey Clive! I’ve played MSFS just fine using Virtual Desktop, and it’s definitely weird that for your Airlink works fine but VD doesn’t. I assume you have Oculus and SteamVR open on your PC right?
what do i need for my ASUS to work with virtual desktop? important:(do i also need a sistem video card)?????
Yes, a video card is absolutely required for VR.
I have a i7 6700 intel processor with gtx 1070, now this is the minimum card so i hope it will run smoothy with good fps on max screen quality
Well, you said yourself it’s the minimum card, so as you can imagine, hoping for maximum quality is unrealistic, but you should still be able to play at good fps.
Some great answers here mate.. I bought a PC the other day .. Acer Aspire XC … can I use it for VR and my oculus quest 2?
I came out wrong … ( writing too quickly) … is it VR ready Andy?
@@leemarvinhitchmanciaratell3450 Well it's not about the brand or PC itself, but rather the components, so depending on how yours is configured it might or might not be VR ready. According to Oculus these are the recommended specs: Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater, 8 GB+ RAM and at least a GTX 970, but realistically, if you want to maintain high framerates and visuals that don't look worse than native Quest 2 games, then you'll want at least a GTX 1060 in my opinion. ideally even an RTX 2060.
@@VRManCave paid nearly 500 quid for it from Argos I think mate .. should be alright
@@leemarvinhitchmanciaratell3450 Well, not sure, I mean I'm curious to hear how it works out, but generally a good enough graphics card costs at least that much. Do you know what the specs of your new PC are in terms of components?
I have a 8GB ram i3 and amd AMD R(TM) M330 can i run games on it with some good graphics and fps please answer me i am going to buy the quest 2
Hey mate! Unfortunately Mobile graphics cards don't usually deal well with VR games unless we're talking about gaming laptops. In this video I talked about the recommended specs so you'll want at least something close to those specs to have a chance to play VR games smoothly.
when i launch steam vr via vd or on my pc its just black
Hellou brody, my pc is good i think for VR... Ryzen 5 3600 + RX 5500 XT challenger (8GB DDR6) but with wireless i can't find the correct way to play.. i mean the games are good but i think that can be better idk, cheers!
Hey mate! Yeah your PC sounds great, and Virtual Desktop should pretty much look very similar to playing via a Link cable if you have the right networking setup, so basically PC plugged into the router, Quest on 5Ghz wireless network.
can you use bluetooth keyboard and mouse connected to the metaquest 3?
Yes you can!
Ordering the parts for my gaming pc on Thursday! Probs gonna overspend for a gpu...but its all good! Doing my research for wireless quest 2 pc gaming and this vid and the new tutorial are the ones! Give me all the answers i need! Just need to decide on whether tonget a WiFi 6 router....but I do already have a 5ghz router 🤔
Keep up the awesome content bro 😃 #Neeeext
Thank you very much Dom, and i'm glad to hear that the PC is comin! The overspend on GPU is real, such is life unfortunately right now 😥. I think that you should be peachy with the 5GHZ router at first, no reason for jumping in on WiFi 6 already, before testing with what you have. As long as you have everything cabled up and a good connection to your router, everything should be fine! #neeeeeext!
@@VRManCave yeah that's my thinking....and as you've said in the vids...if latency is a problem on VD...I can always play with the bitrate a bit. Gonna be weeks before I get my pc so plenty of time to do research. Then it'll be saving back up for some games 🤣
#neeext 🤣
And you could also play with another thing: your router and devices! I saw some increase in quality and steadiness of connection by simply disconnecting some things from the wifi network, things like the ipad, the laptop, the phone, and you have them devices all accessible in the router settings! #nee-eee-ee-e-xt!
@@VRManCave I'll definitely be doing that whilst playing! So...I ended up buying all the parts today. Managed to get a 3080ti voltac hole amp gpu for a decent price too....well about £100 over rrp....so gonna be building it next week when I have the time! I'll let you know how it all turns out...especially with VD!
Cheers for your advice too bro!
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@@MugiwaraDom You're super welcome mate, and that's an amazing price you got on the GPU, so if you ever see this reply, I'd love to hear how you managed to get that beast of a graphics card for such a good price considering the times we live in 😄
Do I need to connect my computer to my router to have a good experience?
Yes, you do if you want a smooth, lag-free experience.
I run my Quest 2 from my gaming laptop, Tuff F15.....with a Nvidia graphics card 3060i? I'm new to pc coming over from PS5, but I'm just not sure I have all my setting correct. I play a lot of Project Cars 2, but struggle to get the correct settings that stops random freezing during the race (i'm guessing settings are too high) and/or Choppy looking picture! Any suggestions/videos you would recommend to help a noob like me?!! : )Also, games like Real VR fishing look amazing, but not near as clear as the videos I see posted! I just want to make sure I'm getting the most out of my set!! Thanks!
Well, I'll start with the last part, because Real VR Fishing should be one of the crispiest looking of all the Quest 2 games, so make sure you have your IPD and positioning on your head right, it can make a huge difference even for something small like adjusting the angle of the headset relative to your face. Going back to the PC side of things, generally I'd suggest to leave the resolution at the native one that your monitor has, and play around with the details. It really depends on the game but stuff like shadows, foliage, draw distance, population density and of course Ray Tracing is a big one, they can all affect framerate. For Project Cars specifically, do you mean it runs poorly in VR, or in flat mode too? Cause for VR, you generally have to turn the settings way down compared to playing it on a normal PC, although with a 3060ti you should be able to still crank it pretty high. I personally have a 3070 and play most games, both VR and non-VR on high settings, maybe throwing a few one medium in some cases, but rarely. Feel free to ask any questions you might have, or even join the Discord and ask there, there's a link in the description.
@@VRManCave just a lot to take in when coming over from a console. I’m not sure what should be tweaked and where with so many different options, from oculus debugging tool, to side quest, to virtual desktop! Lol half the time my pc2 will start with the load screen way lower than my field of view…until I actually get into the game. Then even with settings turned down, I’ll often be racing fine…then it just glitches and stutters and I have to quickly pause the game before I loose my hard work on the track! Lol I played around with so many settings that I was just wondering if you had a video of how to load games just on the headset and what settings you tweak for that. Then how do you load your steam vr games…and which are the best settings to tweak for that. Is there a reset to default option that doesn’t delete all my saved games? If you have an vr for noob vids….I’m all over that!! Lol thanks!
Can I make it so virtual desktop to my quest 2 is using wired ethernet and not wireless?
my current setup:
gaming pc is connected via ethernet wired
virtual desktop
I ask because sometimes I get a message that my headset is losing wifi signal or that the signal is weak. This doesn't happen often but when it does it is annoying. Is there a way to make sure since it is virtual desktop that the connectivity is using the ethernet on my pc and not the wireless chip on my quest?
If your PC is connected via ethernet, then it's by default using the ethernet, but since your Quest is connected to Wi-Fi, all that still depends on the quality of your Wi-Fi network, even if the PC itself does use ethernet. The signal is likely weak on your Quest because your router is too far. The best way I've found is using a dedicated router strictly for your Quest. You can pretty much get any $50 router and you'll be golden!
Is it possible to play without a router I don't really mind if the performance is worse.
Well, it's possible by using a hotspot on your phone or computer, but I don't recommend it. You certainly already have a router in your house if you have internet at all 😄
So, ethernet isn't really an option for me because the wifi router for my house is not in the same room as my computer and is connected to a different computer. Is there some sort of alternative that is wireless? I have a 5GHz wifi connection if that helps...
5Ghz wireless for your Quest is great, but you’re still very likely to experience stutters if the PC isn’t wired to your router. You can try the free Airlink and see how that works and if it’s decent, you can then get Virtual Desktop which is way better.
Do I HAVE to connect it to my computer? Can’t I just use it for the environment and the native browser?
Well, yes, it needs a computer to run. VD just acts as a bridge between your PC and Quest, and since all the processing is done by the computer, you can't use it without one.
How do you stream to twitch or is it different
Recording and Streaming are completely separate from Virtual Desktop. I have an older video about that here: ua-cam.com/video/ryupU2iQnws/v-deo.html . Thanks, hope this helps!
So if I have all my data on a quest install virtual desktop will I still have all the apps from my quest 2
Virtual Desktop is used to stream games from your computer to your Quest 2 wirelessly, so it will not affect anything you have installed, it’s just another app on your device that helps you connect it to your PC.
Does the oculus virtual desktop app also support wired VR? If so, how does it work?
Well, for wired you don't need Virtual Desktop. You will be able to view your desktop through the Oculus Home.
I see! I am wanting to get into VR so most of the details are pretty unknown to me :D thank you @@VRManCave
So my pc is connected via my ethernet cord to the router, and the network shows up as a wired connection called "router1." If my oculus quest 2 connects to the same router wirelessly, but the connection has a different name (it's called "router1 - wireless") will it make a difference?🤷♂️
Nope, it shouldn't matter in a standard home networking setup. You could technically isolate the two as separate networks and thus run into some issues -- but I doubt that most of home routers are even capable of doing that. By design, the two networks (cable and wireless) should have communications between them
When I launch games from VD they don't link with my steam profile, they open and run fine but it doesn't appear I can use online as it says no steam account detected, even though in VD my steam games are all there
Do you have Steam open in the background?
I live in a apartment so I can’t connect my laptop to the router can I still connect my oculus to the pc?
You can still connect, but might experience lag and stuttering if your PC isn’t connected to the router. It’s still worth a shot, but your best bet is probably to get a Link cable for maximum stability and performance
So average internet would be ok ? As long as pc is plugged in w ethernet? Also i didnt see my gpu up there its a 3060 im guessing tht wld be fine? I just want decent graphics and performance nothing crazy. Good videos btw helped a ton.
Thanks so much Logan! Yeah your setup sounds absolutely perfect! The internet does not matter at all, you could even just have a router that emits Wi-Fi but doesn't have internet connected to it. Of course if you want to play multiplayer titles, then you need internet too, but as far as Virtual Desktop is concerned, the internet does not matter at all. Cheers!
@@VRManCave when i hear people mention side black bars based on connection tho do you know what they mean by chance? Bc im just trying to make sure its a good purchase in terms of on hand equipment or tech thanks for the response!
@@loganboi962 the black bars are most likely a sign that the streaming can’t keep up with the rendering. Either your PC can’t handle the games, or your wi-fi is too crowded which leads to latency.
@@VRManCave all good i found out i have better wifi than I thought 😎
@@VRManCave now if only the motion sickness went away my first session was brutal on walking dead
Oh, man. Exactly a month since this last post! Hope to see you back on the grind soon! Hope you're enjoying yourself.
Hey man! Yeah I know, both me and Bogdan are working on vids and will be back to posting regularly very soon!
Glad to hear! With everyone that's joining the Discord lately I've been anticipating the return! Been playing Beat Saber, and man I can't get enough of VR. It makes me feel like flat-screen gaming is almost obsolete!
@@GamingWithFusion Maybe not obsolete yet, but in 5-10 years we’ll look at it like we do at Gameboy games now 😄
@@GamingWithFusion Maybe not obsolete yet, but in 5-10 years we’ll look at it like we do at Gameboy games now 😄
@@VRManCave Haha, that could be so true. As long as PCVR sticks around I'll be happy. Love my PC's even if flat-screen is getting more boring.
Hey I was wondering if the Quest 2 would run fine with a GeoForce GTX 1650(not Super)? Ive seen some reviews saying Yes and others no. I'd appreciate it if you replied :)
Hey mate! Of course I’ll reply 😄 I haven’t personally tested that particular graphics card, but what I can tell you is that I used to play on a gaming laptop that had a GTX 1060M, that is not officially supported by Oculus and it worked ok on low-medium settings in most VR games, so for your GTX 1650 that is also not supported according to Oculus I would say it should also work as long as you don’t turn the settings all the way up. Cheers!
@@VRManCave Alright thank you!
@@cold9151 you’re super welcome! 🙏🏻
Lol. I'm going to be trying to play Half-Life Alyx on my GTX 1060M my Lenovo gaming laptop that I bought in 2017! 😂 That said, the major hurdle that I'm encountering right now is that I'm at school and my Quest 2 can't even connect to the internet on the school's WiFi network! If I can overcome my internet access issues, I'm really hoping that the experience isn't awful since I'm using what I believe the minimum spec GPU. 😓
Can I run virtual desktop even if my PC is not VR ready?
You probably can but will get poor results. All of the processing is still done by your PC, so if it can’t handle the minimum specs for VR, you’ll have a bad time 😄
Hey, whenever I load a game up through Virtual Desktop it doesn't go into a full 360 game, it just stays in the desktop screen with the game on that but I can't move or do anything and it doesn't give me the option to switch to vr mode either
If the game you're trying to run has both PC and VR modes, then you'll need to activate VR in the game's options. Otherwise, if we're talking about native VR games, you just start them from within Virtual Desktop in your headset and I guarantee it will start in VR mode.
@@VRManCave Yeah Idk because I'm trying to play Blade and Sorcery (I have the product on steam because I bought it a while ago) which is VR only but even still it only loads in the windowed version where I can't move around and not the full 360
I've got a i5 wi5h a rtx 3050 and 24gram and I'm using 5ghz network and I've got ultrafast broadband and i can't get this to run properly at all
Is your PC connected via ethernet wire to the router? That's the first thing that you need to ensure. Then you can fiddle around with some settings within Virtual Desktop, but honestly it should be good out of the box.
@@VRManCave yeah it's been connected by ethernet thos whole time
I've made sure all my games and oculus software is running on my nvidia graphics and set oculus to high priority in task manager, I've done everything imaginable to get vr running either airlink or virtual desktop and nothing works
I'm trying but I see my pc will hook up to the virtual desktop but when i try to connect it says computer is unreachable visit the website but I don't know how to go to FAQ settings
Make sure you've allowed Network Access to the Virtual Desktop Streamer App on your PC, it should ask you that when you first start it up. Then if you go into your Quest 2 and open Virtual Desktop, you should see your PC name listed there and be able to click on it.
@@VRManCave my bad I meant when I click my computer it says connecting for a while but then it says computer is unreachable and i even put the graphics settings all the way down and then I restarted my modem because i don't have ethernet. and i even checked if windows firewall was blocking virtual desktop, it wasn't. so, if there are any other solutions please tell me. I don't want to use the link cable any more.
Not entirely sure what you mean by not having ethernet. Are your computer and Quest connected to the same network?(computer via wire and Quest on 5Ghz Wi-Fi?)
How do you get oculas app
Just go onto their website and download it, or on the app store for your phone.
If I'm using Virtual Desktop after previously setting up Oculus Link / Sidequest, etc. presumably I need to set those sorts of apps back to default settings?
No, you’re good to go! The Airlink settings won’t affect Virtual Desktop.
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So im using quest 3 and virtual desktop and im trying to play my pc vr games on the pc oculus app and i just get the error message "Oculus Hardware Error" "you have a pending hardware issue that is preventing you from entering VR. Please check that your headset and sensor are connected." So idk what to do, steam VR games work perfectly fine. Please help.
So which games exactly don't work? The ones in your Oculus Library? Generally with Virtual Desktop you'll want to start all your games from the Virtual Desktop Games tab, not Oculus or anywhere else. You should see all VR-compatible games in that tab, regardless of platform.
@VRManCave okay thankyou I figured out how to launch the Oculus pc games now thanks to you, now my issue is they run badly at lease the one or two I tried. I received Asgards Wrath for free with tge purchase of the Quest 3 and I really want to play it but its unplayable with all the stutters and freezing inside the headset and it looks very bad for some reason. For comparison I can run Half Life Alyx max settings with zero issues using virtual desktop so im thinking its something with oculus app/games idk. Thankyou for your help by the way.
My PC is downstairs and I like playing my quest 2 upstairs. Can I 'wake up' my computer and monitor from my quest 2?
You absolutely can and you've given us a great idea for a video, we're working on it so stick around! 😄
@@VRManCave I'm looking forward to it 😀
My pc does not connect over ethernet but will connect to VD. any other wireless option works why is that 🤔
not sure what you mean there... Ethernet means a physical wire, Virtual Desktop works wireless. It's just recommended that the PC is wired to internet, and of course the Quest 2 will be wireless.
@@VRManCave I sorted it my config is a bit weird I have a dedicated router for vr and a separate Internet connection via a 2.4g do gle to a mobile hotspot. Vd detects my connection with Internet but not the wired network vd just says can't find pc but if I share my connection between both networks it works but vd does say pc on a different network but still works. I'm pretty sure my router needs a Internet connection for vd streamer to detect pc. Even if its a shared connection. I was unable to make the connection with mo Internet tho I still don't see why but it works now.
I tried to set up virtual desktop with my quest a year ago but it didn't work well at all. Perhaps I did it incorrectly? I just thought it was my bad internet. Right now it's 15mbps down and 10 Mbps at best it'll be like 40mbps download
The only thing that matters as long as everything is set up correctly is your Wi-Fi, since it does not use the internet, so you could even have the internet completely off as long as your Wi-Fi signal is strong enough and the PC is connected via wire.
@@VRManCave Alright cool, I have switched routers since then. Before it was just my isp modem/router combo. I'm now using a TP-link AC1750 Mesh Wi-Fi router. Would this suffice? Thank you!
@@kh.754 It should work fine, just make sure to use the 5Ghz network on the Quest to ensure the fastest speeds and lowest interference possible. Cheers!
@@VRManCave I'm sorry for asking so many questions 😅 I just saw a video about air link? Do you have any experience with it and if you do how does it fair Vs virtual desktop? I really appreciate your time
@@kh.754 Don't worry about it man, I'm always happy to help. Air Link is still in beta and isn't performing as well as Virtual Desktop, and also has way less options, so at least for the near future, Virtual Desktop is still the way to go.
You say I need GTX 1060, can I use my GTX 1050 Ti ?
Technically it should work, yes, but you might need to turn down some of the graphics settings in the games themselves.
dude i only have a laptop and does VD cost anything
VD does cost a bit but is worth the price if you are going to use it very often
My dedicated router died so I'm sharing my internet connection through my tower's built in wifi card. MY tower is hardwired through ethernet and the wifi it is transmitting is supposedly a 5 Ghz network. Yet, virtual desktop still says my performance will be degraded. Does that simply mean that not all 5 Ghz wifi signals are created equal? Okay, I know I could look that up online, but it's another comment for your channel. LoL!
Haha I appreciate you leaving this comment! 5Ghz signals should pretty much be equal in terms of performance, the only variable I can think of is signal distance and penetration. Are you experiencing any actual stuttering or issues? Because the fact that VD is telling you that just means it’s detecting potential issues, but it’s not a guarantee that you’ll have problems. I’ve actually tried using the same method as you and had no trouble at all.
@@VRManCave I did do some more digging. It turns out the card in my VR Tower by SKYTECH Gaming is an Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168. The max speed per the specs states it can only do 433 Mbps. This is why I'm struggling. Even though the card has all the right info in configurations to be 5 ghz and 802.11 ac. I think Virtual Desktop wants me to have closer to 866... Essentially double my current capability.
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