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Grab a google cardboard an a program called rift cat. You can hook it up to your PC and play VR games, Its surprisingly effective. Then if you want controller support grab a Leap. You can attach it to your headset and it tracks all your hand movements, in addition it can emulate vive controllers. Riftcat allows you to connect to steam and oculous rift titles. You can have fully functioning vr for less than 100$ assuming you have a phone that was made in the last 3-4 years.

A couple tips if you do want to do this, Dont cheap on out on the headset, put at least 20 dollars into it as you want quality lenses. Connect it to the computer via usb so there is no lag, and if you have a console controller plug that into the computer as it makes controlling the games much easier.

Or just buy a vive and watch 4k vr porn i dont really care

edit:changed CPU to PC due to hate mail and death threats, thanks reddit.

Personally I've found Riftcat / VRidge to work better. It's easier to set up and seemed to have better performance. Plus there's a sideloadable GearVR app if you happen to have a GearVR.

https://riftcat.com/vridge - things like that already exist.

Oculus Go is a different product.

Saying "Why Oculus Go cannot be connected to a PC..." is similar to saying "Why can't I have a push bike with an engine"... you can, it's called a motorbike, they are different things.

The problem with your question (And something you should think about any time you need to say "just asking") is that it isn't specific enough such that it shows laziness that you can't be bothered to think for yourself and are asking other people to guess for you. For example here are a bunch of questions you could mean based on your question.

I think Oculus Go needs to be able to support passing the rift through it so that I can have better graphics powered by my computer.
Anyone know what the issues with passing the rift through to a phone or standalone thing to the rift? Anyone got any idea why it hasn't taken off yet?
Why did Oculus choose to go with fully standalone for Oculus Go instead of trying for rift pass through?

short answer: maybe, but it's not worth trying

Long answer: If you have a PC and a gear VR, you could technically use riftcat to connect to your phone via USB/wifi. But honestly, the experience is really sub par: jittery and lower res than GearVR games

The demo isn't public (outside of when they let people try it at Anime Expo 2018), at least at this time. I took a chance and e-mailed asking for access so I could try it and make a video for my VR YouTube channel. I was quite surprised when they replied saying yes.

The demo cannot be played without VR, but I believe if you use a Google Cardboard or similar (costs less than $2 I'd imagine) with your phone and the Riftcat/VRidge software ($20, free trial), that should work as it doesn't require any motion controllers.

Possible alternative: use Riftcat/Vridge as a way of streaming SteamVR to your phone. SteamVR then has built in 'home theater' mode for regular games, and of course you can play gamepad games with VR modes too.

The app i used to use with my cardboard setup was https://riftcat.com/vridge Steam will think you have a HTC Vive and automatically use steam VR with it, installation and configuration is pretty straightforward within the app instructions They also have a dedicated Gear app https://support.riftcat.com/hc/en-us/articles/212489169--Classic-How-to-setup-VRidge-in-GearVR

Hey all! It is indeed possible to play vr games on pc with your gear vr. I've done that for the biggest part of the year till I jumped on the rift at Black Friday.

The software I used is riftcat and vridge. You can get it here: https://riftcat.com/vridge

There is also a subreddit for it: /r/vridge

You get the best performance with 5ghz WiFi or with a USB to Ethernet adapter. The latter is only working for an s8 and s8+. I am sure the new note is also working.

You can find some example videos and how to's on YouTube in Daley techs channel.

Regarding your problem opp. Make sure your phones screen resolution is on the max setting and it is properly inserted in the gear vr. Use riftcat/vridge beta channel and don't forget that there is another app on sideload for the beta branch. Then make sure that the resolution in riftcat settings on your pc match your screen resolution. If nothing of that helped and the normal oculus mode is working fine, try to reinstall all the apps and don't forget to reboot between and preferably after. Mobile and pc.

Hope that can fix your issue

There is a list of games working with VR on Linux – it includes games not on Steam (Vivecraft) and is frequently updated.

Sadly I can't test things myself, as I don't own a normal VR headset – we tried with wife to see if it's possible to force Steam running in VR mode to test things by streaming to Google Cardboard via VNC – streaming desktop worked, but sadly steam refuses to launch in VR mode if it don't recognize a headset so we'd need something to fool it to, but in the end we run out of ideas :/. There is a Riftcat VRidge program to do that, but it works only on Windows =_=

If you have a decent PC, look into Riftcat/VRidge. It's an interface layer that lets you use it like an Octopus Rift or Vive headset. Head over to https://riftcat.com/vridge to get it, and there is a decent community over at /r/VRidge in addidtion to the how to guide on the website. Minimum system requirements listed on the site at https://riftcat.com/vridge/requirements EDIT: linked sys req page, as simply pasting ruined the formatting and I'm lazy. Was going to correct octopus to oculus, but fuck it. I currently am finding it more amusing than it rightly is.

There are ways to use things like the Leap Motion with GearVR, but its all hacked together stuff like Riftcat.

Riftcat is pretty awesome though, check it out if you are interested - https://riftcat.com/vridge

> Would love to try the new funhouse

It's a Steam VR experience, and while there is a way to peak into that world with your Gear VR using VRidge (which will be getting better in the next week or so with the release of the Gear VR version), it requires the HTC Vive's tracked motion controllers for proper interaction. If you're adventurous though, and manage your expectations, you might be able to have some fun by going the LeapMotion route. Just be aware that you'll need a 980 Ti, TITAN X, 1060 or 1070 GPU as a bare minimum to power the whole deal.

I'm definitely going to be playing around with VRidge when the Gear VR version gets released, but to me it's more of a novelty than a truly viable Rift/Vive alternative because even if you have a dedicated 5GHz ac wireless solution to work with* you still end up with anywhere from a little to a lot of stuttering when panning around, which ruins immersion.

(*those who are familiar with VRidge might point out that USB tethering is better but if you have a really good wireless setup you'll only end up with an additional 4ms or so of latency which to me is an imperceptible difference in practice and is therefore more than an acceptable trade-off for access to the Gear VR's superior sensors).

for playing actual VR games, Vridge is the one to go with

for just streaming the PC video output to cardboard, I use TrinusVR

works flawlessly for me on Android, not sure about any limitations for iOS

/u/ElizabethRobinThales mentioned TrinusVR, but I would personally recommend VRidge. VRidge, IMO, has the advantage that it uses a custom driver to work natively with SteamVR games while TrinusVR doesn't. The gist of both of these apps is that they send a video stream to your phone over your network. This will always introduce lag, but it is quite often pretty manageable with the right setup(Wifi AC was what I used and it worked well enough to stream 1440p@60fps for me). The devs are currently working on a GearVR version likely to be released on SideloadVR but the Google Cardboard version that is in the Play Store is pretty good too if you want to try it out.

That system might have an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, I loved that CPU, I had it in a system along side a GTX 750 and 8gigs of RAM, It would happily run Fall out new vegas, Portal series, Half life, good little work horse.
In fact my first experiences with VR using Riftcat https://riftcat.com/vridge was using this setup.

I ended up building a new system and giving mine away to my mates Daughter, I believe its still in use today for games such as Minecraft and The Raft.

Don't be too quick to dismiss older hardware, sure you wont be running Cyberpunk at full settings (who is??) but you could get some enjoyment out of it.

There's a demo of Superhot for Quest, but I suppose you'll have to wait for a sale to try Job/Vacation Simulator on the Quest.

This might be a long shot (and I haven't tested it myself), but if your wife's computer is a gaming PC, it's possible that you could play PCVR titles using Riftcat/VRidge using the Quest APK. Check the specifications and you might just be in luck; thankfully there's a free version with a 10 minute time limit and plenty of free titles on SteamVR and the Oculus Rift store that may work for a PC just a bit below PCVR specs.

Riftcat does work if you have a half decent phone and pc. You can run it via steam vr.

It should go without saying that it's not as good as a proper vr set up but for the price it isn't bad.

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