Plugging in Quest, plugging the cable into my PC, turning on Quest—one of these steps apparently happened in an order Oculus (or my PC) didn’t like, and I spent upwards of 15 minutes troubleshooting why my computer couldn’t even see the headset.

That sounds long, but it’s really not—especially if your USB 3.0 ports are confined to the rear of your PC. So yeah, I know: $80 is a lot to spend on a cable. Wild! Check the Oculus app to see if your HDMI cable is now reading. It really is incredible. Thanks! Time to check the end plugged into your Rift. The Anker cable that Oculus recommended tops out at 10 feet, or a little over three meters. Link is still in beta, and rightly so. - TD_4242, I7 10700K,  GTX1080 OC 10%, 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz, Oculus Rift CV1. non-powered) USB 3.1 cable. Oculus Rift CV1. through the bus is not large. There is no Is it for audio only YES or NO?

Still, the hardware’s come a long way in a short time. Slightly less so. The Link cable’s price is hard to swallow, but when you know why it costs that much?

It also terminates in a perpendicular jack, so no more arrow-sticking-out-the-side look.

Or you can just pay the $80 and get a cable that works. It was a tragedy waiting to happen. In other words, it’s a fairly standard length for tethered VR, and should be more than enough for most people’s setups.

“Dreams feel real while we are in them, it's only when we wake up that we realize something was strange.” - Dom Cobb, "Be careful, if you are killed in real life you die in VR too."

Ah shite, I have mine box up ready to go back. If you want cheap, you can go with a copper cable. Hadn't used my Rift CV1 for quite some time, but came back to it this week after getting a new gaming rig. Note: When you purchase something after clicking links in our articles, we may earn a small commission.

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You can afford the proper cable. What changed? AMD Ryzen 7 1800X | MSI X370 Titanium | G.Skill 16GB DDR4 3200 | EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 | Corsair Hydro H110i. If what flexy said is correct, then that would have been a power draw issue instead of a bandwidth issue. need for USB 3.0 for the headset at this time as the data being sent One good yank, and you might destroy your Quest forever. I don’t know how, but suspect it had something to do with the order of operations. There are third-party active cables that are Quest compatible though, and USB extender cables that are also Quest compatible. Audi/Powering Headset/ Data for Touch controller, is that it?

Link allowed you to turn your standalone Oculus Quest headset into a PC-ready Oculus Rift equivalent, as promised. Ah damn, and just like that your desk is soaked. This will allow you to access the cable. USB-C is an absolute nightmare though. The official Oculus Link cable is five meters, or around 16 feet. Amazing, I tell you. How to extend your Oculus Rift headset. Not all USB-C cables are the same though, a lesson people hopefully learned when Oculus specified which cable to buy for the Link beta in November. The Oculus Link software is still in beta, but the Link hardware much less so. It’s the only solution that accounts for everything, a long and supple cable that also keeps the Quest charged while you’re playing.

We might as well cover it up front, because it’s the proverbial elephant. You can also get a third-party fiber cable for around $50, which will work but won’t keep the headset charged. Unplug the cable from the headset. Link allowed you to turn your standalone Oculus Quest headset into a PC-ready Oculus Rift equivalent, as promised. Insert the cable back into your headset. It’s one-fifth the price of the Oculus Quest itself! I’ve had to troubleshoot those as well.

Problem solved, right? Everything the hmd does other than video, which is on the hdmi. I know, it’s confusing as hell—so let’s summarize. You can see that the USB 2.0 and 3.0 are completely segregated, so USB The official Oculus Link cable is worth every penny. You’ll have to stop playing and plug it in every two hours or so. There are other solutions, many of them cheaper, but all compromised in some way. “But wait,” you might say, “there are other fiber optic USB-C cables available on Amazon as well. I connected the cable to my Oculus Rift headset and starting at the headset end of the cable, moved the cable around bending it in all directions to find the section which had a fault. My headset is on an USB 2.0 port of the MoBo from long and never had any problem. connected to it. 3.0 will not be used unless there was a USB 3.0 device inside the Rift Oculus is selling the Link cable for...well, I’ll wait for you to take a big drink of water first. To play Lone Echo and Asgard’s Wrath and so forth with full PC-powered visuals on a headset that you can also pack up and take on the road when you’re done? Make your life a little easier.


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