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Re:Google is reportedly shutting down its in-house VR film s... by wlesieutre on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:03AM (#19388811)
My big hope for the Quest is that they'll say "Surprise! The USB-C port isn't just charging, it also supports VirtualLink alternate mode!"

Would be great to have one device that can operate as both a standalone device and be connected to a computer for more graphically intense experiences than the Quest's snapdragon hardware can provide.

IIRC it's running at a lower framerate than a Rift does, but it'd still be cool to have that option because I have no plans to buy a dedicated PC-connected headset.

Odds of this actually happening are probably not good, but fingers crossed anyway.

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Re:Google is reportedly shutting down its in-house VR film s... by throwaway34241 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:06PM (#19391770)
I'm pretty sure they've already said to the public that the Quest hardware isn't capable of of video input over USB-C, so I wouldn't hold out any hope for that. They did say they were investigating streaming from a PC over wireless though which might be even better if they can get it working decently.
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