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benslag.2025
New Participant
Nov 10, 2026 8:19 PM UTC
Question

MSFS 2020 not detecting Quest 3

I am using Microsoft Flightsim 2020 and want to experience the VR mode with a Meta Quest 3. I think that I have a working link between the quest 3 and the computer. I verified this by being able to transfer my display from my monitor to my headset. 

Starting from a regular windows desktop on my monitor, I start MSFS 2020. Regardless whether I'm in one of the main menus or whether I'm ‘ready to fly’, pressing ctrl-tab results in "No headset detected.” 

Please provide me a list of suggestions or tell me what other information might be relevant to get this fixed.

Regards,

Ben

2 replies

Maccyb123
Maccyb123
Expert Contributor
Nov 10, 2026 9:22 PM UTC

What graphics card is in your PC? Make sure that's compatible first. Here's a list of compatible ones. I'm sure yours is,, this is just in case you want to check. A no headset detected, can sometimes, but not always mean a compatibility problem. Hopefully others will see this who know a bit more. Good luck getting it sorted, I'd say it will look great in VR. 🤞🤞 

I'm not sure all of below are truly compatible but it's a list I've had for a while and more might be added to the list since then. 

Series Supported Cards Notes / Exceptions

RTX 40-Series All supported (RTX 4060, 4070, 4080, 4090, Super/Ti variants) Excellent encoding performance; supports AV1 encoding via Virtual Desktop.

RTX 30-Series All desktop GPUs supported (RTX 3060, 3070, 3080, 3090) Exception: RTX 3050 (Laptop) and RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop) are not recommended/supported.

RTX 20-Series All supported (RTX 2060, 2070, 2080, Super/Ti variants) Exception: RTX 2050 is not supported.

GTX 16-Series GTX 1660, GTX 1660 Ti, GTX 1660 Super Exception: Base GTX 1650 is not supported (GTX 1650 Super is supported).

GTX 10-Series GTX 1070, GTX 1080, GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1060 (6GB model only) Exception: GTX 1060 (3GB model) and GTX 1050 / 1050 Ti are not supported.

GTX 900-Series GTX 970, GTX 980, GTX 980 Ti Bare minimum for basic VR; struggles with Quest 3 native resolution.

Maccyb
Choleni
Choleni
Honored Contributor
Nov 10, 2026 9:48 PM UTC

Hi ​@benslag.2025 🙂

Maybe this helps:

Why is my headset not detected in MSFS 2020 or 2024?

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