Is Full Body Tracking Coming to the Oculus Quest?

In today’s oculus quest news body tracking may be coming to the quest, You can now play classic Call of Duty and Halo maps on the quest 2, Trying out PCVR from the cloud for free with Plutosphere, Sidequest is fixing all kinds of version 37 update problems and our random game of the week Sledge Destruction Simulator.

Inside the recent Quest SDK released for Physically tracking a Keyboard inside the unity game engine a keen eyed reporter over at uploadvr saw an entry under features that says body tracking support disabled. So could this mean that meta has future plans of releasing the ability of full body tracking to the quest? I hope so but with the camera inside the quest they just aren’t wide enough to do this on their own so maybe we will see some new meta tracking accessories like the vive trackers in the future or some type of third party integration.

Then again this could all be a grand experiment or for that mysterious project cambria headset we are all clamoring for.

Quest FPS gaming just got a whole lot better. Military shooter ContractorsVR just release an update allowing modded maps for the quest and of course some talented modders have uploaded classic halo maps like zanzibar, hang em high and the pit not to be outdone by some now classic call of duty maps like shipment, shoot house and the dastardly rust. There was some initial drama where the halo maps were taken down within a few days of their release but some beautiful soul has replenished them back to their glory. If you own contractors and want to check out these mods just head over to the mods section in the main menu then sift through the selection. Sort by subscribers to find the most popular mods click on one tickles your fancy and on the right hand side click subscribe. Once downloaded you can try it out by going to single player and then free roam if you just want to take in the experience of walking around a map that you spent most of your high school life drinking mountain dew and getting sweaty in your friends basement. I don’t miss lugging around a crt tv.

Your friend sideloader and firmware booster Sidequest just released update 10.27 which have enabled some fixes for recent problems that have shown up with the quest version 37 update. Some highlighted fixes include apps being stuck on installing or uninstalling, the super odd Date Changed to 2036/2037 broken wifi problem, and cloud back up triggering for those times when you really do need to factory reset your headset and you want to make sure you have a backup of all your game data. If you are experiencing any of these problems check out the link in the description to learn how to use Side quest to fix them.

And now its time for my rando quest game of the week. Speaking of sidequest here’s a fun game you can download from there to scratch your destructive itch called sledge destruction simulator. This physics based VR game allows you to destroy a large variety of objects such as toilets, tables, statues and more. So go take out your frustrations on some poor dudes bathroom. Link of course is down below.

Are you like me and don’t have a PC or a PC strong enough to play half life alyx but you bought it anyway because you had a dream for the future? Well Desktop streaming service plutosphere is here to make that dream come true. The opened up their platform for what seemed to be a stress test over the weekend, and well for some it has been a great experience and for others like me…I could never connect to the remote computer. Like 10 attempts and nothing.  It’s all still technically in testing so of course we can expect hiccups but if you want to try it out for yourself the link is below to follow the instructions to set it up. Heads up you will need a steam account and of course some steamvr games and annoyingly you will have to download those games every time you connect to the service. If you are one of the lucky ones to get it to work let me know in the comments and hopefully the problems get ironed out for the formal release.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who recently subscribed and have been supporting my channel, you all are amazing and keep me motivated in life! If you want to learn more tips and tricks for the quest 2 check out this video here and I’ll see you in the next one.

SideQuest Fixes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxoiWi6ZPjk

Plutosphere Setup https://www.plutosphere.com/

Sledge Destruction Simulator on SideQuest https://sidequestvr.com/app/6310/sledge-destruction-simulator

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Oculus Quest 2 Game Share and Double Referral Code Credit

From the top I wanted to say I bought my wife’s quest refurbished for only $200 on walmart. It is only 64gigs but with the newer cloud save feature I think this is a great option to save money and get into the world of VR.

Starting this process I first sent my referral link to my wife which she clicked on and used to set up her oculus account with her facebook. Next we began the set up process inside her headset using her account, and activated the new headset with her phone logged into her account in the oculus app. Once she was completely set up I checked on my phone in the oculus app inside the menu burger, clicked the blue refer a friend button and saw that she had accepted and redeem my code. 

Then to double check we went into the app on her phone to make sure she had the store credit as well by just going to the store tab then clicking on a game and then seeing the $30 store credits remaining at the bottom.

Now for the app sharing to begin. To make this easier make sure to add your partner, friend or in my case my wife to your friends list inside the quest headset. The next step is to factory reset your partners headset by first making sure your bluetooth is on on your phone and your headset is nearby Then go into their app then menu at the bottom, then devices advanced settings and finally factory reset. 

You’ll see the reset process inside your partners headset. Once that has finished, restart the secondary headset and now set it up with your main account that has all the games already purchased on it. In this example it is my account. I just did this through my app by adding another device under menu devices then the plus sign. Once setup is completed and you are signed in under the main account head to settings then accounts then app sharing and flip the switch. Something to remember here is that app sharing can only be activated on one device so make sure to do this on your partners headset not your main one. Next inside that same account menu click add account and then login with your partners oculus / facebook account and zippidy do da you hath now unlocked the realm of thy sharable apps. Your partner can now go into the apps menu and begin downloading your games at will and start playing at no extra cost.

One more pro tip when setting this up is to use your partners store credit for the main account so it can be used by both accounts instead of just the secondary account. To do this, have your partner gift you the game you’d like inside either the headset or the mobile app using their store credit. It’s all about saving that money.

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I Expect You To Die 2 - Quest 2 Gameplay

It's time to tackle I Expect You to Die 2, Mission 4. In this quest 2 gameplay video I try and figure out the wine cellar mission in I expect you to die 2. This game is a great escape room style puzzler built perfectly for VR. In my opinion it is one of the best quest 2 games you can buy especially for introducing people to virtual reality and the quest.

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How to Stream & Record Oculus Quest 2 Wirelessly with OBS

You have a quest 2, a computer, the almighty obs and you want to record or stream yourself and your quest 2 gameplay wirelessly without a capture card. Well fellow quester It’s time to make your dreams come true!

For this setup you won’t need an expensive capture card, oculus link, virtual desktop or even a mic. All you need is your quest 2 a decent internet connection and of course OBS on your computer. Oh and make sure your computer and quest are on the same wifi. Now let’s head over to obs

Starting fresh with a new OBS scene we shall prepare your settings. First lets make your profile. Go up top to profile then new and name it whatever I’ll go with Quest Tube Baby. Go down to settings in the main screen on the lower right and from here we can keep it simple. Hit output on the left. In this video I’m going to focus on recording but for those of you who want to stream, if you have a good enough upload speed you can bump the bitrate up to 5 - 7000 for 1080p and if you are on the slower end go with 2500 - 5k and later we will make the output 720p

Now for the recording settings, I have a good bit of hard drive space but I like to go in the mid range here with the indistinguishable setting. If you have the space go for the gold if you’d like. Next I like to make it easy for myself and choose mp4 for my recording format. It’s just an easier file type to work with when editing later. For encoder settings if you have a dedicated graphics card you’ll have more options here but I’m in the mac world so I just go with software encoding.

Next up click on the video tab on the left and set up your canvas to what your computer can do I’m going to go 1080 here for the canvas and output. I leave the fps at 30 bc honestly I’m not sure what frame rate the quest 2 can consistently cast at. Then click okay.

Time for the meat and potatoes. The secret sauce is coming up. Head back up to the top and create a new scene collection and name it your favorite VR headset or whatever you want and click okay. You’ll see down below your first scene set up on the left and to the right of it is your sources. Under sources click the plus sign then hit video capture device, give it a name and then choose either your webcam or like me I have a capture card for my camera source and click okay. You can move that window down to the side or resize it and then go back to the plus icon and now choose browser source. Give it a name and change the dimensions to whatever your canvas resolution is, mine for example is 1920 width and 1080 height. And Here is that beautiful secret sauce that saves your computer power while streaming or recording and lets you stream wirelessly. In the URL box type in oculus.com/casting and tick the box for control audio via obs then click okay.

You’ll now see the web window asking you to login. Right click on it and then choose interact. Inside the pop up box, login to your oculus account. Fun fact I wasn’t able to use backspace, nor copy paste so when you enter your info make sure you do it correctly or highlight it and re-enter if you mess up. Once you log in and make it to the page saying start casting to this private link along withyour profile icon up in the right you are good to click the red x.

Now you’ll see two sources in your scene and you can click and drag the video capture source to the top inside the sources panel to put it over your future quest 2 gameplay output. 

We are almost there and I just want to say give yourself a pat on the back and I hope you enjoyed that secret sauce for your nugs. if you are new to obs this is a lot of shiz but its gonna be worth thy effort.

Saunter on over to your quest 2 and slip it on. Inside your headset you can now click on the arrow share icon on the main menu and then choose cast and then cast to computer. Again make sure your computer and headset are on the same wifi give it a few seconds and holy quest daddy your casting wireless right into obs. A little tip here, I like to activate the video capture indicator so I know if somehow my cast drops. You can do this by going to your quick settings in the headset and then to settings and then device and choose video capture indicator to on. Rest assured the red dot thankfully does not show up in your casted footage.

Back to OBS You’ll see under the audio mixer the audio coming from your casted gameplay, and if you aren’t seeing any readings there, again right click on the browser source and choose interact and then unmute the mic icon and the sound icon and you are good to go. And yep your mic audio from the quest will come through as well.

For a little design house keeping you can crop your sources by clicking on them in the preview window and holding option on mac or alt on PC and dragging the red lines to where you like. You can resize in the same fashion just without holding any key. When you’re feeling good with your setup go ahead and hit start record or if you want to live your Nick Mercs dreams head back into the settings menu then the stream tab and connect the service you want to stream to and click okay and then hit start streaming.

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