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Oculus Link announced, will allow Rift content on Oculus Quest in November

Oculus Link will allow users to play Rift content via Oculus Quest.

September 25, 2019 10:15 AM

Oculus Link was announced during today's Oculus Connect 6 presentation. Users will be able to run Rift content via their Oculus Quest headsets using this technology beginning this November.

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September 25, 2019 10:15 AM

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- jaytima
  
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  September 25, 2019 10:31 AM
  
  Whoa, this is huge. Might pick up a quest now.
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  September 25, 2019 10:32 AM
  
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    September 25, 2019 10:33 AM
    
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- Conan
  
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  September 25, 2019 10:49 AM
  
  Ars: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/09/oculus-quests-secret-trick-it-can-double-as-a-wired-pc-vr-headset/
  
  And fuck, yes!
  - Conan
    
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    September 25, 2019 10:53 AM
    
    Also...anyone want an original Rift + touch + three sensor setup? It's still really nice, just redundant!
- AlvinKlein
  
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  September 25, 2019 10:53 AM
  
  Holy cow!
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  September 25, 2019 11:12 AM
  
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  - Conan
    
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    September 25, 2019 11:13 AM
    
    While the refresh rate isn't as high, the Quest's resolution and reduced halo artifacts feel like a real upgrade from the CV1 - I found myself using it less and less after getting the Quest.
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      September 25, 2019 11:13 AM
      
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- ThomW
  
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  September 25, 2019 11:17 AM
  
  I'm going to wait for the reviews of how it works, but that would get me to get a Quest. :)
  - Conan
    
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    September 25, 2019 11:42 AM
    
    I was hoping for a wireless solution, but I imagine this'll work fine. But sure, waiting for reviews is always good.
    
    I also wouldn't rule out an eventual wireless solution from them just to get around router weirdness.
    
    The Quest was already my headset of choice even before this.
- atom519
  
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  September 25, 2019 11:36 AM
  
  That's awesome, as many predicted it sounds like they are pouring all resources into Quest going forward.
  - bling1bling
    
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    September 25, 2019 2:22 PM
    
    Yeah I am sure it is selling like hot cakes.
  - Zek
    
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    September 25, 2019 4:47 PM
    
    The Quest is for sure the right direction for VR. Wires are just such a huge pain in the ass, even if you have the expensive gaming PC. I couldn't use room scale because I only have space in my living room which is not near my PC.
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      September 25, 2019 5:32 PM
      
      Yeah I agree regarding VR adoption, larger market will attract more devs etc. I just hope we continue to have high-end headset options going forward, at the expense of being super expensive or tethered.
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  September 25, 2019 3:04 PM
  
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  - Nighteyes
    
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    September 25, 2019 3:48 PM
    
    What happens when the fingers go behind the other fingers/palm and the sensors no longer detect them? Will the virtual hand freak out like every other device with this same limitation does?
    - Conan
      
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      September 25, 2019 4:37 PM
      
      There are several trackers that can solve for that now. They have a skeletal model of your hands and can make assumptions based on that.
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    September 25, 2019 6:37 PM
    
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- Beady
  
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  September 25, 2019 5:26 PM
  
  Neat, but USB-C from what on your PC? HDMI I suppose, though DisplayPort should work.
  - AlvinKlein
    
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    September 25, 2019 5:40 PM
    
    Just need a USB 3.0 port. You can use USB-C from Quest to USB-A on your PC:
    https://old.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/d96a7o/oculus_link_tether_oculus_quest_to_pc_via_usbc/
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      September 25, 2019 5:52 PM
      
      Yeah I was wondering how you’d get video from your gpu over the motherboards USB-C port. They must be doing some fancy compression and using some of the USB 3 video stuff. Neat!
      
      Their cable is also optical. An optical usb 3 cable sounds odd.
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        September 25, 2019 7:56 PM
        
        https://www.displayport.org/displayport-over-usb-c/ 8K @ 60 Hz
        
        Beady
        
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        September 25, 2019 11:35 PM
        
        My laptop can do that, but does it need it to be hardware enabled?
        
        Conan
        
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        September 25, 2019 11:51 PM
        
        It does if you're doing displayport, but you won't need to for this. They're encoding on the GPU and sending it via USB directly, not via an encapsulated display protocol.
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    September 25, 2019 5:42 PM
    
    It'd be USB-C on your PC.
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  - Zek
    
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    September 25, 2019 6:22 PM
    
    I'm surprised they can do it with just a single USB-C cable. Maybe the quality is diminished?
    - Conan
      
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      September 25, 2019 7:59 PM
      
      Why would that surprise you? USB 3.1 can do a full 2.4GB/sec over Type-C.
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        September 25, 2019 8:00 PM
        
        I mean Thunderbolt runs over USB-C and that's basically just PCI-E 4x encapsulated.
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  - Conan
    
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    September 25, 2019 8:01 PM
    
    Mine was not issue free, but my network setup isn't really ideal. That'll be changing in the next month or so.
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      - Conan
        
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        September 25, 2019 8:09 PM
        
        It's relatively easy to set up, but for best results your PC needs to be wired and you definitely want to be on a 5ghz network pretty close to the router.
        
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  September 26, 2019 12:24 AM
  
  I really hope the part where Zuckerberg said they took into account moving around with the wire is actually going to be implemented in the link.