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Inspiring
December 14, 2021
Solved

Disable Head Cursor Dot/Circle (BUG)

Hi,

I was wondering how to disable the head tracked dot(cursor) when I'm not using the Oculus controllers. I'm running an APK, and after a while of not using my controllers, they go away (sometimes in my face, but that's another issue), and it shows a white dot that can be used as a cursor (using volume buttons to click). 

 

However, when using an android app with a gamepad, the dot is incredibly annoying, and makes the experience unplayable. So how do we disable the dot?

Thanks,
Peter

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Inspiring
January 24, 2024

Thurrakand HenrySuen . I marked this problem as solved, as my initial issue was with having a Gamepad and the dot. However, I'll unmark the solution for you guys so hopefully it will gain more traction.

Also pinging some Meta mods. Any resolution coming for this? @MetaQuestSupport TheAntiSocializer AliceinVRworld 


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MetaStoreHelp
Community Manager
December 15, 2021

Hi Peter, we understand the headset cursor may be a little annoying; however, there is no way to disable it as it serves the same function as a mouse cursor on a PC when no controllers are detected. The headset would not be useable without it in that state, and the Oculus OS does not currently allow for this level of customization from customers. We hope this helps answer your questions. 👍

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New Participant
January 16, 2022

I think you are very misunderstood on this matter.

It's very very annoying for user using gamepad

 

 

Inspiring
January 16, 2022

Yeah, it's really annoying. I don't know why they would force this feature. "Here you can use an APK, but it's absolutely annoying."

Not excited for the metaverse.

New Participant
November 14, 2023

It’s extremely annoying trying to watch some thing and a white dot appears in the middle of the screen. This ruins any chance of me enjoying what I’m watching

New Participant
November 17, 2023

Hi, I found a fix if you are streaming, try Wolvic browser, you can download it in the Oculus store, Firefox based, no cursor!

New Participant
November 27, 2023

Pity, still not resolved. Bought new quest 3 today and stuck with this frustrating feature

New Participant
November 28, 2023

Best thing I’ve found to do is keep the controllers next to me and tap a button/jiggle them when the dot appears and point the controllers off to the side. Pretty tedious but it works.

New Participant
December 2, 2023

Any updates about this....?

 

New Participant
December 8, 2023

This is the second annoying thing ive encountered in 2 days that support have been fobbing people off over for literally years. 

How can i watch a video when you have to move the controllers like 20 times an hour?

 

The other one i had is with the occulus dash and this annoying ambient noise that just keeps playing when you connect to your pc by airlink /cable, even when im running other programs / watching movies with the wristwatch completely gone along with access to settings. After hours working through solutions, including repairing my pc quest software where i had to download something and the download speeds were not even a kilobyte a second , i found nothing worked. Another issue with complaints going back years. Their answer was the same, make a suggestion in the ideas forum.... Whats the point. They clearly dont look at the ideas forum and just use it as a way to control the complaints. After a strong start Meta have really started to drop the ball. I really think im going to have to look elsewhere for vr. 

Up and Coming
December 29, 2023

This is extremely annoying and I never had the issue happen this often on the Quest 1 and 2, but it keeps happening on the Quest 3.

Their response to this issue is nothing short of rude and careless.

Up and Coming
December 29, 2023

I can't believe there is no solution to this. I wanted to use my Quest 3 to watch videos on the sofa and it started great until the controler turned off and I had this annoying dot that made the viewing horrible.
I was already annoyed but hopeful that the solution was easy to find. Now I found that there is no solution, that meta knows and don't care and that I just have to forget to ever play a video on my headset ever again...
Now that's not annoying, it's infuriating.

New Participant
December 30, 2023

I agree it’s very annoying to be interrupted every few minutes during a movie. The way I’m seeing how this company treats their customers in the responses is appalling. You’re being gas lit and given the run around. What sort of self respecting customer service department rep tells you to suggest fixes to their engineering department like you’re on the payroll? This is the issue sir or ma’am… ball is in your court or do you really want consumer reports and the better business bureau you get involved? I’m sure you’ll have no problem finding your engineering department yourself

Participant
December 30, 2023

Devs. the solution to this problem is super **bleep**in easy. just require a press on the volume controls on the headset to force the dot on. otherwise never show dot. how is this taking so long to fix seriously.