“Sorry, I know nothing about VR headsets, but my son wants this for Christmas. What does the cable do? Do you have to have it? Thanks!”
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The wire does 2 essential things, A. Charges the headset & B. Enables "Oculus Link" which enables the Rift S library from your PC, as-well Steam VR Library from your pc. If you plan on buying your son a VR for primarily PC, I would skip buying this wire & and a quest 2 and decide to get the Rift S, but if you prefer the option to be able to wirelessly play, or play without a computer; then i would recommend this wire, because the battery life isn't the greatest on the quest 2. The Quest 2 takes 2.5 hours to charge from 0% to 100% The Rift S is not mobile.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You do not have to have it. The only reason to have it is to play VR games on Steam or the old Oculus Rift S store. As the Quest 2 is new it doesn’t have the catalog of games that the Rift S has. The cable will allow you access those games, but it does have to be wired to a computer. I would recommend using the virtual desktop app on the Quest 2. If you have a good internet connection it works great and it’s I believe 19.99 versus the 70 for the cable.
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