Oculus Link beta lets you play Rift games on your Quest headset

After being announced at Oculus Connect 6, the company has officially launched the beta of their Oculus Link software.

Oculus Link allows you to use your PC to play Rift games on your Oculus Quest headset.

Rift games such as Stormland or Asgard’s Wrath are now playable on Quest thanks to the Link software.

No need for external sensors, just your Oculus Quest, a USB-C 3.0 cable and a compatible PC.

It’s worth noting that even though the Quest comes with a USB-C to USB-C cable, it only is the USB 2.0 spec. USB 3.0 cables support both power and data.

To use Oculus Link on your PC with Quest, you’ll need a USB-C to USB-C 3.0 cable or USB-C to USB-A 3.0 cable. There are a few cable options out there but Oculus recommends this 10ft Anker USB-C 3.0 cable.

Oculus will be making its own Oculus Link cable that is 5 meters (16 ft) in length , has a right angle USB-C connector and supports the USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C spec and be available in limited quantities later this year. Then wider availability for the cable in 2020.

No pricing has been announced for the Oculus Link cable.

In order to use Oculus Link during the beta period, these are the PC requirements:

Component	Recommended Specs
Processor	Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater
Graphics Card	See additional charts below
Memory	8GB+ RAM
Operating System	Windows 10
USB Ports	1x USB 3.0 ports

As for GPUs, Oculus supports the following cards:

NVIDIA GPU	Supported	Not Currently Supported
NVIDIA Titan Z		X
NVIDIA Titan X	X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970		X
Desktop NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060M		X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070(all)	X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080(all)	X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16-series(all)	X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20-series (all)	X

 

AMD GPU	Supported	Not Currently Supported
AMD 300 Series		X
AMD 400 Series		X
AMD 500 Series		X
AMD 5000 Series		X
AMD Vega Series		X

Oculus says they are working directly with AMD to support as many of their cards as possible, so then they’ll work when the Oculus Link software exits beta.

To start using Oculus Link, make sure you Quest is on the latest update and download the Oculus app on your PC.

Source: Oculus