Oculus Link software is available in beta version & now you can connect Oculus to PC to play all PC VR & Rift games on Oculus Quest:
Oculus Link software is out now
in beta form, which means you can play any game which is developed for PC VR,
& the Rift headset, on the Oculus Quest. You need to connect Quest to PC
via USB cable.
Oculus Link software works with most
high quality USB 3 cables. Also your PC should meet minimum requirements that
are mentioned below:
- Processor—Intel Core i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater
- RAM—8GB+
- OS—Windows 10
- USB ports—1x USB 3.0
Oculus Link beta is only
compatible with Nvidia graphics cards, including the Titan X, GeForce RTX 20
series, GTX 16 series, GTX 1060, GTX 1070, & GTX 1080.
After Oculus Link leaves its beta
period they will support AMD cards too, & also Nvidia GPUs that are not
mentioned above, will be supported after Oculus Link exits beta including Titan
Z, GTX 1060M, & GTX 970. All 3 of the Nvidia GPUs are not compatible with
the beta version.
Oculus is going to release its
custom optical fiber cable but it is expensive. The cable right now is not
available so you can use any high quality USB cable. We have provided specs of
the Oculus USB cable below:
- Length - 5 meters
- Outer diameter - 4.6 mm
- Weight - 224 g
- Color - black
- Type - USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C
- Bandwidth - 5Gbps
- Connectors - right angle USB Type-C (headset) / straight Type-C (PC)
- Bend radius - 20 mm
- Infrared signal loss tolerance - <500mV VBUS @ 3000mA ; <250mV GND @ 3000mA
- Power supply - 3A
- Cable exterior - TPU 0.5 mm (low friction, durable, flexible)
- Shielding—high quality spiral shielding
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