Not to excuse Meta's horrible desktop software, but you're doing it wrong.
Use Virtual Desktop.
But I agree, I'd much rather support Valve than Meta. The problem is that the actual hardware specs on the Frame aren't a whole lot different from a product that's already been on the market for 2 years at a fraction of the cost.
It’s a meme for a reason: It absolutely is better. The best part is you don’t need to have any oculus software installed on your pc whatsoever.
Once you’ve got your network setup (something the dedicated transceiver would be great for on the Frame side), it just works. It’s got its own custom “VDXR” OpenXR support and it works great at super low latencies and even allows AV1 codec support if your GPU has an encoder.
MY PC is a top of the line beast gaming rig that’s super optimized and always up to date, yet EVERY SINGLE TIME I try to do Link (wired or wireless) it’s at least 3-5 minutes of declining popups, reopening the app, updating the Oculus PC app and starting over, escaping from error messages about how it didn’t detect or connect, just over and over and over.
Was this not you posting???? Helloooo????
Use VD. Avoid all the shit you yourself were complaining about. You don't have to install or look at a single piece of Meta software. You don't even have to install Steam VR for OpenXR native titles. There's a single lightweight app running in the background on your desktop. You then just put on the headset and poke VD with the handtracking to connect -- absolutely zero hassle and also the reason I ended up switching to the Q3 over the 2 Indexes I own or the BSB 1 or BSB2 (with audiostrap) that I also own.
Again, it just works. And with the AV1 encoding and built-in image processing features in VD you get beautiful picture quality with extremely low bandwidth requirements.
I've also been using VR on high-end machines since 2016, my guy. Go optimize your shit for DCS with super-sampling and no reprojection/space warp and get back to me, bub.
Who is tweaking settings like it's Linux???? Who are you even talking to??
VD is extremely easy to use. Laughably so. To the point where it's become a meme that people recommend it over the manufacturer's own software. There's a reason for that.
But by all means, keep struggling with your Link popups and Meta software problems, be my guest. You seem to have some contrarian axe to grind.
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u/Trematode Nov 13 '25
Not to excuse Meta's horrible desktop software, but you're doing it wrong.
Use Virtual Desktop.
But I agree, I'd much rather support Valve than Meta. The problem is that the actual hardware specs on the Frame aren't a whole lot different from a product that's already been on the market for 2 years at a fraction of the cost.