Questions about Elite Dangerous and the Oculus Quest

Rayman1046

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As the title suggested i had a few questions if anyone has some insight i would love to hear each opinion. I am new to elite dangerous i played it a bit on steam but ive been looking into getting it on the quest since i think the VR would be sick and my desktop has bit dust and my laptop is not up to VR gaming.

Does anyone have experience with the game on the Quest and would the controllers it comes with have enough buttons or should i look for a controller, would love some suggestions if so too.

Another Question i had was if the Quest version of the game and Steam version are separated or if they could play together.

And just any other advice you might have for the Quest version of Elite Dangerous.


Thanks guys look forward to flying in space with all of you ;D
 

Arioch

Arioch
As per the first post, @Rayman1046 doesn’t have a desktop or a VR capable laptop.

I’m afraid there isn’t a stand-alone version of Elite Dangerous for the Oculus Quest.

The only way you’d be able to play Elite on the Quest is to use the upcoming USB tether to a capable PC, or the workaround as linked to by @Meresiga.
 

[VR] Mad Life Crisis

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Rayman1046 said:
my laptop is not up to VR gaming.
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At first glance I thought 'this is a no-go'. However, I found these free apps that allow you to play from PC to Oculus Quest:

Moonlight Player For Go (Oculus Go application that works on the Quest),
RiftCat
VRidge.

I'm not sure how much a PC/Laptop would be required to process in order for the OQ to perform well. Considering that it has it's own internal GPU, CPU and RAM, I presume that the demands on the laptop are less than connecting straight to regular HMD. This is speculation of course. Another thing of note is that the OQ has an option for 3DOF and whilst this is not ideal for optimum immersion, it would reduce the computer's workload if it struggled.

Here's a couple of videos. The first is for Moonlight Player For Go, as it is made by Oculus. The next video is about RiftCat and VRidge.

Source: https://youtu.be/sgXGp_N_20Y


Source: https://youtu.be/FsUGO74Dlzw


I hope this post is of as much help as it was interesting for me; your post piqued my curiosity and got me googling. Hitherto this, I knew very little about the OQ, and I only typed hitherto to sound worldly-wise and Gandalf-esque.

Good luck on your quest (couldn't resist, sorry), and keep us updated.

EDIT: Having looked again at the second video, A VR capable PC is required. Sorry about that. I still hope you find a solution, though.
 
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sgurr

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Mad Life Crisis said:
At first glance I thought 'this is a no-go'. However, I found these free apps that allow you to play from PC to Oculus Quest:

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The other one is ALVR, look at the link Meresiga pointed to above. User cptwhite made videos on how to get Elite working on the quest usding ALVR:
Meresiga said:
Why? With some tricks and non-standard actions, you can run this game in this helmet. (in Quest) - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-on-the-oculus-quest-amazing.519254/
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Sgurr said:
The other one is ALVR, look at the link Meresiga pointed to above. User cptwhite made videos on how to get Elite working on the quest usding ALVR:
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I looked at that link. There was no mention of any named software, unless I'm looking wrong. No mention of ALVR as far as I can see, just mention using Command Prompt.
 

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Sgurr said:
It's in his videos:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa09RfnJddc


Source: https://youtu.be/7mkADyTLH6c
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It turns out that this is mentioned further along in the thread, as opposed to the link Merisiga Posted. I read the linked post, not the thread.

I find this sort of thing very interesting. A few years ago, I hooked a tablet to PC with reverse USB tethering and Trinus. I bought an (over priced) casing for it that pushed down on my nose and the IPD was, well you can guess. It worked up to a point; i.e. 'Wow, I'm in a pixelated spaceship', but beyond that it was a lost cause and just left me frustrated that I couldn't afford the [VR] real thing. Took me years to save up for a Lenovo Explorer.

Are you using the Quest for ED?
 
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Arioch

Arioch
Old Duck said:
I didn't realize the Quest worked with a PC... How does that work? I thought Quest was a self-contained unit like the Go, but better.
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It is, though from next month there will be an update that will allow users to tether to a PC using a compatible USB 3 cable. Apparently it looks very good, with low latency tracking and clear image quality.

It’s been reported that Oculus are looking into a wireless tether, though that will be later next year if it is achievable.

It’s something I’m very interested in for the 2020 update should it turn out to be leggy-inclined, being able to stand up from my seat without any cable snagging sounds like one less barrier to punching my walls and tripping over furniture while being a pretend spaceman.

I’ve got a Quest as well as my Rift S, so I should be able to give a heads-up here next month about how well it performs.
 

sgurr

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Mad Life Crisis said:
It turns out that this is mentioned further along in the thread, as opposed to the link Merisiga Posted. I read the linked post, not the thread.

I find this sort of thing very interesting. A few years ago, I hooked a tablet to PC with reverse USB tethering and Trinus. I bought an (over priced) casing for it that pushed down on my nose and the IPD was, well you can guess. It worked up to a point; i.e. 'Wow, I'm in a pixelated spaceship', but beyond that it was a lost cause and just left me frustrated that I couldn't afford the [VR] real thing. Took me years to save up for a Lenovo Explorer.

Are you using the Quest for ED?
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Yeah I used trinius with a mobile. It got me hooked on the pixelated possibility but like you it wasn't until this year I jumped into VR properly when the resolution had gotten to where an ED cockpit was easily readable, and like you it's an Explorer.

My next headset will either be the Reverb Pro or a Quest. The Quest is currently winning for being wireless and better for other games, and 1440 resolution is good enough.
 
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