Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Connect a Meta Quest VR Headset to a PC”.
Today, I’m going to show you how to connect your metaquest 2 VR headset to a PC, so you can play non-meta, PC, VR games or to use your PC in a semi-virtual environment which could be a lot of fun depending on what you’re doing meta built in A feature Called Quest link which allows you to interface with your PC by way of a wireless connection, called air link or a hardwired connection using the questlink cable, which Taps into your PC’s functionality. Think of it as a glorified mouse and keyboard for your PC that you wear in your head. The cool thing about this is that you can interact with virtual interfaces like a mixing console and Pro Tools, For example, or a live video switcher in vmix. The first thing you need to do is make sure your PC meets the recommended specs to properly run the Link, cable and air link software.
I’Ve included a link with the recommended PC specs and The Meta link software. In the description of this video, along with meta links on how to use the quest link with metaquest headsets, make sure to like And subscribe to, cnet’s YouTube channel while you’re there. Next, you will need a high quality, USBC cable, which supports data and power. There are tons of them online, but for this video I purchased the questlink 2 cable from Amazon for eighty dollars. Now the cable has USBC on both sides and is 5 meters or 16 feet long, allowing you some freedom of motion when hardwired to your PC.
Now the cable also has an L-shaped connector, so you can more comfortably plug it into your VR headset and it’s not sticking straight out of your head and finally make sure your PC and your headset are both up to date with the latest operating systems. Now on your PC download The Meta, airlink and Link cable software, which I link to in the description of this video click on download software under air Link and Link cable. Once it’s downloaded the app launches automatically and then start your VR headset now plug in the USB C cable into your PC. If you don’t have a USBC connection on your PC, then you will need an adapter plug the other end into your VR headset from within the headset select settings, then system scroll down to Quest link and then toggle on the switch that says: access, PC, VR apps With air link or Link cable, then that will pop up this little launch Quest link. If you don’t see the launch Quest link option under settings, then completely power off the headset and restart it. Click on launch Quest link now you’ll see that Rift is connected. Click launch: you will see a pop-up to enable Quest link if you don’t see the pop-up try, logging out of your PC and then logging back in Click enable and boom you’re in like Flynn.
So let’s go through the quest link virtual environment. It’S kind of this Matrix C virtual land and there’s this row of menus in front of you. We have disable Quest, link explore Library, store social notifications, settings home, desktop Avatar editor. Now, if you go home, it spawns you in this totally new virtual environment that you can customize and kind of use as a home office if you will to get work done on your PC. So now I’m inside the questlink, virtual environment and there’s other things.
I can do inside here, but really what I want to do is I want to work on my desktop computer, so right here, I’m going to select desktop, and that brings up this kind of immersive curved desktop view of my computer right in front of me, which Is really cool, so I can actually run a vmix session from here and I’m using the controllers right now to control this all right. So now, I’m in a vmix session that I produced for CNET back in October, of the meta connect event, and I’m just going to show you how I can kind of drive this from inside this virtual environment we’re going to go ahead and start the cold open. Yeah I’m using the metaquest headset to drive this, but it’s kind of neat being inside here I can actually let me see if I can get up close and use my fingers. Yes, I can so if I grab that I can just kind of use my hands to grab faders and then I can come over here and just kind of hit quick play and put things in the show.
Thank you yeah. So it takes some practice, but this is pretty fun driving this thing like this, it would be pretty cool if I can get in here and really just be like driving a big show with a virtual mixer that’d be awesome, I think that’d be fun and then, When you want to go back to your regular metaquest headset, just disable Quest link, click disable and I’m back in my metaquest virtual environment, okay, so now that you’ve enabled Quest link, all you need to do in the future is bring up the menu go to Quick Settings then select Quest link which is now in that menu section and then click launch. Now, if you don’t want to bother with the wire, you can connect wirelessly using Quest air link, go to Quick Settings, select Quest, link and then toggle on use.
Air link, enabling airlink will disable the Link cable, select your PC and click on pair. Now you confirm the pairing code on your PC: here’s my pairing code 275101. So I’m going to look at my PC, click, confirm and click close And then go back to your headset and click continue now you’re connected you, click launch boom, I’m in my quest link environment, so the questlink cable doesn’t even matter right now.
I can unplug it and it’s still gon na work, but as you can see, it’s not a very smooth experience over the air, so you can go into settings and change some parameters to make it run more smooth, I’m going to quit and go back home. So now I’m going to try to play a non-meta VR game on Steam. First thing you need to do is open the Oculus app and go to settings go to General and allow for unknown sources. This will allow you to play games that meta does not have in their App Store.
We’Re going to connect to the quest link boom is connected launch now, I’m in the environment, I’m going to go to my desktop, I’m going to launch War Thunder on Steam. Well, I got ta get used to the controls, but this is kind of fun, we’re the bad guys since I’m such a noob, please, let me know, in the comments of other pcvr enabled games that myself and the massive CNET Community can download for free and thanks In advance for the tips now, let’s talk troubleshooting if you’re having problems connecting your metaquest headset to your PC. It’S always a good idea to just try, restarting your headset and restarting your PC. If the picture looks choppy and it’s not a smooth Experience, open the PC, app click on devices and then select your metaquest headset and then click on Graphics preferences, you can change performance parameters or set everything back to default. Hopefully, your experience will look smoother and, if you’re still having trouble contact the metastore support for help. That’S how to connect your metaquest headset to your PC.
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