![]() ![]() Now you can double-tap the Oculus button to enable voice commands. (optional) We also recommend disabling ‘Store Voice Commands’.In Voice Commands, enable ‘Controller Shortcut’.Enable Voice Commands Controller Shortcut This will launch the Voice Commands setup and teach you what you can say. In Quick Settings, click the triangular Voice Commands icon.Rather than fumbling through the app list, you can ask your headset to “launch Beat Saber.” Rather than digging through the Settings menu, you can ask “show me Guardian settings.” And rather than searching for a new game by typing the name into the search bar, you can say “search for The Walking Dead.” Turn on Voice Commands Voice Commands on Quest 2 are often the fastest and easiest way to navigate through your headset’s menus and launch games. Only available in US with system language set to English Use Voice Commands to Navigate Quest 2 & Launch Apps Now scroll until you find ‘Passthrough Shortcut’ and flip the switchĪny time you can’t see the outside world, double-tap the side of your headset with your hand or controller to instantly see into the real world.On the left of the Settings section select ‘Guardian’.In Quick Settings click ‘Settings’ (gear icon) at the top right.Now instead of having a virtual home space you’ll simply see the room around you until you jump into an app. In Quick Settings, click the ‘eye’ icon. ![]() Click on the clock at the bottom left to access Quick Settings. In your headset, bring up the Quest menu by pressing the Oculus button on your right controller. ![]() Here’s how: Turn on Passthrough Background With Passthrough Short enabled, you can double-tap on your headset to instantly toggle the passthrough view on and off to see who is calling your name or where to set your controllers down before you take off the headset. This is also much nicer than putting on your headset while the controllers are dangling from your wrists by their straps.Īlso, whenever you go back to your home space you’ll be able to see your relative position within your playspace boundary, allowing you to move back to the center in case you’ve wandered toward the edge (don’t be the next person to post a picture of the TV you broke while playing a VR boxing game).Īnd if you want to be able to quickly peek outside your headset, you don’t have to bother taking it off. That’s because you can put on the headset first and then easily see where your controllers are to pick them up, instead of blindly feeling around. And while it might seem novel at first to have your ‘virtual home’ be some sci-fi apartment or fantasy landscape, I can tell you now that using the passthrough view as your background actually makes the headset much easier to use. You will have seen this when you first set up the device. ‘Passthrough’ is when you use the Quest 2 cameras to look outside the headset. Turn on Passthrough Background & Passthrough Shortcut Here’s nine tips worth knowing right out of the gate to improve your experience. HOTAS for flying and space based games, wheel for racing / driving and xbox for a few of the VR platformer type games.Ĭostly but worth it.if you enjoy those game types.Oculus Quest 2 is one of the best headsets for first-time VR users, and it’s bringing plenty of new users into VR for the first time. So if you can afford it, get a HOTAS, Wheel and xbox controller. That you'd find out the hard way.īut I'm a big proponent of using the right tool for the job. An xbox controller wont cut it nor has enough buttons. Honestly, you need a HOTAS if you plan to start flying around in VR space fights (speaking from experience). ![]() Star Wars Squadrons and Elite Dangerous are prime examples of this but so are most sim pit racing or flight games as well. Those tend to require the right tool for the job. Those usually do not support motion controllers, just head tracking and are played purely from a seated position. Vr supported however are desktop games that have VR support. Those that are specifically made for VR such as Half Life: Alyx or Job Sim for example, will utilise your Quest controllers and as such you don't need any other controllers. Now this is where it gets complicated as VR games come in 2 flavours on the PC platform. However, as you obviously know, you can connect your Quest to a PC and use it to play PC VR games. All it's specific games (that you'll find on the Quest store) are built with those controllers in mind. The Quest 2 is a self contained platform. ![]()
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