Protips from a Quest 1 owner running wireless:
Don't bother spending money on the link cable, especially not the official pricey optical one, you're likely to stop using it after playing around with Virtual Desktop.
Thing is, for games that benefit from super-low latency, like Beat Saber, you'll be running them locally on the Quest anyway, and for stuff that needs horsepower like Google Earth VR and Half Life Alyx latency is a non-issue while using Steam VR.
Virtual Desktop works amazing and you're better off upgrading to a decent WiFi router if you have a crappy entry-level consumer one (something like the Ubiquiti Amplifi HD works amazing for me, 21ms latency) or you'd be better off getting a decent battery pack, something with decent capacity and a three-digit percentage indicator that can be used as a counterweight on the back of the headset.
Also important: You want a battery pack that has a button that starts the charging process. When the Quest reaches full charge it stops charging, of course, but that means unplugging it and plugging it back in when it gets low again, it's quite annoying if you don't have a button for it. Also, cables and power output matter, you want a proper type-c cable and battery pack that can handle 2.5-3amps, if you don't have that the charge level will keep dropping while you're using it.
The official elite head strap with the battery pack built-in is pricey and there are much cheaper options, but there's something about it that very few reviewers seem to mention: The battery pack on the official head strap properly communicates with the Quest 2, making it "one unit", so you can charge it while using it etc. I think that fact alone might make it worth it if you're someone using it for hours on end.
It's hard to overstate how incredible it is to use this thing wirelessly in the living room or outside on the balcony (or even in the garden provided it's cloudy so you don't risk exposing the lenses to the sun directly) while it's running SteamVR from my work PC.
I hope more people get into it, maybe we need a thread on MyBB where we can all share contact details for something like VRChat and do some MyBB meetups.
I'm waiting for these cables to be in stock again on takealot.
I've lost quite a few normal USB TypeC cables by someone accidentally knocking the protruded connector on the headset and murdering the metal contact on the connector.
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