Valve just launched a free official Steam Link app on Meta Quest.
The app, which is on the official Quest Store and approved by Meta, lets you play SteamVR games like Half-Life: Alyx on your Quest by streaming from your gaming PC over your home Wi-Fi network. You can also play your traditional non-VR Steam games on a virtual screen.
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Of course, Quest headsets can already do this. Quest has had a built-in PC VR streaming feature called Air Link since 2021, and since the launch of the original Quest in 2019 it was already been possible with unofficial third-party apps like Guy Godin’s Virtual Desktop. Godin frequently updates his app with new improvements that make it the preferred choice for many PC VR users, so we’re eager to compare the streaming quality of Steam Link.
Whereas Air Link requires installing and running the abandoned Oculus PC app alongside SteamVR, and Virtual Desktop requires installing and running the Virtual Desktop PC streamer, Valve’s solution only requires you to have Steam and SteamVR installed on your PC, nothing else. It offers a direct unmediated connection to SteamVR, for free.
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