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Inspiring
April 8, 2026
Question

Turnip video driver support missing from quest 3 and 3s, apps perform worse than quest 2.

  • April 8, 2026
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this is in relation to the mesa turnip video driver support that is missing in horizon OS against the xr2 gen 2 when used in quest 3 and quest 3s headsets.

there is no blockage of the video driver from Mesa against the quest devices, turnip video drivers are working in other VR headsets with the same xr2 gen 2, and even the old oculus and meta quest 2 vr headsets can use turnip video drivers, resulting in a quest 2 running applications and emulators better than quest 3, which is frankly embarrassing.

this regression has been present throughout quest 3 life cycle, with no reason given and no hope of working around this, forcing only the use of supplied Qualcomm drivers (which quest 3 is fully up-to-date with) that has compatibility issues and huge performance loss by comparison.

this forces some very exciting projects leaving quest 3 behind on performance to all it's competitors when using android apps that take advantage of these better video drivers.

Over the years I have seen more things removed than added from what is now called horizon OS, 

I hope this is something that can be reinstated, especially before launch of competitors like steam frame, of which quest 3 can already mimick the pc gaming on headset, but without turnip video driver support, it is left in the dust for compatibility and performance.

6 replies

New Participant
April 8, 2026

Bump, no reason it should still be like this after almost 3 years.

steve40
Honored Contributor
April 8, 2026

Maybe it's because people complain in the community forums instead of through official Meta support channels 🤷‍♂️.

MazdaRonAuthor
Inspiring
April 8, 2026

support can't help this, it's a design choice.

oculus uservoice no longer exists and directs here, so here I am, shouting into the void once again.

 

 

Participant
April 8, 2026

Please fix it!

New Participant
April 9, 2026

do something, Meta