My PC is cabled to my router (1Gb’s) and therefore as visible on the home network as I want to be.
My basic understanding (for the Quest 2) is that Airlink is the wireless connection between the headset and the PC.
Do you know if I should be able to connect airlink this way? Router is dual 2.4 and 5Ghz.
Also (dummy question) how are you getting the main benefits of the GPU if you’re not directly connected to one of its ports?
yes Airlink is the wifi connection between your quest and pc, via your router.
you need to use the routers wireless 5ghz band to connect quest to the router, and a wired 1gb connection between pc and router.
preferably your quest should not be more than 1 room away from your router.
you then enable airlink in the oculus app on your pc, then select airlink connection in your quest settings menu.
Thanks, the router is about 6ft from the computer and the connection from the PC is 1gb, think I’ll give it a go!
If you have performance issues with Air Link I would strongly recommend trying Virtual Desktop - it is payware, but doesn’t cost much. I’ve been using it in preference to Air Link because it gives me markedly better performance these days. It even gives me better performance than Oculus Link (the fibre-optic cable, which goes directly into my graphics card).
Wasn’t always that way, but I found that at some point an update made things worse, rather than better. I have no problem flying FS2020 with Virtual Desktop wireless - I now use it rather than Index, too.
“Also (dummy question) how are you getting the main benefits of the GPU if you’re not directly connected to one of its ports?”
GPU still renders the final frames of the game, Airlink or Virtual Desktop then simply take those frames, compress them and send them to your headset as a video. You are essentially watching a YouTube video of the game, almost in real time as its being rendered by your GPU.
Also (dummy question) how are you getting the main benefits of the GPU if you’re not directly connected to one of its ports?
To add - other than your monitor nothing connects directly to the GPU. Even with oculus cable link there’s oculus software in the middle that reads the video and sends it on the cable to the quest.
I would also recommend to try virtual desktop.
I use 1GB wired to my rig and AirLink to my router which is 3 feet away, works better than wired Link in Win11. ENSURE when hooking up to your router, you use 5Ghz and an independent channel. The idea is to make sure most of the bandwidth is used by your quest. My wife is always complaining about slow internet when I’m flying. :).
If only there was a video card manufacturer who could put a USB3 port in their card for VR…???
Another problem with USB-3 is the distance. 10ft cable can’t keep up speeds. I saw differences in reviews between 3ft and 6ft and 10ft cables. For oculus 3ft cable is too short.
I’ll +1 that. Better performance, stability, looks way better and has tweaking options.
Oculus doesn’t have much focus on desktop streaming despite the headset being more than capable.
Got it running today with out of the box settings and can see the potential, need to spend a bit more time with it to tune the interactions with the sim and get used to wearing the headset (not for longer flights I think).
Interestingly my GPU (3080ti) fans dont seem to run as hard as when in full screen 4K Ultra which suggests there is tuning potential in the VR settings.
With everything set to High you should be at 30fps on ground and up to 40 fps at altitude. It should be smooth, have okay center sharpness, and no jitters.
Visually I can’t tell the difference in framerates between 30 to 40.
Are you on Windows 10 or Windows 11? Windows 11 isn’t officially supported for native airlink Oculus streaming.
I’m on Windows 11, which may be why it looks so bad for me unless I use Virtual Desktop.
Windows 10, staying away from 11 at the moment because of the TPM thing.
My old system didn’t have a TPM chip or supported processor but it updated by itself on the Insiders build anyway. Never a complaint or warning, lol.
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