Better than Air Link. It works so smooth with 5G, I can't believe I don't need cable. On Air Link I have constant hiccups and quality drops every minute or so. Steam Link solved this problem for me AND I can up the resolution now, without being afraid of poor streaming quality.
Works Great. Make sure you have a fast and strong wifi connection. The app works great for me! Being able to play steam VR games quickly and wirelessly is amazing! My only request: Please release SteamVR support for Mac - I'd love to play PCVR games while traveling with my MBP.
Only going to get better. Some downsides, but they are quickly being resolved. This app does not currently surpass every feature of VD, but it will very soon. It's already more reliable than VD, better ease-of-use, and far less processing intensive. Valve knows more about this tech than anyone else, this app will soon be the standard for PCVR.
Main selling feature for quest 3. In my opinion this app is making selling feature for Quest 3. The only thing to consider - you must have good router connected to PC directly. I personally have the same latency on WiFi and cable, I don’t like using cable (even though image is better by cable) because I need to use oculus link app (it’s bad..)
I can play VR now without any cables, even in another room, just perfect. The only thing is that Meta needs to give more permissions for Steam developers to be able to make app even better, and use it as a main selling feature for wireless PCVR.
It works smoothly. Great to have 3’rd party integrations like this! Negative reviews probably don’t have required network capabilities. You need a good router that supports new fast wifi protocols at your home to be able to stream from your pc to your headset. Also you need a good pc too.
Easy. Powerful. Perfect. Play ANY steam VR game on quest... What else is there to say? Zero tweaking required. Want to join us? Search for our group name on Google and join us in the steam group chat as we play on Quest.
Went from 1 Star to 5 Stars. Ever since the audio issues were fixed, I can now use Steam link and it has pretty much replaced both airlink and virtual desktop for me. It just works better.
The only thing I wish this app had support for was translating the Meta body tracking and swapping to hand tracking on the fly so it be used in social VR apps like VRChat. But that’s a lot of technical work and I can understand why valve wouldn’t want to spend time on doing that.
I’m going to keep my old review for context but really this app is a must have if you’re a PC gamer.
Old review:
Valve, I love you guys but in it's current state I can't recommend this app. I'm getting no audio on my headset.
I can hear the game on my pc but no matter what audio source I choose in windows, I can't get the sound to come from the headset instead. I'll be keeping an eye out for any updates made on the app to see if the issue gets resolved in the future.
I really want to love this, but sadly until it's fixed, I can't in good faith recommend this app.
Nice and Easy for me. Overall it's great. However, I've recently encountered a minor problem, and I'd like to see it fixed. After running Steam Link, when I press the button to connect to Steam VR on the PC, the Korean text is broken into square boxes. This issue did not exist in the initial version, but occurred after a few updates. I didn't provide feedback because I expected it to be fixed soon, but I did so late.
Never had an issue. This app works great if you have a pc that can handle the bare minimum needed for vr gaming (mine is 13 years old pre-owned with an RX550), and Ethernet hooked up to it.
It’s so much simpler and runs better than air link for me, so it’s always my go-to for pcvr. Obviously Game Streaming like this can be buggy and experimental so always make sure you have everything in order for your app to work.
Runs PERFECT on Quest 2 with 7800 XT! This app is byfar the best way to play PCVR games on the Quest 2 right now. Virtual Desktop costs $20, and I used that for 2 years on an Nvidia based system, but I have had major issues with it since upgrading from a GTX 1080 to a Sapphire Nitro+ 7800 XT. Sadly Virtual Desktop REQUIRES you to install the aged and bloated Oculus software. Steam Link requires ONLY Steam to be installed on your PC to stream to your Quest 2. Just note that the resolution sliders in SteamVR when using Steam Link are not correct to the resolution on the Quest 2. You have to set the resolution slider to 218% to achieve a 1:1 pixel ratio. That is the same as the max streaming resolutions of both Virtual Desktop with the "Ultra" preset, or Oculus with the resolution slider maxed. NOTE: With AMD drivers there will be a strange lag/jitter issue. It can be easily fixed by forcing "Advanced Supersample Filtering" to ON in the SteamVR video settings.
A godsend! I've been really impressed with how well this works, I've been using other methods to access Steam Vr, but have found this to have quicker load times and less glitches than my previous methods. On the first attempt, it was somewhat laggy, but after rebooting both my laptop and quest 3, it worked perfectly and has continued to do so. I look forward to further improvements and will continue to use this as my goto way to access Steam VR
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