Intel brings direct PC VR streaming without router or dongle for Meta Quest - MIXED Reality News

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Intel and Meta cooperate connected PC VR streaming and alteration a nonstop transportation betwixt Meta Quest and PC – with debased latency.

For optimal PC VR streaming (instructions), you request a USB cablegram connection, a (dedicated) router oregon Meta’s VR Air Bridge Wi-Fi dongle.

In the future, determination volition beryllium different mode to link Meta Quest 2 oregon Meta Quest Pro to a PC, which does not necessitate a cable, router, oregon dongle and achieves a latency of nether 5 milliseconds according to archetypal measurements. Standard setups person an mean latency of 30 ms.

Intel and Meta person collaborated to optimize Intel’s AX1690 Wi-Fi chip for PC VR streaming. According to the property release, this functionality is presently lone disposable for Intel’s HX processors, which are intended for gaming laptops. If you’re looking to bargain a gaming laptop successful the adjacent aboriginal and bask playing PC VR games, it mightiness beryllium worthy paying attention.

How Intel’s PC VR streaming works

The caller streaming solution is based connected Intel’s Double Connect Technology (DCT) and was unveiled astatine CES past week. DCT was introduced a twelvemonth ago, but has lone present been optimized for PC VR use.

DCT enables two simultaneous Wi-Fi connections betwixt PC and outer devices. In the lawsuit of PC VR streaming, 1 of the 2 “channels” is reserved for a nonstop transportation betwixt Meta Quest 2 oregon Meta Quest Pro, portion the different is for connection with a router arsenic usual.

With the direct Wi-Fi transportation betwixt PC and VR headset, the router (or Wi-Fi dongle) is nary longer needed for PC VR streaming. The effect is simply a overmuch easier setup arsenic good arsenic 20 percent little latency, Intel writes. Basically, you don’t request much than a laptop and the Meta Quest headset.

Meta aims to region hurdles to PC VR gaming

The DCT functionality is presently lone supported by Intel’s AX1690 spot and HX processors. Corresponding motherboards are manufactured by Acer, Dell, Lenovo, MSI and Gigabyte, among others.

Only Meta Quest Pro volition payment from the bandwidths and features of Wi-Fi 6E (as soon arsenic Meta enables enactment for the Wi-Fi modular via update, which should hap soon), but Meta Quest 2 is besides compatible with the technology, Meta’s Wireless CEO Bruno Cendón writes connected Twitter.

Very arrogant of this collaboration with @intel to marque wireless PCVR seamless and much businesslike with @MetaQuestVR https://t.co/CIo0KPNqjN

– Bruno Cendón (@BrunoCendon) January 7, 2023

The collaboration with Intel shows that Meta continues to enactment connected solutions for creaseless PC VR gaming. Recently, Meta’s main exertion serviceman Andrew Bosworth emphasized that PC VR gaming is inactive precise important to Meta and teased this solution. The question, of course, is whether Intel’s exertion volition beryllium much wide disposable successful the aboriginal (for desktop PCs, for example).

The video beneath illustrates however the exertion works. I’ve reached retired to Virtual Desktop developer Guy Godin for remark and volition update this nonfiction if I perceive back.

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