Quest 3 - SteamVR Home and games won't start in headset

[Terrance Fartbubbler]

Tried every suggestion including factory reset. Attempting to open SteamVR Home from Steam returns "unknown error" - attempting from headset shows "Loading..." and then it just closes down. All games simply open in Virtual Desktop. Putting SteamVR in beta mode and enabling unknown sources in Oculus makes no difference. I bought this for PCVR and I can't play anything in actual VR except AC. Tried two different link cables and the link seems to be working fine, just won't load games in the headset.

[thetechbasement]

My OG Vive is not working as well, all other programs are seeing the headset fine, audio is working. I beginning to think the engineers love ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with us but it is not funny. I had a stream this evening and it screwed that all up. I have finally figured out optimal settings for RE8 for my vr setup..

[Andriy]

Same. My Quest 3 isn't working on SteamVR either.

[LunaLudens]

Enabling steamvr Beta made my quest 3 launch it in VR like it should, but im experiencing such tremendous "unplayable" levels of lag when in menus that i get motion sick and dizzy long before i have the chance to load any games. We're talking less than a single frame update per second.

I guess i have to wait for a stable update to steamvr before attempting this. It works without issue on my quest 2 though, which is ironic.

[Terrance Fartbubbler]

Should have been clearer: by "AC" I mean Assetto Corsa. When I hit Play on that game in Steam I get the "Start in SteamVR" option and it loads in the headset. I have confirmed the same behavior for Automoblista 2. However, all other VR games I have including HL Alyx, HL2 VR, HL2 Episode 1 VR do not prompt to "Start in SteamVR" and simply open in a window. It's also not completely consistent among games. BallisticNG does display the "Start in Steam VR" option but still opens in a window. I've sent logs to Meta per their request and waiting to hear back.

Someone suggested hitting the menu button on my left controller in virtual desktop mode to bring up some kind of game launcher - that does nothing.

I guess it's a good thing Assetto Corsa is my most played VR game and it works.

Originally posted by Sad Frog™:

Same. My Quest 3 isn't working on SteamVR either.

If you enable Quest Link, click on the "Desktop" tile in the toolbar and click the menu button on your left controller - do you see some kind of launcher? People kept telling me that's how to launch Steam games and for me hitting that button doesn't do anything.

[El Dee]

Same issue - I had to launch the "Questlink" app before it could connect.

[Terrance Fartbubbler]

I was able to get SteamVR and any game loaded in the headset properly installing "OculusKiller" mod from Github. I thought this was the end of my problem.

Unfortunately, while I can now load everything in the headset, my Touch controllers can't do anything except highlight menu options. I can also bring up the SteamVR options using the menu button on the left controller but I can't even start a game from the main menu because none of the buttons on either controller do anything. I've tried every controller config from the SteamVR options imaginable.

At this point the only viable option suggested is to pay $20 for the Virtual Desktop app. I'll try it but what a horrible experience and a reminder of why VR has such a long way to go. Expensive, janky, unreliable.

[grzegorz77]

Originally posted by Terrance Fartbubbler:

I was able to get SteamVR and any game loaded in the headset properly installing "OculusKiller" mod from Github. I thought this was the end of my problem.

Unfortunately, while I can now load everything in the headset, my Touch controllers can't do anything except highlight menu options. I can also bring up the SteamVR options using the menu button on the left controller but I can't even start a game from the main menu because none of the buttons on either controller do anything. I've tried every controller config from the SteamVR options imaginable.

At this point the only viable option suggested is to pay $20 for the Virtual Desktop app. I'll try it but what a horrible experience and a reminder of why VR has such a long way to go. Expensive, janky, unreliable.

I'm writing this with full kindness, so don't try to be offended.

Hardware and software are now being released in beta, so you've become a beta tester.
I don't like it either, but these are the facts, it's not just about vr.

In addition, you have purchased a vr headset whose main use is to play vr games written for android designed to run on a phone pinned to your head.
Connecting to a personal computer is a side use, It is also financially disadvantageous for the company, because it's better for them if you buy phone games in their store.
So if your main use was to be connected to a computer, you should buy a mature VR headset designed for this.

Or at least wait half a year or a year until free beta testers find bugs and some of them are fixed.

If you have such a possibility, maybe the best solution would be to return the vr headset due to the lack of functionality. But this time there was no a big campaign that the Quest 3 is compatible with the Rift S so I don't know if it's possible.

I remember that after the release of quest 2 it looked identical, and a few months ago there were a lot of topics with problems.


In addition, why are you complaining here, after all you bought a vr kit from another company, if you want to change something complain there.

You are complaining about the fact, that free software is not fully compatible, with a VR headset produced by a competing company known for its hostile practices, is not fully functional here after a dozen or so days from the premiere ??

To sum up, I wish you the best.
Install the beta facbook software, install the beta steam vr, and wait for it to start working. Or submit a complaint request to facbook.

[Alpha]

I use ALVR instead of Quest Link (not available for linux) on my side with my quest 3 and it works quite well with SteamVR 2.0.6 beta.

[Terrance Fartbubbler]

Originally posted by grzegorz77:

Originally posted by Terrance Fartbubbler:

I was able to get SteamVR and any game loaded in the headset properly installing "OculusKiller" mod from Github. I thought this was the end of my problem.

Unfortunately, while I can now load everything in the headset, my Touch controllers can't do anything except highlight menu options. I can also bring up the SteamVR options using the menu button on the left controller but I can't even start a game from the main menu because none of the buttons on either controller do anything. I've tried every controller config from the SteamVR options imaginable.

At this point the only viable option suggested is to pay $20 for the Virtual Desktop app. I'll try it but what a horrible experience and a reminder of why VR has such a long way to go. Expensive, janky, unreliable.

I'm writing this with full kindness, so don't try to be offended.

Hardware and software are now being released in beta, so you've become a beta tester.
I don't like it either, but these are the facts, it's not just about vr.

In addition, you have purchased a vr headset whose main use is to play vr games written for android designed to run on a phone pinned to your head.
Connecting to a personal computer is a side use, It is also financially disadvantageous for the company, because it's better for them if you buy phone games in their store.
So if your main use was to be connected to a computer, you should buy a mature VR headset designed for this.

Or at least wait half a year or a year until free beta testers find bugs and some of them are fixed.

If you have such a possibility, maybe the best solution would be to return the vr headset due to the lack of functionality. But this time there was no a big campaign that the Quest 3 is compatible with the Rift S so I don't know if it's possible.

I remember that after the release of quest 2 it looked identical, and a few months ago there were a lot of topics with problems.


In addition, why are you complaining here, after all you bought a vr kit from another company, if you want to change something complain there.

You are complaining about the fact, that free software is not fully compatible, with a VR headset produced by a competing company known for its hostile practices, is not fully functional here after a dozen or so days from the premiere ??

To sum up, I wish you the best.
Install the beta facbook software, install the beta steam vr, and wait for it to start working. Or submit a complaint request to facbook.

I already have a case open with Meta. As for the rest of your post: Meta officially supports PCVR. That's literally what the Quest Link feature - built into the software - is there to do. Sure, if Meta's official position was "Well it may or may not work with Steam/PC", then I would take that into account before buying it but this is an official, supported feature not working properly. Plenty of other people have complained. Many of those seem to have paid $20 for an additional app to take the hassle out of using PCVR which is par for the course for not just Meta but countless other software and hardware companies which release crap that doesn't work or performs poorly and then rely on random people making mods or developing new software to fix their issues for them.

[NuLife]

Originally posted by Terrance Fartbubbler:

I already have a case open with Meta. As for the rest of your post: Meta officially supports PCVR. That's literally what the Quest Link feature - built into the software - is there to do.

if they supported pcvr actively like you say, they would let devs put there games on pc, instead of being greedy and not letting any other platforms use there games...

[zbdabsolut0]

I got it to work initially once. Then it just stopped working after I stopped playing skyrim VR. No idea why it doesn't work anymore either. Can't seem to figure out the issue. I saw some posts about always starting the link first then open Steam VR through the oculus library, but that doesn't work anymore either.

[Amsterdamaged]

Also got it working,

Opting in for the beta's
For Oculus & SteamVR

That fixed my problem. Now i can start up steamVR via the oculus library and from there i can load up games.

If you don't want to do that, wait for the official updates.

I am not sure if opting-in for the oculus beta was necessary or not. I just did that first and that didn't work and then i opted-in for the steamVR.

i just tested a few PCVR games, i could play them all :)

Finally wireless! yay! :)

[Steely]

Originally posted by Sad Frog™:

Same. My Quest 3 isn't working on SteamVR either.

It was working, now it's not, (intermittent) shows up on monitor, but not in the Q3 headset, was able to get it working when it asked what start mode to start in, steam or oculus, oculus worked also the mic stopped working in multi player games , I can hear them , but they can't hear me, very intermittent, works fine on the Q2

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[Prof-Jay]

I cant get steam vr working properly with quest 3 also. it only seems to load when going into steam vr through the library menu on oculus pc app, then choosing a game from home makes them load for a while but then the quest 3 cuts out and the game still continues on the pc as if nothing has happened. if i try to go back to oculus pc app, it also then freezes and screws up.