Virtual Desktop for Oculus noob help

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So want to be able to play be Steam VR games on my Oculus, wirelessly.

Do I just buy Virtual Desktop on the Oculus through the Oculus store (£10 odd), and install a free client on my PC and done?

Or do I need to delve into the realms of side loading, which I've not done yet?
 
Kashinoda said:
You need to side load, plenty of YouTube videos out there showing how.

  • Purchase Virtual Desktop on Oculus Store
  • Install Windows client
  • Side-load the Virtual Desktop streaming add-on.
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OK... So I can't buy the cheaper version on Steam then?
 
One thing I have noticed is it screws up all my "Fences".

I used Fences to keep all my desktop icons in place. When I come out of Virtual Deskop, they've all been screwed up/moved around abit :/
 
My desktop is 1440p (with my fences all over the top right quarter of the desktop), so when I enter into Virtual Desktop the fences are jiggled around (& I can see that in VD). When I come out it leaves them pixels away from where they were.

Note: I've changed an option in Fences which seems to help return back to their original position, but while in VD, the fences are messed up slightly.
 
andybird123 said:
uncheck the option that changes the resolution, 1440p works fine in VD
(this was also causing me an issue where the stream would lock to 60fps instead of allowing 72/90hz)
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That will only effect the desktop view, and not screw around with the resolution used for VR games?
 
And after a lot of testing, even 1m from my router, I have to say I can detect the different between using VD and Link. And I didn't even notice I'd even put Link into a USB2 socket :)

When trying Toy Box I can detect lag and little stutters in head movement detection with VD. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty reasonable, but my 8m cheap link cable is noticeably better.
 
VR Graphics Quality: Medium

VR Frame Rate: 72fps

VR Bit Rate: Currently on 60Mbps. Tried less and more.

Sliced enconding and Extra Latency Mode: Tried these all on, off, in all 4 combos

Increased Colour Vibrancy: on
 
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melmac said:
Thank, And what latency are you getting in desktop and in game?
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What's the nature of it? Or what is a value shown somewhere?

The former is slight judders and lags. Small but noticeable compared to Link.

If it's the latter, where should I get/see those values?
 
melmac said:
The latency is shown on the Virtual Steamer window. Before you start a game it will be showing the desktop Latency.

When you start a game and play, it will show the latency in that game. You have to take off your headset to see the latency.
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OK, managed to lower latency down, by reducing VR Bit Rate to minimum, and seemingly by enabling only Sliced Encoding.

In a game I was then hovering around, all over the place, between 29-44ms (approx).

In desktop view, a bit less, hovering all over say 26-38ms (approx).

Note: When VD is not enabled on the Oculus, I get 29ms reported rock solid? But I suspect that's just the last value reported?
 
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krooton said:
How congested is the 5Ghz band on your router?
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Goodness knows... All the main equipment around the house is hard wired. So it's just phones and other devices like printers and Alexas. But many of those no doubt use 2.4 instead?

There's a Sky Booster box elsewhere in the house... But the Oculus is being tested 1m from the main router.
 
krooton said:
Well, just as a heads up, all my Alexas connect on my 5Ghz, as well as the 3 mobile phones and 2 laptops.

I can see which devices are connected to each band by connecting to my BT Smart Hub 2 through its IP address, I'm assuming you can do similar on your router.
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The Sky hub just shows all devices connected, hardwired, 2.4 or 5ghz...
 
krooton said:
Looks like you can desync the bands in the Sky Hub, and give them separate SSIDs and then you essentially have 2 wifi connections and you can force devices to connect to 2.4Ghz, but whether it is worth the effort... I dunno.
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Don't think I'd want to do that. ie: Compromise the access of devices around the house etc...

ps: And this is Sky's newest router (and newest booster).
 
What are other folks getting latency wise then out of interest? And how much does it fluctuate in use?
 
I was just thinking, if you do use the Quest in a space a fair distance away from your PC/router (eg: 8+ meters), if there's hardware to allow you do do the following. Pug a long USB 3 lead into your PC with some sort of 5Ghz hotspot device in the end of it, so then your Quest can connect straight to that hotspot near to it, which in turn is connected directly to your PC?
 
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