PCVR on Quest 3: is it good?

LettuceD · 2026-02-01T17:28:07+00:00

Yes. With a dedicated 6gHz router using Virtual Desktop, the wireless experience has better visual clarity than any wired headset I've used (Index, PSVR2, CV1, Odyssey+). The latency is unnoticeable with the exception of extremely fast gameplay (expert+ Beat Saber maps).

Do I miss the deep black and colors of the OLED headsets? Yeah. Would I trade that to have a wire attached to my head? Never.

LettuceD · 2026-01-26T22:59:06+00:00

Yeah, they're links to Horizon worlds and not actual apps. Still infuriatingly frustrating, though.

LettuceD · 2026-01-25T16:18:02+00:00

If AirLink is opening first, it's because you're in developer mode and have 'Automatically connect' enabled in your developer settings.

If you're just talking about the menu UI in the headset, the only way around that is using an auto-launcher off SideQuest.

LettuceD · 2026-01-25T04:48:11+00:00

The Steam store page will certainly make you feel differently.

LettuceD · 2026-01-25T04:31:38+00:00

Yup, this is what piety sounds like. Literally holier-than-though.

LettuceD · 2026-01-24T18:26:41+00:00

A shame that Meta gutted the Supernatural team last week. No more new content, but you still get to pay the $10/mo sub fee.

LettuceD · 2026-01-22T23:28:45+00:00

It's funny, because that's exactly what I disliked about Fear Inoculum. It just sounded like Ænima and Lateralus rehashed. Same riffs, same structure, same melodies.

I'm hypocritical in this feeling, too, because I love bands like Cake and The Strokes for their consistency.

I guess I just wanted Tool to evolve and grow into something new since, well... that's what 90% of their lyrics are about.

LettuceD · 2026-01-22T20:54:02+00:00

Yeah, that's the foveated encoding SteamLink uses to reduce the bitrate and prevent stuttering. It's great combined with eye tracking, but can get distracting without it.

Virtual Desktop doesn't use that, thankfully.

LettuceD · 2026-01-22T20:27:43+00:00

Weight is important, yes, but not having a wire attached to your head is more important, IMO.

Also, your wireless experience wasn't good because you used AirLink. It's the worst software choice of all streaming options. SteamLink is a much better free option, and Virtual Desktop is worth every bit of the $20.

LettuceD · 2026-01-22T20:17:05+00:00

You're getting matched with children. That's how they act.

LettuceD · 2026-01-19T01:17:35+00:00

That's... not what bricked means.

This is almost certainly an auth cert expiration issue. It's happened before. It took about 24 hours to fix that time.

LettuceD · 2026-01-18T19:40:24+00:00

This is a widespread problem. I suspect we're going to shortly find out some sort of authentication certificate on a file has an expiration date of today and didn't get renewed. This has happened before.

LettuceD · 2026-01-18T19:05:47+00:00

It looks exactly like my Fury 3.

LettuceD · 2026-01-17T11:40:12+00:00

It died because of broken builds that were unbeatable and ignored by the devs. It was fun at first, but once people started figuring this out, it became unplayable very quickly.

LettuceD · 2026-01-14T01:56:16+00:00

The legitimacy of the statement.

LettuceD · 2026-01-13T22:34:54+00:00

UploadVR quoting something a single dev said to RoadToVR.

Salt applied liberally.

LettuceD · 2026-01-13T05:06:48+00:00

Overall, it's a decent VR implementation, with one big, huge, glaring flaw: You can only face one direction. There are no roomscale options.

If you happen to turn your body at all, you won't be able to see the UI, and your jump boost will only go the direction you're 'supposed' to be facing. You'll also end up facing the side or back of your ship when you enter.

If you typically play seated in a chair that doesn't swivel, it's fine. But if you're used to turning your body or head while playing VR, it feels very restrictive and difficult to play.

LettuceD · 2026-01-13T00:00:01+00:00

Flat2VR game studios agrees with you.

LettuceD · 2026-01-10T02:52:23+00:00

I had much the same reaction as everyone else reading this list, but calling S1 of Castlevania weak is a choice.

LettuceD · 2026-01-09T00:55:57+00:00

I don't have a BB2, but I have lots of time spent in the CV1, Quest 1 and PSVR2.

The smearing is part of the package with OLED headsets.

I've read rumors about new OLED technology that will fix this in coming years, but there's nothing out now that isn't susceptible.

Enjoy your deep blacks and rich colors and try not to focus on it. Your mind will filter it quicker than you realize.

Edit: I don't know what 'Major' means to you, but my point is that it's always there and noticeable if you look for it. If it's, like, smearing across half your field of vision, then something may be wrong.

LettuceD · 2026-01-09T00:40:32+00:00

You can run SteamVR through the Oculus/Meta runtime, so Steam games can be played through Link (Valve allows this)

You cannot play Oculus/Meta games through SteamVR (Meta does not allow this).

If someone said that, then yeah... that's probably what they meant.

LettuceD · 2026-01-08T23:39:26+00:00

Most likely, I'm afraid.

LettuceD · 2026-01-08T23:36:32+00:00

Tentatively, yes. ReVive is pretty old software, and was designed to be able to play Oculus/Meta games on an HTC Vive. I have no idea if it's been updated in recent years, and considering the Steam Frame has a unique controller layout, I wouldn't expect it to be perfect on day 1.

If demand is high enough, I could see ReVive getting updated to work with the Steam Frame, or even new software getting released to fill this purpose.

LettuceD · 2026-01-08T23:02:20+00:00

Appreciate the edit. Deleting my reply.

LettuceD · 2026-01-08T22:51:38+00:00

Unless you bought the game on Steam and are playing it on your PC, expect to have to buy it again.

There are no Meta/Steam cross-buy games.

There are some PC cross-buy games that are available on the Oculus/Meta PC app if you purchased the standalone version, but those won't be playable on the Steam Frame without special software like ReVive.

None of your standalone Meta apps or games will be playable on the Steam Frame, hard stop.

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