Connecting a Meta Quest to a PC and Flyingshapes
Installing the Meta Horizon Link App
- Download the App here: https://www.meta.com/de/en/quest/setup/
- Doubleclick the downloaded Installer and the Software will install
Logging in
- Once finished installing, the software will prompt you to login with your meta account.
- If you don’t have a meta account, you will be guided to the meta website to create one. After that, you will automatically be guided back to the Meta link app.
Connecting your Quest via WiFi
- Make sure your Quest and your PC are connected to the same WiFi
(The PC can be connected by ethernet cable, but it has to be the same network) - After logging in, the app will show the start screen
- Click on the devices tab:
- Click on “Add Headset”
- Next, click on the headset you want to connect, then click “continue”
- When prompted to select the connection method, choose Airlink for now, which means a connection via WiFi. Then click “continue” again.
Settings in the Quest Headset
- Put on your Quest headset
- Open the quick settings by clicking onto the time display in the menu bar (you may have to press the meta button on your controller first)
- In the quick settings, click on “Link”
- In the following dialog, make sure “User Air Link (Wi-Fi)” is switched on
- Your PC should now appear in the list.
- Select it and click on the “pair” button
- A pairing code will be displayed in the headset.
- Take off your Quest headset and look at your computer screen
- The same pairing code should now be visible on your monitor
- Click on the “Confirm” Button
- Put your headset back on
- Click the “Continue” button
- In the following window, click on “Launch”
- This will take you into the Oculus Link Environment
- Congratulations! You have successfully linked your Meta Quest Headset to your PC.
- If you start Flyingshapes or any other Virtual Reality Application, it will automatically show up in your Quest headset
- Your headset is also shown as “Connected” in the Meta Horizon Link App Now.
- From now on, you can simply start the Meta Horizon Link App on your PC, then in your Quest Headset click “Link”, then “Launch” and you are connected to your PC again
Additional Settings And Troubleshooting
To keep things running smoothly, we recommend the following additional settings in the Meta Link Horizon App
In case you have connected your headset successfully but Flyingshapes is not visible in VR and you see the following message in the Meta Horizon Links App:
- Open the settings in the Meta Horizon Links App by clicking on “Settings” in the lower left corner.
- Click the “General”-Tab
- Scroll all the way down and click “Set meta horizon link as active”
If you start Flyingshapes on your PC with the Link working, but your Quest shows an error message: “Unknown Sources” and does not show Flyingshapes:
- In the Meta Horizon Link PC App, open the Settings (as described above)
- In the “General” Tab, scroll all the way down
- Activate the “Unknown Sources” - Toggle
- Confirm the following Dialog by clicking “Allow”
- Put your Headset back on.
- Flyingshapes should now be visible in your headset