Recommendations for the best wireless AP for Oculus Quest 2 wireless PCVR? I want to test HL:A on the computer I'm making the next video on and want to do it right this time
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If I recall your past video, it’s not as much the AP as the GPU doing the encoding of the video. Digital Foundry covered this a bit in one of their podcast episodes. When the application is this latency sensitive it matters if you’re using NVENC vs QuickSync vs software encoding.
If you're asking for the best wireless app, Virtual Desktop and Steam Link are both really good. Steam Link is free, while Virtual Desktop is $20 but has a lot of extra features in its desktop viewer. Like the ability to view SBS 3D content in 3D. Which is neat for things like 3D PS3 games on RPCS3.
My suggestion is anything but a quest 2. I connected mine to play some steam VR and about 15 seconds after I connected it, my PC inexplicably shit the bed and needed a fresh WIN install.
I know I misread it and you’re talking about routers, but ALVR was pretty damn solid back when I used it 3 years ago. It requires you to side load it onto the Quest 2 last I checked, but maybe that’s not the case any more.
Also, if you're planning on getting into VR some more, you should definitely consider upgrading to a Quest 3 at some point in the future, cost-allowing of course, the upgrade is MASSIVE
I want to, especially since I am really big on FitXR for working out, but I'm desperately trying to hold out for the Valve Deckard that's supposed to be coming out in the next year or so based on leaks. Even then it would have to somehow be able to run meta apps so I think I'm just coping here
The Deckard is definitely something I am shooting for when it arrives, though I can see it being in a different "class" of headset.
I'll also say, with how Meta is treating OpenXR, it's likely a lot of apps won't make it cross-platform as easily as they do now, given the Deckard runs Android.
people have ported meta apps to pico before and deckard seems to have some sort of waydroid compatibility thing for android openxr apps. i would not be surprised at all if people get meta apps running on it (though idk if fitxr relies on an internet connection, if it does it probably wouldnt work)
literally anything just run your PC behind that AP so that traffic can go directly from your PC -> VR ap -> headset
i have some really crappy optimum online d link router i reflashed over uart ages ago to dd-wrt and even though it's wifi 5 it handles vd perfectly fine
I use one, works great until it randomly stops working and I have to run the windows troubleshooter to re-enable dhcp. Might be a windows thing to be fair, otherwise happy with it.
absolutely unironically the davolink kevin. it's a really good wifi 6e ap for its price, the virtual desktop team recommends it. that or a gl.inet flint 2
Jesus christ I forgot about them. Kevin seems a bit overkill. I might get bob since it's just going to be for my annual pcvr quest 2 usage, it's actually a good value
It's not necessarily the best out there, but I use a
GL-MT3000 by GL.iNet
It took me literally two minutes from getting it out of the box to connecting it to my PC, and having it relay data back from my main router. It's very small, insanely convenient and easy to use, and it literally just works™
In these comments: people not know the difference between APP and Wireless AP.
I am a fan of Ubiquity, but just having their access points means running their controller software on an always on system (pi, Server, etc.) not a big deal but annoying to some. Otherwise Netgear and TP-Link are fine.
I use this dedicated router called Puppis S1 most of the time: https://amzn.to/4ioU6V9
Ref link but it takes you to Amazon's page for PrismXR router, Puppis S1, which is ~$78 USD.
I use Aruba / HPE access points for my stuff and it works well. The AP’s and switches from the instant on lineup and the office connect series might also make for a random video idea as well.
By far the best and easiest way to do Quest 2 PCVR is the Steam Link app on the quest store. Just one button click when you first download the app, and you're in the steam home on your pc ready to play with no oculus weirdness. It runs great even on subpar internet with barely any latency.
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you may just be in a busy 5ghz area with a lot of interference
Not the ideal recommendation but the only real way to solve that is buying a quest 3 and wifi 6e AP to use the 6GHz band
Avoid Quest AirLink at all costs, it's awful compared to Steam or VD in terms of compression, etc.
I'll also say, with how Meta is treating OpenXR, it's likely a lot of apps won't make it cross-platform as easily as they do now, given the Deckard runs Android.
https://mbucchia.github.io/OpenXR-Toolkit/ovrplugin.html
i have some really crappy optimum online d link router i reflashed over uart ages ago to dd-wrt and even though it's wifi 5 it handles vd perfectly fine
GL-MT3000 by GL.iNet
It took me literally two minutes from getting it out of the box to connecting it to my PC, and having it relay data back from my main router. It's very small, insanely convenient and easy to use, and it literally just works™
I am a fan of Ubiquity, but just having their access points means running their controller software on an always on system (pi, Server, etc.) not a big deal but annoying to some. Otherwise Netgear and TP-Link are fine.
Ref link but it takes you to Amazon's page for PrismXR router, Puppis S1, which is ~$78 USD.