03-24-2022 11:11 AM
Hello, Our school just purchased (10) Quest 2 (at a vendor cost of almost $5,000) to use in the classroom. We have been using an Oculus Rift and Quest already and never had an issue.
In trying to use the new Quest 2 we are being required to link to a mobile device. We cannot have students linking up to their own phones for privacy concerns, etc. Nor do our laptops or computers allow for apps to be downloaded from Google Play.
Please provide a DETAILED description, with DETAILED instructions, preferably accompanied by DETAILED "how to" videos on how to go about making the units work.
Your chat specialist was unable to provide any further information.
Nor does your Quest for business clarify any further information.
https://developer.oculus.com/blog/evolving-from-oculus-for-business-to-quest-for-business/
Thank you.
04-06-2021 04:23 AM
Hi I have been given the task of investigating whether one can use Oculus in teaching.
I bought a pair of Oculas Queast 2 to try it out. However, I have some questions
1. Do you need a phone to use Oculus, or can you settle for a computer
2. Can you connect several Oculus to the same mobile so that they possibly contain the same game.
3. Is Oculus Quest the best choice or should you choose one of the other models
Our thought was that we had 10 Oculus Quest 2, which was connected to 10 screens. So in pairs or groups you could use, for example, Ocean Rift or Anne Frank's House.
Daniel
02-28-2022 11:53 AM
Hello, our high school just received (10) OQ2 and is attempting to identify and answer the same question.
How we can use (1) account across all 10 headsets.
Students should be able to access all the apps from one educational account. We do not want students accessing their own content because we have no control over what content students are accessing.
We understand multiple accounts can be linked to one headset, but this is not our objective.
When we receive more clarification or understanding of how to proceed we will update you here, please do the same.
03-24-2022 12:55 PM - last edited on 02-14-2023 08:39 AM by TinyAngryPanda
Hey there @newlight2018! You can set up all of your new Quest 2 devices using one phone or tablet, and you can set up your devices by following these steps! This should allow you to activate your new Quest 2 devices without any issue!
03-25-2022 09:58 AM
This doesn't help. You are still requiring a phone or a tablet to use the Quest 2. There are privacy concerns within a school and you can't have students using their phones to create accounts to use the Quest.
Why isn't it like the Rift and original Quest where you did not need these restraints for access?
03-26-2022 03:50 AM
@newlight2018 wrote:
This doesn't help. You are still requiring a phone or a tablet to use the Quest 2. There are privacy concerns within a school and you can't have students using their phones to create accounts to use the Quest.
Why isn't it like the Rift and original Quest where you did not need these restraints for access?
You said you had no problem with the Quest, but it has the exact same mobile requirement as the Quest 2. All three Oculus mobile headsets (Go, Quest, Quest 2) require a mobile phone (or tablet) to do the initial setup process.
Once setup, you don't need the phone nearby. You can have one staff member use their phone to do the setup for all 10 headsets, then wipe the app if they want, the headsets don't use the phone once running. (You do need the mobile app to turn developer mode on and off, but for 99% of uses the app isn't required after setup)
You can have all headsets set to one account using one phone for setup.
03-26-2022 03:59 AM
@dbskole wrote:
Hi I have been given the task of investigating whether one can use Oculus in teaching.
I bought a pair of Oculas Queast 2 to try it out. However, I have some questions
1. Do you need a phone to use Oculus, or can you settle for a computer
2. Can you connect several Oculus to the same mobile so that they possibly contain the same game.
3. Is Oculus Quest the best choice or should you choose one of the other models
Our thought was that we had 10 Oculus Quest 2, which was connected to 10 screens. So in pairs or groups you could use, for example, Ocean Rift or Anne Frank's House.
Daniel
You must use a mobile phone or tablet (android or ios) to do the initial setup process for a Quest / Quest 2. A PC can't do it (which is stupid, but sadly the case). However you don't need a phone to use the Quest, it was just for the first time setup process. After that, the phone isn't used (except in a couple of rare situations like toggling developer mode). The phone isn't needed to buy, download or run games.
I have 3 Quest 2s and a Quest 1 all on my phone.
If you mean other Oculus models, they aren't supported/sold any more, only the Quest 2 is. If you mean other brands of VR, the Pico series sounds like it would be good for school use, but they are really targeted at the chinese market (hard to get them in the west, no idea what support would be like). I would have bought one except they only want enterprise customers.
There's not really much that competes with the Quest 2 as a stand alone device. If you wanted VR with cables that needs a powerful gaming PC, there's more alternatives like the Valve Index, HP Reverb G2, etc.
04-02-2022 08:47 AM - edited 04-02-2022 08:50 AM
Hi @newlight2018,
First let me commend you for your past and present virtual reality efforts in education as the Meta Quest 2 opens the door to universal and meaningful learning experiences. There are challenges to deploying more than one device in a classroom setting and you have identified a key barrier, no question. Let me see if I can help with at least some details:
Hope this helps, let me know if you have additional questions.
04-03-2022 11:56 PM
If you want one account per headset, you can still do that with a single phone. The Oculus mobile app can log in and out of accounts at any time, and remembers the hardware set up with each account. On my phone if I log in as me, it has my CV1, Go, Quest 1, Quest 2, Rift-S and my work CV1. If I log in to my test account, it has my two work Quest 2s.
Also, be aware that making 10 accounts that aren't real people is a violation of Facebook's EULA, which will get all accounts banned if found out. Test accounts don't have that since they are facebook generated.
10-31-2022 07:47 PM
Hello, We also just setup 10 Quest 2 accounts using the same mobile number but now we have an issue when we use the same app at the same time, OQ2 does not allow the app to run on other devices at the same time, looking for solutions to this please as it causing to many issues in our lesson!