Recently upgraded to Oculus 2, want to "family share" between both headsets.

[TK_42]

So, I have a Oculus 1 with a bunch of games. I just purchased a Oculus 2 for (myself and) wife, so we can play games together (bowling, table tennis and such). Before buying the 2, I noticed that all game that we have say "family sharing" on the info, what the crap is this? When we first got the 2, I logged her into it, so we'd have different profiles, however I forced us to purchase the game again? wtf? I thought family sharing was a thing? 

So my question is, how can I connect both headsets so that we don't have to purchase all games twice? Could I just log into the 2 with my login and play on both? But then she doesn't "get to have her own profile." And I think that's lame and not fair to her. 

[pbmillspaugh]

I have the same question. I heard you would be find if you tried to do this

[cwerth]

I talked to a few people from technical support and they confirmed you can set up headsets to a single user account.  But both would really be playing as the same person.  There would not be separate profiles for preferences, high scores, etc.  He also said you can't play at the same time.  Only one headset can be logged in to one account at a time.  So you can't truly play together/against each other.  In that case, there really is no reason to buy a second headset unless you are willing to pay for games twice.  That just isn't reasonable.  
Seems like they focused development on the VR technology but really missed that part of the user experience.  Every other game system lets you buy one console, one game disc, and multiple controllers so multiple people can play together.  Hopefully given the number of comments I've seen of people asking for this family sharing, they will develop this option.  I hoped to get a new Quest 2 for my wife.  But I'll save my $400 and we can just take turns with my headset.

[TK_42]

I contacted support as well. The response I was given was: "Once the issue has been resolved, you can now see the option again on the Oculus website where you can see your registered devices and the device sharing option. We know and value the importance of family bonding using VR, thus fixing this as quickly as possible so that you can play together with your wife and children." 

So here's the thing. When I go into "my devices" the option to "share" them says "To let other people share your device, open your device settings in VR." And when I attempt that in the VR settings, there is no share option anywhere. 

I too am hoping that they will resolve this soon. I purchased the second head set so we could all play together, instead what I purchased was a paperweight. Not too happy! 

[PITTCANNA]

TK_42 said:

I contacted support as well. The response I was given was: "Once the issue has been resolved, you can now see the option again on the Oculus website where you can see your registered devices and the device sharing option. We know and value the importance of family bonding using VR, thus fixing this as quickly as possible so that you can play together with your wife and children." 

So here's the thing. When I go into "my devices" the option to "share" them says "To let other people share your device, open your device settings in VR." And when I attempt that in the VR settings, there is no share option anywhere. 

I too am hoping that they will resolve this soon. I purchased the second head set so we could all play together, instead what I purchased was a paperweight. Not too happy! 

Wait till v24 until you slam it as a paper weight.  V24 is adding multiuser support.  That said i think users are being to demanding of oculus support.

If you have quest 1 and quest 2 you can have one person use the quest 1 and one person use the quest 2.  Its just with multiplayer gets a bit buggy.  And really this is on the game designer.  The games downloaded to the headset can still be played, so yeah you can share an account and headset you just can't play against eachother.

[TK_42]

But that's the thing, we purchased the second headset for the ability to play against and with each other. There are some games that we can, but besides the free ones, they are very few and far between. 

You wouldn't happen to know when v24 is slated to come out do you? I haven't heard a solid date. I am anxiously awaiting that, because it seems this will address and fix the issues. I guess I'm just a little disappointed that these issues weren't resolved before. I mean, they already have the second version of the headset out, and it seems like they didn't even think about this issue. 

[PITTCANNA]

TK_42 said:

But that's the thing, we purchased the second headset for the ability to play against and with each other. There are some games that we can, but besides the free ones, they are very few and far between. 

You wouldn't happen to know when v24 is slated to come out do you? I haven't heard a solid date. I am anxiously awaiting that, because it seems this will address and fix the issues. I guess I'm just a little disappointed that these issues weren't resolved before. I mean, they already have the second version of the headset out, and it seems like they didn't even think about this issue. 

Dude there barely breaking even on the quest 2 from a financial perspective.  Kids can still share the games between the headsets but some they can't play against each other, really this is on app developer, server admins and other people.

Also think of a headset like an individual console.  Most console multiplayer games require additional purchase of games and unique accounts.

[KsirHealer0]

The fact is, is on console if I buy A Copy of a Game For Xbox One. If I buy a copy of a game for PS Four. If I buy a copy of a game for the Switch, Current game consoles all. (persay) I could play any one of those games. With anyone that comes over my house Anytime I want. I should not have to. Buy multiple copies. in my household. To play with my wife. Since we already shelled out the dough. Four, two Oculus quest 2's. I haven't really said anything about it. But reading what that guy just said. Is kind of irritating? I have purchased probably about a $1000 worth of titles. With the expectation that I would be able to family share. Those titles. With My Wife. So we could play together. In CO Op and multiplayer. The fact that you can do that. If you sign into two, Oculus is with the same account. is ridiculous. Why would she not want to have? Her score, her achievements and all that other good stuff. meaning be able to have her progress on her account. I think the Oculus is of well priced vehicle for introducing people. Two. VR. But this, however. is a major flaw. My hope is that they realize this. and utilized IP Addresses In Order to verify. People are in the same home. My occupation is computer, wifi and various other things. Such as such as TV phone, internet, blah, blah blah. So I am privy. To the knowledge. of how Simple. This type of security parameter. Would be to enforce and set up. 

[kojack]

That's the highest number of sentences in the least amount of space I've ever seen.

[OU812_TX]

I thought I had to login on our new headset under my facebook while my husband's is under him.  We both added each other as secondary accounts and enabled the sharing.  We've only tried playing with/against each other in one game so far....Dead and Buried.  I had to be on my headset as him since the game was purchased by him.  We both went into game as him which made there be 2 of us...confused alot of people at the time.  Only one of us could chat though.  I'm not sure if that was the correct way to "share" an app and I'm even wondering if I should factory reset mine and have it be under his as primary as well so then we can be ourselves in the games.  Is that a better way??