Why use a console with Quest 2?
The Meta Quest headset (each variations) means that you can use your naked arms with its hand monitoring characteristic, which is sweet with some video games (like Waltz of the Wizard) designed particularly for hand monitoring and media or net browser purposes the place you do not essentially need to seize Console each few seconds to scroll down a web page or pause one thing.
Along with contact controllers and hand monitoring, Meta Quest 2 has native assist for conventional controllers, or “gamepads,” should you’re sufficiently old to recollect the Gravis Gamepad. Why do you need to do that? Effectively, there are digital actuality video games (resembling Tetris Impact or some racing video games) that play higher with a controller, and if you cannot use (or do not like) hand monitoring, a typical controller will be extra snug away for working media apps or a browser Internet, in comparison with having a touchscreen controller strapped to your wrist. No matter your motive for wanting to make use of a controller, you are able to do so because of Meta’s choice so as to add this characteristic to their headset.
What are the suitable controllers?
Formally, Meta lists “Bluetooth 3.0 Class 2” controllers as suitable. In apply, if you have already got a console, there isn’t any hurt in attempting it out along with your job to see if it really works. Nevertheless, if you’re trying to buy a console to make use of along with your mission, it’s essential to do an online search to see if it really works.
Right here we’re utilizing the usual Xbox Collection X controller for the tutorial, however your mileage might fluctuate if in case you have one thing somewhat extra particular.
Though we’ve not documented this wherever, our Xbox Collection X console has a USB-C port, and our Meta Quest 2 has a USB-C port, so you’ll be able to see the place that is headed. This turned out to work completely, and we may activate menu choices and scroll up and down pages of textual content with the controller as soon as it was plugged in. We additionally made positive there have been no batteries within the controller, so there was no query that the magic was taking place through cable.
All it’s important to do is join one finish of the USB-C cable to the headset and the opposite finish to the console.
Connecting your console through Bluetooth could not be simpler. Earlier than we present you the steps, please observe that it’s not doable to offer screenshots of all of the menus concerned within the process, as a result of casting, screenshots, and display screen recordings don’t work when Bluetooth pairing is activated. Nevertheless, listed below are the steps to observe:
1. Put in your Quest headset. Enter the Quest VR Residence atmosphere the identical manner you usually would.
2. Choose Fast Setup. Simply select the clock on the left aspect of the menu bar.
3. Choose Settings. You will discover it within the higher proper of the short settings.
4. Choose gadgets.
5. Choose Bluetooth. This feature is often chosen by default within the left sidebar.
6. Choose the pairing button. Any longer, we can’t present screenshots.
7. Put your console into pairing mode. This varies from console to console, so test their documentation or look them up on-line.
8. Choose Pair new gadget.
9. Select your console from the listing of obtainable gadgets.
10. Positive that you simply need to pair with the console.
Now you can use the console with suitable apps and video games. If you wish to know if a particular sport or app helps the controller, go to its retailer web page and if it says “Gamepad Helps”, you are good to go.
