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I've ordered an "Oculus Quest 2" for my boys' upcoming birthday but I'm seeing a smartphone is required to do initial setup for this device. No one in my household has a smartphone, so I'm needing to know if the initial setup can be done via a PC or other device? Thanks in advance for answering a noob's question.

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Sorry, but you do need either a smart phone or a tablet to set up the Quest or Quest 2. You can create your account on a PC, but you need the app to initially set up the headset.

Mind you, I use my tablet, rather then a smart phone.

Lo, a quest! I seek the threads of my future in the seeds of the past.

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Sorry, but you do need either a smart phone or a tablet to set up the Quest or Quest 2. You can create your account on a PC, but you need the app to initially set up the headset.

Mind you, I use my tablet, rather then a smart phone.

Lo, a quest! I seek the threads of my future in the seeds of the past.

Thanks for the reply. I do have an Android tablet (and numerous Kindle Fires, as well) so I'm hopeful that this device will be able to successfully do the initial Quest 2 setup. Is this through an app, available via the Google Play Store, or just the standard Oculus website?

It should. The app is on the Apple and Google Play stores.

EDIT: Also, welcome to the VR Wonderland.

Lo, a quest! I seek the threads of my future in the seeds of the past.

If I use a friend's smartphone to do the setup, would it link to their Facebook account? And is it truly a one-time setup so they can delete the app and I won't have to bug them again? I don't have a smartphone either.

Only if you linked your friend's facebook account, I'd assume. The app is really only needed to register the Quest to your Oculus account.

Lo, a quest! I seek the threads of my future in the seeds of the past.

Thank you for the fast reply @Pixie40 . That sounds like it should work, I just need to sign in to my FB on his cel.

ONE of these days I'll have to get a smart phone but I'm putting it off as long as possible lol

Or just get an affordable android tablet. Who needs a phone smarter then they are anyway?

Lo, a quest! I seek the threads of my future in the seeds of the past.

Oh! That's an idea. Would the tablet need to have cel service for the app to work? I should be able to just connect that to my wifi, I think.

Thank you again for the help.

Do you have a wifi router? If so, connect your tablet to your network. No cell service needed.

Lo, a quest! I seek the threads of my future in the seeds of the past.