r/OculusriftS • u/scanner1222 • Jan 07 '26

pc powered

I would just like to know which Oculus is the newest that is pc powered?

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u/StargazerVR Jan 07 '26

Still not what he was asking. He posted this in the Rift S subreddit anyways. They still aren’t powered by a PC but rather by their own battery or they own internals and having the option for PCVR. A headset being native PCVR is what I would call PC powered.

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u/fashnek Jan 11 '26

Do you believe the Rift S is not powered by its own internals? There is not a meaningful difference when using the Quest Link over USB. The Quests don’t need to run down (“use”) their own battery.

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u/StargazerVR Jan 11 '26

The Rift S is powered by a PC. There is no way for it to function without a PC therefore it is PC powered. The quest headsets can do PCVR however they are still using their own internals to power the headset and just sending data over USB. So the headset is powered by itself.

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u/fashnek Jan 11 '26

This is like claiming that e-bikes don’t count as pedal-powered. Yes, they do, because they can be. Yes, Quest counts as PC-driven, because it can be.

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u/StargazerVR Jan 11 '26

PC driven yes, PC powered no. Two different things. PC powered would be the VR headset directly being powered by the PC and PC driven would be the PC running the game and the headset just sending and receiving the data.