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DigitalAdam
DigitalAdam
Up and Coming
November 20, 2019

Link, Quest, and Unity

Good news... with Link you're now able to Play your scene WITHOUT building the apk!

All I did was download the latest Oculus package from the Asset Store and install it.
Download and install the Oculus desktop software.
Reboot.
Connect the PC to Quest via approved USB cable.
Open the Oculus desktop (make sure the Oculus desktop software finds the Quest) and keep it open or minimized.
Check to see if the Rift style home area loads. If so you're good.
Then open your project/scene that's setup for Quest and hit the Play button.
That's it!

I also tested an HDRP Rift project and that works too.

Happy Questing!
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    willpetillo
    New Participant
    January 14, 2020
    Where can I get the Oculus desktop software for the quest?  This seems like it would be the place: oculus.com/setup, but the section for the Quest only has options to download to mobile.  Should I get the software for one of the other devices like Rift S, work through mobile somehow, or go elsewhere?
    MVRKDEV
    Up and Coming
    January 14, 2020
    Keep in mind that accessing the Quest's guardian system as well as the hand tracking does not seem to work via the link cable. 
    DigitalAdam
    DigitalAdamAuthor
    Up and Coming
    January 14, 2020

    will.petillo said:

    Where can I get the Oculus desktop software for the quest?  This seems like it would be the place: oculus.com/setup, but the section for the Quest only has options to download to mobile.  Should I get the software for one of the other devices like Rift S, work through mobile somehow, or go elsewhere?


    Download the Rift S software.
    hyperwg
    New Participant
    February 20, 2020
    Man doesn't work for me everything runs fine, I can build the app and run, I can use Oculus app and use rift apps, but when I press the play button in Unity, nothing happens currently only build and run work, but it seriously take so much time to build the app that working like this is insane, anything that I could double check to be sure to make it working properly ?
    physto
    Up and Coming
    February 20, 2020

    hyperwg said:

    Man doesn't work for me everything runs fine, I can build the app and run, I can use Oculus app and use rift apps, but when I press the play button in Unity, nothing happens currently only build and run work, but it seriously take so much time to build the app that working like this is insane, anything that I could double check to be sure to make it working properly ?


    Have you checked versions of the quest and desktop yet?

    Vandalaz
    New Participant
    February 21, 2020

    hyperwg said:

    Man doesn't work for me everything runs fine, I can build the app and run, I can use Oculus app and use rift apps, but when I press the play button in Unity, nothing happens currently only build and run work, but it seriously take so much time to build the app that working like this is insane, anything that I could double check to be sure to make it working properly ?



    Same here man, I've even followed a tutorial on youtube that had it working. I think this is related, my console is outputting

    Virtual Reality SDK Oculus failed to initialize.
    Will attempt to enable Oculus instead.


    Vandalaz
    New Participant
    February 21, 2020
    After a PC restart, it works...
    Anonymous
    March 27, 2020
    Guys, I have the setup, the link connection is good, when I build and Run it works the same, but on the play button it tries to run steamVR instead of the Oculus, any solution?
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