I have a 3-4 year old MacBook Pro with a Thunderbolt 2 port (but no USB-C). I recently used Bootcamp to install Windows 10 on it with the hope I could play some Steam VR games on the Quest tethered to it. I am unable to find a Thunderbolt 2 to USB-C cable. I've seen some adapters with a USB-C (male) to Thunderbolt 2 (female) connection but I have two concerns with that. 1) Would a another thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 2 cable be powerful enough (not ideal, but "good enough"?). 2) We'd prefer not to have a potentially heavy dongle hanging from the Oculus headset.
My three best guesses at alternatives are A) Get a USB-C "extension cord" + adapter + thunderbolt 2 cable B) Not sure if port on the MacBook can be upgraded from Thunderbolt 2 to USB-C (Thunderbolt 3) C) I vaguely recall seeing a way to do this via WiFi (we have over 100 mbps speed so it seems potentially viable).
We don't have a ton of money to upgrade to a newer PC for this (and don't intend to be heavy gamers). I'd appreciate realistic recommendations.
MacBook Pro specs: Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics 4000 Processor: Intel i5-3210M 2.50GHz 4 GB RAM
I think even if you could find a proper cable for the macbook the CPU and video card aren't nearly powerful enough for it to work. Laptops have to be pretty beefy for VR headsets to work properly.
Quest 1, i5-8600K at 4.7 GHz, eVGA 1080 ti FTW3, Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming, 16 GB 3200 MHz
Just enjoy your Quest with its very good Mobile VR for now and save up for a decent VR-ready desktop gaming PC. No hope with your current intel integrated gpu. Refer to the Oculus Support webpages for Quest Link requirements;
i9 13900K water cooled, RTX4090, Z790 MB w/wifi6e, 32Gb 6400 ram, 2x2TB SSD, 1000W PSU, Win 11, QPro, Q3, w/Link and Air Link, Vive Pro1 with Etsy lens mod and Index Controllers
If your cable combination is good enough for connecting with SideQuest: load the sideload version of Virtual Desktop (you have to buy the Virtual Desktop form the Quest store, uninstall it and then load the sideloaded version) to the Quest and the regular streamer app to the Windows 10. If the specs of the Mac are good enough it will allow you to play most Steam games. Not all because a few aren't compatible with VD. Added benefit is a wireless connection.
Virtual Desktop still requires a proper dedicated gpu. An integrated gpu like he says he has will not support this.
i9 13900K water cooled, RTX4090, Z790 MB w/wifi6e, 32Gb 6400 ram, 2x2TB SSD, 1000W PSU, Win 11, QPro, Q3, w/Link and Air Link, Vive Pro1 with Etsy lens mod and Index Controllers
