Mostly correct, but a couple of things in the networking. 1) You don't have to set up the dedicated router as an access point, you can set it up as a router, you just have to turn DHCP off on it (and make sure you set aside some unassigned addresses in your primary router so you can give it a dedicated IP. The trick is you don't plug the uplink to the primary router into the internet port on the dedicated router, you plug it into one of the lan ports. 2) You're better off plugging the PC into the dedicated router if you can, it doesn't have to plug directly into the primary router.
I'm on windows 11 but all of the toolbar options related to monitors are greyed out for me. Any idea why? I'd just love to add one or 2 virtual monitors
With my Windows 10, I turned on "Zoom" by hitting Windows key and += key at the same time. To turn off my Zoom and go back to normal screen, I hit the Windows key and the Esc key at the same time. That way I could read and watch the virtual desktop screen while he was talking. So just enable the zoom feature in Windows to use the feature and then use the keys mentioned above.. Worked for me. I use it all the time and very useful for seeing small print.
I need to know how you got your games to show up in the "games" virtual desktop menu?? I have DCS installed on my PC and I'm trying to play it in VR without having to use Quest link. Thanks! 12:07
Oculus and steam games show up in the VD menu. To play DCS just double click the DCS icon on the virtual computer screen. With the new DCS launcher select VR and launch the game.
Hi Check your VR headset settings in the headset. Assuming it's an Oculus Quest 3, adjust headset setting in your headset to 120Hz. If it's an Oculus Quest 2, it only goes to 90Hz, and 120Hz isn't an option. Once that's done, I think you'll see and can select, the 120Hz option in Virtual Desktop.
Should i use a cable with vd. I use one but idk if its necessary,i have a 4080 super and quest 3 ,internet is hooked into my computer.im new to this...
@@mattclements1348 I’m sorry Matt but I don’t have a clear handle on your question. You mean you use a link cable with your quest 3 ? I’m not sure you can use a cable with VD. It’s meant to be wireless
@@mattclements1348 To make it work better than the link cable requires a Wi-Fi 6 router close by the headset and not shared with other devices. I ended up buying the PrismXR for this. 2.6k connection speed. In fact the PrismXR was the magic that brought it all together.
I am sorry i dont follow you. change the battery? oh i see what you mean. im using the bobo headstrap that comes with an external battery but i also go an extra one so i never run out of juice. check my video on the bobo vr headset i use. otherwise yes i would definitely run out of battery in minutes
@@gamingsessions77my bobo strap arrived and I’m not sure if mine is defective but it’s constantly loosening up. During high movement games I need to constantly tighten it. Is your snug? Mine is so tight it leaves marks on my head lol. Otherwise is keeps loosening
I have one gig, AT&T fiber, Internet, coming into the modem/router gateway BGW 320-505 . If I run a ethernet cable out of that into a 6G router then out of that 6g router run a ethernet cable to my desktop PC and wirelessly hook up my quest three to that 6G router, well that work well? Or do I have to set my AT&T gateway into pass-through mode and strictly use the 6G router as my main router. My 6g router is a linksys Hydra pro 6e tri band mesh router.
How can a Virtual Desktop run a game better than a Link cable. ITS MAGIC. Nothing else makes any sense. Other than the $80 PrismXR router, lol. That was the game changer for me.
is desktop bitrate or VR bitrate related our wifi speed? because it says 100mbps. I have 100mbps internet speed if I max it what happens? I dont know the difference. and I have tplink archer ax23 ax1800 model router. it has 2 setup type one is router the other is access point. I setup as access point. I dont know if I did correctly.
No it is not. These connections are within your home network and doesn’t have much to do with your isp speed. If you max it out at 100mbps it only affects the quality of what happens within your virtual computer you are looking at in the headset. I hope that makes sense to you what I just said
I'm such an idiot, I bought VD on my quest 2, then saw VD on steam, and figured I had to buy both versions. I tried to refund VD on my quest but for some reason it was never approved, so it's been sitting in my library untouched for like 2 years. Now I learn all I have to do is install it on my PC from their website?! Lol. I've been struggling with quest link and steamvr for no reason 😭
@@pfunkle lol. Sorry about that. It happens to us all. Luckily you’ve found my channel and now you will never be in the dark on things VD anymore 😀. All you need to do is subscribe 😄
@@gamingsessions77 I tried out Virtual Desktop last night and was switching back and forth between SteamLink and VD. WOW. The difference is literally night and day. Even Virtual desktop running SteamVR is better than Steamlink running SteamVR. I really can't believe it. Not to mention how easy it was to set up. Thanks again. My 3060Ti is getting 90 fps pretty consistently on the "medium" setting and everything looks GREAT.
Yes to the first question. Nvidia GTX 640 or 980M or ATI HD 7000/Rx 200 minimum. I would like to say i dont have a mac or use one so i cant verify any of this
In my Windows 10 there is a "Zoom" feature to allow me to zoom in on looking at something small like in this video. Worked for me. There are Hot keys to turn on and off "Zoom". Worked great on this video and I could read the VD window items. Plus I am looking at you tube videos on a 40 inch LCD screen. The VD window is still pretty small.
This is a very thorough and informative video. Thanks.
Mostly correct, but a couple of things in the networking. 1) You don't have to set up the dedicated router as an access point, you can set it up as a router, you just have to turn DHCP off on it (and make sure you set aside some unassigned addresses in your primary router so you can give it a dedicated IP. The trick is you don't plug the uplink to the primary router into the internet port on the dedicated router, you plug it into one of the lan ports. 2) You're better off plugging the PC into the dedicated router if you can, it doesn't have to plug directly into the primary router.
Thank you for your input, very informative!
Thanks for your video, helped me so much 😊
I'm on windows 11 but all of the toolbar options related to monitors are greyed out for me. Any idea why? I'd just love to add one or 2 virtual monitors
Are you running the latest update on both the quest and the client on the PC? can you share a screenshot of it? please also help me out by subscribing
thanks man, appreciate it
so when i go into virtual desktop on my quest it says connected but i dont see my computer screen
@Dboy531 did you log into your meta account on virtual desktop app on the pc
Thank you!
Very helpful video, thanks! 🙏
Glad it was helpful! please consider subscribing if you haven't to encourage me to put out more videos like this. thanks
@@gamingsessions77 I did subscribe 👍
@@timothyporr Thank you Tim
I would like to be able to see the Virtual Desktop screen. In the video, the interface is so small it can't be seen.
@@gregpruitt1647 can you pinpoint exactly where in the video with a timestamp so I can go look at what you are saying
With my Windows 10, I turned on "Zoom" by hitting Windows key and += key at the same time. To turn off my Zoom and go back to normal screen, I hit the Windows key and the Esc key at the same time. That way I could read and watch the virtual desktop screen while he was talking.
So just enable the zoom feature in Windows to use the feature and then use the keys mentioned above..
Worked for me. I use it all the time and very useful for seeing small print.
I need to know how you got your games to show up in the "games" virtual desktop menu?? I have DCS installed on my PC and I'm trying to play it in VR without having to use Quest link. Thanks! 12:07
Oculus and steam games show up in the VD menu. To play DCS just double click the DCS icon on the virtual computer screen. With the new DCS launcher select VR and launch the game.
How do you show the performance statistics box that shows lat, fps, bps etc? Thanks
check show performance overlay under the streaming menu.
hi can you help me when i go into virtual desktop and go to streaming theres no option for 120hz. please help
Hi
Check your VR headset settings in the headset. Assuming it's an Oculus Quest 3, adjust headset setting in your headset to 120Hz. If it's an Oculus Quest 2, it only goes to 90Hz, and 120Hz isn't an option.
Once that's done, I think you'll see and can select, the 120Hz option in Virtual Desktop.
@@rickthomas9894 oh thank you so much
Should i use a cable with vd. I use one but idk if its necessary,i have a 4080 super and quest 3 ,internet is hooked into my computer.im new to this...
@@mattclements1348 I’m sorry Matt but I don’t have a clear handle on your question. You mean you use a link cable with your quest 3 ? I’m not sure you can use a cable with VD. It’s meant to be wireless
@@gamingsessions77 yes I believe there is a way but idk wat I was doing, I'ma try lossing the cable,like I said I'm super new to this ,ty so much
@@mattclements1348 To make it work better than the link cable requires a Wi-Fi 6 router close by the headset and not shared with other devices. I ended up buying the PrismXR for this. 2.6k connection speed. In fact the PrismXR was the magic that brought it all together.
Will this guide work for Quest 2?
Yes it will work. Just pick the Quest 2 options as shown in the graph I provided
You change that battery yet?
I am sorry i dont follow you. change the battery? oh i see what you mean. im using the bobo headstrap that comes with an external battery but i also go an extra one so i never run out of juice. check my video on the bobo vr headset i use. otherwise yes i would definitely run out of battery in minutes
@@gamingsessions77 I think he was referring to the smoke detector lol
@@gamingsessions77my bobo strap arrived and I’m not sure if mine is defective but it’s constantly loosening up. During high movement games I need to constantly tighten it. Is your snug? Mine is so tight it leaves marks on my head lol. Otherwise is keeps loosening
I have one gig, AT&T fiber, Internet, coming into the modem/router gateway BGW 320-505 . If I run a ethernet cable out of that into a 6G router then out of that 6g router run a ethernet cable to my desktop PC and wirelessly hook up my quest three to that 6G router, well that work well? Or do I have to set my AT&T gateway into pass-through mode and strictly use the 6G router as my main router. My 6g router is a linksys Hydra pro 6e tri band mesh router.
I think the way you explained option 1 should work fine. Just remember to always check the latency you are getting. That’s the most important thing
@@gamingsessions77what range does your latency hover around?
@@Gojemba right now it's about 43-48
How can a Virtual Desktop run a game better than a Link cable. ITS MAGIC. Nothing else makes any sense. Other than the $80 PrismXR router, lol. That was the game changer for me.
Because the cable is also compressing the visual data
is desktop bitrate or VR bitrate related our wifi speed? because it says 100mbps. I have 100mbps internet speed if I max it what happens? I dont know the difference. and I have tplink archer ax23 ax1800 model router. it has 2 setup type one is router the other is access point. I setup as access point. I dont know if I did correctly.
No it is not. These connections are within your home network and doesn’t have much to do with your isp speed. If you max it out at 100mbps it only affects the quality of what happens within your virtual computer you are looking at in the headset. I hope that makes sense to you what I just said
@@gamingsessions77 oh okay. thanks man.
I'm such an idiot, I bought VD on my quest 2, then saw VD on steam, and figured I had to buy both versions. I tried to refund VD on my quest but for some reason it was never approved, so it's been sitting in my library untouched for like 2 years.
Now I learn all I have to do is install it on my PC from their website?! Lol. I've been struggling with quest link and steamvr for no reason 😭
@@pfunkle lol. Sorry about that. It happens to us all. Luckily you’ve found my channel and now you will never be in the dark on things VD anymore 😀. All you need to do is subscribe 😄
Thanks for a great video!
@@gamingsessions77 I tried out Virtual Desktop last night and was switching back and forth between SteamLink and VD. WOW. The difference is literally night and day. Even Virtual desktop running SteamVR is better than Steamlink running SteamVR. I really can't believe it. Not to mention how easy it was to set up. Thanks again. My 3060Ti is getting 90 fps pretty consistently on the "medium" setting and everything looks GREAT.
Can you PCVR on a Mac? What’s the best GPU you can get with a Mac?
Yes to the first question. Nvidia GTX 640 or 980M or ATI HD 7000/Rx 200 minimum. I would like to say i dont have a mac or use one so i cant verify any of this
@@gamingsessions77 Wow. I had no idea. Thanks!
You should have zoomed in for us to see what you are doing well
What part did you want me to zoom in. Perhaps I can show just that part
In my Windows 10 there is a "Zoom" feature to allow me to zoom in on looking at something small like in this video. Worked for me. There are Hot keys to turn on and off "Zoom". Worked great on this video and I could read the VD window items.
Plus I am looking at you tube videos on a 40 inch LCD screen. The VD window is still pretty small.
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