Virtual Desktop microphone not working
With Virtual Desktop from Virtual Desktop, Inc. you can use your PC from your within your Oculus Quest VR headset. You can do all the normal stuff you would do on your desktop like web browsing, spread-sheeting, or pretty much whatever else you might do on your computer, but with an resizable screen in a VR environment! Even better, if you have a “VR Ready” PC, you can also play your PCVR (SteamVR or Oculus Rift) games wirelessly on your Oculus Quest by adding a patch with SideQuest. Update: The necessity of patching through SideQuest was finally removed right when Oculus implemented their own wireless streaming option, Air Link. Note: If you don’t have a PC that can run VR games, you might be interested in using something like Shadow PC from shadow.tech which lets you access an online PC from any device for a small monthly subscription. Part One: On the QuestIf you aren’t familiar with installing apps using SideQuest check out my guide for setting it up: Oculus Quest: Enabling Developer Mode and using SideQuest—No longer necessary for Virtual Desktop. Part Two: On your PC
Now, the Streamer App and the Quest app should be able to pair with each other and you’ll be able to access your PC and all your games. When connected, you should see your desktop and the Virtual Desktop menu pictured in the next segment of this post. Note: Sometimes, for me at least, it takes several attempts for the connection to establish and stabilize. If for some reason you don’t see your computer listed in Virtual Desktop, or you simply cannot connect to it, make sure you entered the correct username and didn’t make any typos. You may also need to try restarting your PC or your Quest (maybe both). When Virtual Desktop is running, you can access the menu by pressing or holding the menu button on the left touch controller. (The button with the 3 horizontal lines.) Here’s a quick breakdown of what you’ll find there. ComputersA list of computers on your network. I believe that you will see any computers that have the Virtual Desktop Streamer App running. Click to connect. EnvironmentsChoose the environment that surrounds you while you use Desktop mode. GamesLaunch your Oculus games directly through the Virtual Desktop games explorer. If you try launching an Oculus game directly from your desktop or the Oculus app instead of using this menu in Virtual Desktop you may encounter errors when launching your games. (SteamVR games seam to launch fine from the SteamVR Library.) INPUTSee the default controller binding and edit input options. You can use your Quest Touch controllers as a gamepad! SettingsOne area where Virtual Desktop shines above the other wireless streaming solutions I’ve tried, is that with Virtual Desktop you can use the Quest’s built-in microphone with your PCVR games. You just need to go into settings—within virtual reality in your Quest headset—and enable the microphone passthrough. Enable VR microphone passthroughIf you are having difficulty, or the microphone isn’t working after enabling the setting, make sure that the device “Virtual Desktop Audio” is enabled in Windows. You can quickly check this in windows settings. Press the Win key, then begin typing “Input Devices.” You should see an option to Manage Input Devices appear in the list of suggestions. VideosThis appears to be a placeholder for future support. I assume it well allow playing 360 and 3d videos stored on your device. Currently it just says “in development.” There’s a few more options at the bottom of the Virtual Desktop menu
The other dashboardsThere are actually 3 menus/dashes that you can access while Virtual Desktop and SteamVR are running. If SteamVR is not running, pressing the menu button on the left touch control (the button with 3 horizontal lines) will open the Virtual Desktop menu described above—if SteamVR is running, you can still access the Virtual Desktop menu by holding down the menu button for a second or two instead of just quickly pressing it. If SteamVR is running, you can open the SteamVR menu/dashboard by quickly pressing the menu on the Left touch controller. In the steam dash you can view your library, access the store, access SteamVR settings, and reset your position. Last, you have the default Oculus Quest dashboard. This is just the regular menu that you can always open by pressing the menu button on the right touch controller—the button with the Oculus logo. You can do all your cool Quest stuff like recording, taking screenshots, and live streaming from here. Related |