Guide & Recommended VR game to connect Oculus Quest 2 wirelessly to PC

The VR headset Oculus Quest 2, which is currently attracting the most attention, has released a function "AirLink" that allows wireless connection with a PC by updating the system software (Ver.28). As a result, PC VR can now be enjoyed easily and comfortably without using the troublesome wired connection.

Unofficially, we have been able to wirelessly connect to a PC using "Virtual Desktop", but many users are more than happy to be able to wirelessly connect by official means. In this article, I will introduce a simple guide for wirelessly connecting Oculus Quest 2 to a PC and a set of recommended PC VR games by the author.

What do I need to wirelessly connect my Oculus Quest 2 to my PC?

To use AirLink, you need three items: a “gaming PC”, a “Wi-Fi router (5GHz compatible)”, and an “Oculus Quest 2”. If you already have all three items, you can skip to the next item without any problem, but if you are interested, please read and check.

Gaming PC

Of course PC VR requires a gaming PC. If you're already playing VR on your own gaming PC, there's no problem, but if you're going to buy a PC from now on, ask a clerk at a PC specialty store or buy a BTO (parts-designated order) by referring to a gaming PC blog. would be safe. Unfortunately, GPU prices are skyrocketing in 2021 due to a global shortage of semiconductors, so I don't recommend building your own PC because it's a bad time.

When buying a gaming PC, choose the type of GPU as a guide. GPU manufacturers will choose between AMD and NVIDIA, but NVIDIA's GeForce RTX series is safe until you get used to gaming PCs. The GPU used for PC VR is not inconvenient with the performance of RTX3060, but if you want Oculus Quest 2's high resolution, high image quality and high frame rate, RTX3070 or higher is preferable. If there is no particular preference for the CPU manufacturer, either Intel or AMD is fine. As of April 2021, the market price for a PC with an RTX 3060 is 160,000 yen, and for a PC with an RTX 3070 is about 200,000 yen.

If you really don't want a desktop PC, you can use a gaming notebook PC, but be aware that the performance of the GPU is lower than that of the desktop, and the number and type of GPU terminals are small. want.

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Wi-Fi router

To connect the Oculus Quest 2 and a PC wirelessly, a Wi-Fi router that supports the 5 GHz band is required. First, search for the model number of your home router on the Internet and find out which Wi-Fi standard it supports. If you have a Wi-Fi 5 compatible router, there is no problem as it is, but if you are replacing a Wi-Fi router with an earlier standard, we recommend buying a Wi-Fi 6 compatible router.

I bought IO-DATA's "WN-DAX1800GRW-Y" at Yodobashi Camera for about 9000 yen. Wi-Fi 6 compatible routers are priced between 7,000 yen and 10,000 yen, so if you buy them, you won't have a problem (you don't need to buy a gaming Wi-Fi router that costs tens of thousands of yen).

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In addition, since the PC needs to be wired to the Wi-Fi router with a LAN cable, set the PC and the Wi-Fi router in the same place, and create a space around the PC for a satisfying VR game. Let's secure The recommended play range is within 6 meters from the router, longer distances are not supported.

Oculus Quest 2

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Oculus Quest 2 can be purchased not only online, but also at each electronics retail store in Japan. The main unit price varies depending on the storage capacity, with the 64GB model at 37,100 yen and the 128GB model at 49,200 yen. If you plan to use PC VR and Oculus Quest 2 half and half, we recommend the 64GB model, and if you want to put a lot of games and video files in the Quest 2 main unit, we recommend the 128GB model.

In addition, if you have enough budget, if you buy "Quest 2 Elite strap with battery and carrying case", you can get "additional battery", "head strap that stabilizes the center of gravity of the head", and "dedicated for carrying Oculus Quest 2". You can get 3 items of “Case” and the quality of VR experience will be greatly improved.

Also, if you're into customization, you can buy a USB-C cable to connect Oculus Quest 2 to your PC. In addition to enjoying PC VR with a wired connection in an environment where AirLink cannot be used, a wired connection is quick and easy when introducing MODs or transferring video files using external tools. The USB-C cable officially sold by Oculus shook many users at a price of 10,700 yen including tax, but the commercially available USB-C cable (3.0m) designated by Oculus is about 1200 yen. can be purchased at By the way, I bought both.

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Detailed Steps

On the PC side, make sure the Oculus app version has been updated to 28 in the Oculus Launcher on the PC side.

In the case of version 28, the Air Link item has been added to the beta column of the settings, so enable it.

Most users of the Oculus Quest 2 will have their system software updated to version 28 during Golden Week. After checking the version in the basic data column of the settings, access the test function column and enable AirLink, and AirLink should be displayed in the quick access column.

After confirming the connection with the PC that started OculusApp, you can start PC VR as it is, and you can play not only Oculus VR but also Steam VR.

Recommended PC VR compatible content to play on Oculus Quest 2

To be honest, the trend in recent years is that most popular VR games have been ported to Oculus Quest 2, and PC VR from the beginning. and Oculus Quest will be released as the same multiplayer. Therefore, PC VR games that you want to play on Oculus Quest 2 are "the game's performance requirements are too heavy to port", "PC version mods are popular", "genres that do not comply with Facebook's policies", and "unofficial mods". It is divided into 4 types of "only compatible with VR". Let me introduce my recommended VR games that fit into the above four categories.

Half-Life: Alyx is a classic heavyweight VR game. It is a highly acclaimed VR action adventure that received a perfect score of 10 in IGN's original review score, 4th place in IGN JAPAN GOTY 2020 in IGN JAPAN, and won the Best Visual Award and Innovative Award in the category awards.

This is the latest and VR-only game in the FPS monumental "Half-Life" series developed by Valve, which operates Steam. If you play Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two, you can enjoy the story in depth, but even if you don't have knowledge of the series, you should be able to fully enjoy this highly tense survival shooter. is.

If you ask me, "What is the best quality VR game worth playing right now?", I would definitely recommend Half-Life: Alyx. VR games that surpass the quality of this work will not come out for another three years.

"Microsoft Flight Simulator" (hereafter, MSFS) released in 2020 is one of the PC games with the highest processing load, along with "Cyberpunk 2077". Rumor has it that people who don't usually play games or professionals in the aviation industry will spend hundreds of thousands of yen to replace their PCs and purchase peripherals for flight simulators for MSFS. Such MSFS finally supports VR in the 2020 version, and you can enjoy the scenery from the sky where Bing map data is reflected from the cockpit view of the airplane and the third person view.

The recommended GPU for MSFS VR mode is RTX 2080Ti (equivalent to RTX3070), and even with the highest image quality and high resolution, even RTX3070 averages 30 FPS, which is an unprecedented super heavyweight VR game (generally the number of VR frame rates 90 is preferred). That said, if you compromise on resolution, image quality, and frame rate numbers to some extent, even mid-range specs will work.

MSFS can be purchased on Steam or can be played for free with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xobx Game Pass for PC subscription, so be sure to check it out if you're a Game Pass subscriber.

Bethesda's open-world RPG has a mod side to it, and so does Skyrim in VR. This work is based on the remastered version of Skyrim "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition (Skyrim SE)" released in 2016, and if you use MOD, you can transfer the data of "Skyrim SE" as it is. Or you can adapt SE version MOD to VR. Also, since the original game is from 2011, the load is low, so it's nice to be able to play comfortably even if the PC specs are modest.

By the way, Bethesda's parent company, the ZeniMax Group, had a patent dispute with Oculus from 2016 to 2018 (ZeniMax won), so Bethesda-based VR games are officially on the Oculus platform. has never been sold to

Beat Saber is the best-selling VR game that has sold more than 4 million copies, and even those who have never touched a VR game have seen a play video at least once. The simplicity of a sound game that hits blocks with a lightsaber has captured the hearts of many players, and many play videos have been created because the appearance of playing is also cool.

Beat Saber also has an Oculus Quest version, but if you want to enjoy a wide range of gameplay with MOD support, the PC version is recommended. Games with popular mods inevitably end up with more gray than black rights, so enjoy them as long as you don't violate the copyright of the music data.

The most well-known and popular VR service in Japan is clearly VRChat. This work is not a VR-only software, but it is a social VR application that has created a highly creative community and ecosystem unique to Japanese users after nearly four years since its start in 2017. More than half of the topics treated as VR in TV programs and the like are VRChat topics.

"VRChat" has an Oculus Quest version, so you can play it in VR without a PC, but the type of content you can enjoy with the Oculus Quest version is limited due to the performance difference. Therefore, we recommend that core users who want to enjoy creation and communication play the PC version.

As an aside, core VRChat users tend to use HTC VR devices rather than Oculus VR devices. I speculate that heavy users of VRChat are willing to invest in expensive equipment, so they will use HTC devices that are highly scalable even if the equipment is expensive.

Facebook seems to have a policy of not wanting to sell VR games with excessively sexual expressions, so if you want to enjoy such genres of VR games, you will need PC VR. The most famous of this kind of genre is the adult game "VR Kanojo". As a writer, I recommend the "Galgan" series.

I'm not very good at rail shooters played with a gamepad, but when this is converted to a VR game, it becomes a very natural VR shooter. Of the Galgan series, only "Galgan VR (arranged version of Double Peace)" and "Galgan 2 (purchase of VR compatible DLC is required)" are compatible with VR. Please be careful.

Also, there are quite a few VR games that are distributed only on game sales sites other than Steam, such as DLSite and itch.io, but I would like readers to check them out.

Horror games are one of the iron plate genres of VR games, and Resident Evil 7, whose VR support was exclusive to PS VR, has become the gold standard of VR games. Similarly, VR mods for Alien: Isolation, one of the monumental horror games, are popular.

The PC version of "Alien: Isolation" is not sold in Japan on Steam, but it can be purchased on the Epic Games Store. It's been distributed for free on the Epic Games Store several times, so it's likely that many of you already have it in your library. Although it does not support VR, the PC version can be played on Xbox Game Pass as of April 2021.

Outer Wilds, which was released in 2019 but became a hot topic in Japan in 2020, has a VR mod. The operation method is also optimized for VR motion controllers, and it is a perfect VR experience except that the unique inertia of weightlessness tends to induce motion sickness. For those who want to fulfill their desire to be involved in a supernova explosion at least once in their lives, this experience is highly recommended. By the way, my PC lost power while playing VR Outer Wilds, so I decided to replace the gaming PC I bought in 2016.

When you encounter trouble with AirLink

Finally, we have prepared a Q&A in case you encounter trouble with AirLink. Please refer to it when you have a problem with AirLink.

Q1. Even if my Oculus Quest is updated, it does not support AirLink. A1. Only Oculus Quest 2 supports AirLink, and Oculus Quest is not supported.

It's been two years since the Oculus Quest was released in May 2019, but unfortunately, Oculus support is moving all the way to the Quest 2. If you want to play PC VR wirelessly with the original Oculus Quest, purchase the third-party wireless connection application "Virtual Desktop".

If the color of the VR headset is black, it can be distinguished as the original Oculus Quest, and if the color of the VR headset is white, it can be distinguished as Oculus Quest 2.

Q2. It's troublesome to connect Oculus Quest 2 to the internet. A2. You can register a Wi-Fi router from the Oculus app on your smartphone.

You can register your Oculus Quest 2 in the Oculus smartphone app and set up a Wi-Fi connection from the app. 2.4GHz lines are often named 2G, and 5GHz lines are often named 5G, so it is necessary to register a Wi-Fi line that says 5G. Even the author finds it troublesome to register Wi-Fi while wearing a VR headset.

Q3. I want to do something about the excessive load on my PC. A3. Please customize the resolution and frame rate number and lower it.

When using Oculus Link, you can set the number of frame rates and image quality from the Oculus launcher on the PC side. By default, the frame rate number is set to 72Hz, but changing the frame rate number to 90Hz or 120Hz will make it more comfortable. Naturally, the load on the PC also increases.

Steam VR automatically adjusts the resolution according to the PC specs, but the Oculus Quest 2 is a model with a fairly high resolution, so the load is high. Lowering the resolution makes it easier for the image to appear jerky, but this should be adjusted in consideration of the PC specs of each person. You can also adjust the graphics settings on the VR game side, so please keep in mind that you can lower the image quality anyway if you are in trouble.

Q4. A4. Check if the Wi-Fi router and PC are connected with a LAN cable, the type of Wi-Fi router, and the distance between Oculus Quest 2 and the router.

As mentioned above, the environment in which AirLink operates normally is clearly defined. Check whether the Wi-Fi router is compatible with the 5 GHz band, whether the Wi-Fi router is connected to the PC with a LAN cable, and whether you are playing PC VR within 6 meters from the Wi-Fi router. I want you to confirm. Even a router that supports 5GHz may be mistakenly connected to a 2.4GHz line.

Oculus Quest 2 is the most recommended VR device for VR beginners, with various exclusive content such as Resident Evil 4VR and porting of popular VR games scheduled to appear, but of course, Oculus Quest is limited by hardware performance limits. There are also contents that cannot be enjoyed in 2. In such a case, reach out for a gaming PC, even if it costs a little more, and take a peek into the world of PC VR. The world is probably bigger than you thought.

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