VR Discussions, Questions & Feedback

Meanwhile i was having problems the other way around - cable resulted in regular micro-stutters and fps drops, never mind the hassle of the debug tool always restarting things to get it to save settings every single time.

VD, no stutters, no fps drops out of nowhere, much better image quality, little to no latency too.

 

I really fought with the idea of going back to cable. I never had any problems with VD until this and I couldn't be happier today to have solved such a simple issue after 4 days of trying everything I could think of. Persistence paid off! Also glad to be on the latest Nvidia driver with no issues. I think sticking to 552.44 is not necessary and they never seem to give a reason why they insist on it in their Discord. I suggest using DDU in Safe Mode to remove the old driver if you decide to update.

 

I don't understand why people get wifi headsets for sim racing?

 

Because the Q3 lenses are spectacular for the price and cables suck.

Edit: I'll add, only because of Virtual Desktop can we do this. It's an amazing piece of software.

 

I got a Quest 2 just for the price. Hate compression, is really stupid for seated PCVR.

Will upgrade when someone release a headset with really high visible horizontal FOV, custom FOV settings and DisplayPort connection. The future is bright, If WW3 don't start tomorrow.

 

Cables suck yet people would add power bank obviously with cable and headphones again with cables because the battery of Q3 is crap and audio don’t sound good

I have a PSVR2 and NEO3link for both it’s only a single DP cable or single usb c cable I need to connect the headset to my PC and in both cases I don’t feel it at all while racing

don’t get me wrong it’s nice to run our games wireless and I’d did actually do half a day testing with a. Q2 and airlink vs steamlink this weekend actually

but nothing can beat uncompressed video signal for me so PCVR equals one cable need

 

I didn't notice the compression in the Q3 like I did with other wireless headsets.
I did notice that the image wasn't as smooth as wired though, it always felt like it was running a lower fps than it was.
I was just reading through back pages of this thread and my comment was mainly because the thread posts are people trying to fix wireless issue after issue.

 

I have Razor Blackshark v2 Pro headset, wireless and Q3 wireless. When not sim racing I can sit in my living room in a nice comfortable chair flying jets in VTOL VR. Also have neck strap batteries that I can swap for long runs. It's the best of all worlds. To each his own, but I'm loving wireless.

Edit: also have VoiceAttack so no need for buttons.

 

Absolutely can be a PITA if you don't have proper equipment. I spent 4 days only to find out all I needed to do is change my router channel, now everything is stunning again, so smooth! Happy, happy day for me.

Negatives: 500 for Q3, 180 for Router, 100 for batteries, 20 for Virtual Desktop.

 

Yeah I know where you're coming from. I've been pulling my hair out for 2 weeks doing W11 resets trying to fix USB connection issues and it turned out to be a faulty DDR slot on the motherboard.

 

Sorry to hear that. Worse case scenario for sure.

 

I had the PCVR Oculus Rift S for years and it died because the cable is abysmal. I treated it like it was my most precious, never moved or touched it, never bent it, and yet it still one day my screen went black while using it and headset was dead.

Meanwhile with the Quest 3 if my current very cheap cable breaks, i can just buy another cheap new cable while keeping the headset. Also the headset FoV, lenses, ease of getting runnng, it is amazing for the price.

 

My reasons for preferring wireless with Virtual Desktop over link cable for my Quest3:
- More performance tweaking options with VD
- Passthrough with OpenKneeboard so I can see my button boxes in VR
- fpsVR overlay and performance logging
- Watching replays from the coach

 

Also on a Quest 3 and run it wired. Oculus Tray Tool/Oculus Debug Tool give me enough options to do what I need to do with it. I've got a 5m Cable that's connected to USB C which would allow the Quest 3 to run for probably 6 hours or more before the battery is completely flat, I get down to 75% in my normal 3 hour session, so I don't need extra batteries or anything. The cable runs over the back of the seat so I don't feel it dragging. It's simple and it works, I would like to see a version of VD that supports wired though.

 

Hi everyone,

I'm new to AMS2, I've always played iRacing, I have a Quest 3. Do you recommend using OculusVR or SteamVR with OpenComposite to use OpenXR Toolkit?
Thanks to all.
Really loving this simulator

 

Is it possible to implement quadviews rendering for VR?

 

Hi all I have a quest 3 and use it with a link lead and happy with it, but I see all this chat about virtual desktop thing and how it's better, how would I go about using this, do I download it on the quest or on steam? Is it easy to set up? Also I use the oculus debug tool for fov I drop it to .8 on vertical and horizontal, with this I can run at max resolution @90, would I be able to use this aswell or has VD got something like this, and do you really see a big difference

 

You buy it on Meta store and you download the PC companion app. You link the two similar to a regular Bluetooth connection. Then you launch your VR game from the VD and it appears on your headset. It's a better quality image than using Steamlink. I didn't bother with Meta link as it was flakey when I tried.
I believe it now has OpenXR integrated in it now so it's better than the last time I tried it.

Don't buy the Steam app one, that's more of a VR desktop for using the headset as a monitor.

 

If you're happy with cable, I'd stick with it. The benefit to VD is not being tethered and it's ease of use. You won't have the same options for FOV as you will in the debug tool.

If you decide to go with VD, I highly suggest you spend a few days in their Discord. There are requirements for it like a proper router and having that router connected directed to your PC, and not everyone is able to do that. Invite link on their site. https://www.vrdesktop.net/

 

I find SteamVR and OpenComposite look pretty much the same. I've been using OpenComposite but changed back to SteamVR so I can use fpsVR which I find very useful. I never bothered with OpenXR Toolkit, so really saw no benefit to using OC for my needs. OpenXR Toolkit is deprecated software with no new updates coming, so at some point it's likely to break, another reason to avoid it. I also use Virtual Desktop, not wired.