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Alakelele
Up and Coming
April 20, 2023

Disable Guardian option when using passthrough

Hello all, I am trying to get some traction on this so we can finally do AR with quest 2 without that annoying Guardian.

Please please let power user disable guardian when in Passthrough, there is no danger for us since we can see everything around us.

Power users matter and you should help us enjoy your product, not put barrers in our way.

 

Thank you

    11 replies

    AlakeleleAuthor
    Up and Coming
    April 29, 2023

    We are a very small community, nobody wants to rally to be able to use the Quest 2 as it was meant to be ? Full passthrough, no guardian for power users. 

    Ebonicus
    Participant
    April 29, 2023

    You can disable guardian using ADB command in MQDH:

    adb shell setprop debug.oculus.guardian_pause 0 to disable and adb shell setprop debug.oculus.guardian_pause 1 to enable
      AlakeleleAuthor
      Up and Coming
      May 3, 2023

      Thanks I'll have to look it up, I don't know what MQDH is, does it stay in place after reboot ?

      thelewisfps
      New Participant
      May 10, 2023

      That adb command also disables passthrough with guardian, and for the current version of the system, I think there are no work-arounds. Although you can try to install a older version of the system, but that also means that some features might not be working as well as the current newest version.

      thelewisfps
      New Participant
      May 10, 2023

      the MQDH is the Meta Quest Developer Hub, here is a link to the download page for MQDH: Meta Quest Dev Center - Meta Quest Developer Hub (oculus.com)

      swappyMaine
      Participant
      May 10, 2023

      The guardian could not be more annoying.

      Just one of many friction points while using meta products.

        DRicketts
        New Participant
        August 17, 2023

        So frustrating this was considered important as part of passthrough. 
        Passthrough provides a way to walk around freely, but as soon as you leave the guardian boundary you are spammed with popups ðŸ˜‚

          AlakeleleAuthor
          Up and Coming
          September 18, 2023

          Still no update ? How can they stay silent when power users (The ones who make comments, reviews and influence other in their workplace) ask for life improving features. This makes no sense

          jago2598
          New Participant
          November 4, 2024

          Can other platforms do passthrough without a guardian? Pico for example?

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