Virtual Desktop Setup & Best Settings: Ultimate Performance

VIRTUAL DESKTOP SETUP ON QUEST 2, QUEST PRO, QUEST 3 & PICO 4 FOR ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE
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00:00 The Intro
01:00 Step 1 VD Streamer App
01:14 Step 2 Purchase VD on your Headset
01:47 Install the Oculus PC App
02:32 VD Streamer App Settings
04:00 VD Menu Settings
04:08 VD Menu Streaming Settings
06:30 Red Matter 2 Demo
07:11 The Conclusion
07:57 The Outro

[goldenzim]

I'm brand new to VR and although I'm a 46 year old IT professional by trade, was still overwhelmed by the minefield that is Quest 2 and PCVR coordinated setup. Your videos have been invaluable. I'm just off to play with these suggestions myself but wanted to drop you a formal thank you.

[WilkoGRACZ]

OMG Mac! How did I miss this new gem about Desktop VR setup <3 thank you ! You're an absolute King in setting this up! []-)

[ProgrammistMusic]

Virtual Desktop is my daily driver for both Quest 2 and Pico 4. "It just works" as Todd would say. It's truly amazing what a single developer can do by himself if he's really deep diving into the technical possibilities of the hardware. Although there are two features missing in the app, which i think would make it even better.

a) Folders and Favourites in the Games Tab plus the last four to eight used games on top. I have about 100 games on STEAM and Oculus, mostly playing 2-3 of them regularly, and scrolling down all the time to find them is pretty annoying. I would be happy if at least the last couple of games i have started would be listed on top.

b) specific settings for different games to be set automatically when you start a game through the "Games"-Tab and depending on the PC you play with. The settings can be very individual for many games. No Man's Sky for instance does require totally different settings than Half Life Alyx or First Person Tennis. On a RTX 3070 you can play Tennis at 120Hz in the highest Quality without SSW, whereas for No Man's Sky you need to go down below 90Hz with SSW switched on. SSW will increase response time of the game, so for all sports or fast paced games SSW should be turned off (if possible). I know this feature would be quite complicated to implement in the app, because you need to find a way to select PC and Game and then apply the settings and all of this should not be too confusing. And that is not an easy task to do and maybe nobody really needs this anyway 🙂

A quick question at this point: Does anyone have the same isuee, that every time the PC restarts the Virtual Streamer settings get lost ? This happens on only one PC (of four) and if i restart this one i have to enter profile names and set my settings every time. I have tried to reinstall everything but nothing helped. I could not get an answer in the official Discord forum. Anyway, maybe someone knows what's wrong.

[GS-ynob]

Thanks for the guide. My Quest 2 arrived yesterday and I fiddled around with a physical link and all the palava of accessing SteamVR. Your videos introduced me to Virtual Desktop and I've gone from a bit underwhelmed to blown away. Cheers mate!

[jf]

What brought me to your channel years ago and solidified my purchase of virtual desktop. Nice video Mac. Would love to see more reviews on games versus VR news though I understand there's been very little worth reviewing lately.

[craigjay]

Thanks for such a great video. Bought Virtual Desktop as nothing else worked well. Game changer. Love it so far.

[zukai]

Thank you!
Vast improvement gained and your video was organized and concise instructions on how to get there.

[VroodenTheGreat]

Thank you for the video, you got me 80% if the way to getting MSFS running wirelessly from the notebook to the quest2.

[shadowworlds]

I remember in the oculus DK2 days this came out in beta and was free. It has alwise been a kick ass app. He has done a great job on updates.

[PRODUCEDBYAD]

Wad just looking for the best settings with all the new features. Good stuff man

[Moratu]

Mac, this was extremely helpful. Thank you.

[davidknightx]

Just bought VD and set it exactly as told. Works perfectly! This is insane. Getting unbelievable quality graphics wirelessly from my gaming PC. Even Half-Life 2 VR mod works. Oh man, good times ahead!
I will make sure and recommend to anyone I hear who wants to use this app to play PC games on their Oculus.

[noNumberSherlock]

You're precise, informative and a fun fellow! Cheers mate .

[scupking]

Fantastic!! Thanks. I got a quest 2 for Christmas. Setup Virtual desktop yesterday and tried flight sim. It was ok but graphics weren't that sharp and was getting lower frame rates. I have an i7 6850k, 32gb of ram, 6650 xt graphics card and my router is in the same room. Today I followed your settings and wow does it look and run great! I'm now getting 60-70fps in flight sim and it's amazing!

[OutlawJJ]

I'm a Southerner my overseas tea brother. I Love tea as well. Cheers! 😀

[RumoraTV]

what about recording some games with gpu encoder or with obs in 60fps? is there any interference when selecting 90fps in virtual destkop settings or is obs or virtual desktop "balancing" the frames then? Best :)

[carlboulianne]

Hi, i was wondering if you can help me with problem, I was looking at your video, I just bought oculus quest 3 and I install vr desktop as you said. When I look at my desktop and computer everything is crystal clear, but as soon as I activate vr in the desktop (stream vr) in the room of stream vr, the quality of the video is not very nice (blurry) and when I’m turning my head left or right, the line makes waves. Since I install stream vr, I saw a graphic card in the system, do I have to do something about it… and since that installation when I open msfs, the writing is not clear… Thank you and have a nice day

[Comander]

I've been fidling around a lot with my router and vd settings, just cant get it to run stutter free somehow. Sometimes it works flawlessly with certain router channels, lower seems better for me. But it mostly works for a brief period and then gets back to lagging and stuttering. the VD overlay tells me most of the time its my network spiking out and causing the lag. I've beenn suspecting my lan cables to maybe be the issue, have you had any experience in difference of Cat5e, CAT6 or seven? i've defaulted back to wired at the moment with my pico 4 since I cant pinpoint the issue. Also altough this is a great tutorial video, I seem to get way better performance with almost completly different settings. I use a T-Plink Archer AX 50 wifi6 router at 80mhz 5ghz band ax only which should easily get the job done. Is it possible that my router is running out of cpu pef. or memory, or maybe overheats due to all the traffic going through it? Kinda running out of ideas by now...

[Slowcoachy]

Oooo new settings, I didn't see the new codecs, will have a play.

[PCPAyLOAD]

What do I put in under "Viveport ID"? I realize this may sound like an dumb question but does it need to be different then the Oculus Username?