Many people have found that rolling back your driver update will fix this issue. Getting a Black Screen After Enabling Oculus link? Here’s how to fix it - a recent AMD driver update affected the Link and may throw you in a black environment after you enable the link within the Oculus. Make sure you have Steam VR downloaded within your apps, load it up, and you’re good to go! Once you have a compatible cable, plug yourself in, and you’ll get a prompt in the Quest to enable Oculus Link. Virtual Desktop Streamer - $20 (If going wireless).On your PC, here’s the software you need to install: Whether you’re looking to play Alyx or any other SteamVR games on the Quest, you’ll need to download some software to get everything working.
This will quickly test your cable and give you a simple yes or no answer of whether you need to jump into Amazon and get a new one. If you already have a high speed USB-C cable you want to test, head on into the Oculus client on your computer, go into Devices, add your headset - and once it’s set up, you can click on the Quest and go on down to USB Test. 10 ft Anker USB C Cable - $22 on Amazonįor us, 10ft still felt a little too short and we would recommend buying an extension cord as well.If you’re looking to save some money, we found a list of supported cables on Reddit and bought the Anker cable and corner USB connector, here’s the ones we bought: Keep in mind only certain high speed USB C cables will be compatible. You will also need to spend $20 more since you will need to buy Virtual Desktop Streamer.įor a wired connection, you can buy the Oculus Link Cable for $79 which is a 16 foot cable. We’ll run you through both set ups, but in our opinion - if you have the bandwidth to handle wireless, you’ll have a much better experience. You’ll also want to decide whether you want to play wired or wireless. Step 2: Decide Between Wired Or Wireless Play It still has a AMD Ryzen 7 with 16Gb of DDR4 RAM along with a graphics card Radeon RX5500M with 4Gb of video GDDR6 memory. Running this will test your system through a few different levels of visual rendering power and will determine how ready your system is for VR.įor reference, we are using an MSI Alpha 15 laptop, which isn’t top of the line or anything to go wild about - but still does well with Half Life Alyx. In the store, search for and install SteamVR Performance Test.
If you don’t already have Steam, go ahead and download the application and create an account.
Before you order yourself an Oculus, Index, or any other headset - you’ll want to make sure that you have a VR ready PC.
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