There are a ton of games that you can purchase on the Meta Quest 2 and 3. A lot of these games are available specifically on the Steam store. Fortunately, you can set up Steam VR to play games on your Quest 2 or 3. Considering that, let’s dive into how to use Steam VR with the Meta Quest 2 or 3.
Using Steam VR With Meta Quest 2 or 3
There are a few steps you need to go through to use Steam VR with the Meta Quest 2 or 3. Ensure you do all of the following before you try to play any SteamVR games.
- In the Meta Quest store, download the Steam Link app.
- On PC, install the Meta Oculus App, which should be prompted to be installed once you connect your Meta Quest 2 or 3 to your PC.
- On Steam, install the Steam VR tool.
Once the above has been taken care of, now you’re on to playing your first Steam VR games on the Meta Quest 2 or 3. Follow these instructions:
- Open the Meta Oculus App on your PC.
- Connect your Meta Quest headset via a USB-C to your PC and ensure that it is on the same network as your PC.
- In your headset, when the ‘Allow access to data’ window pops up, select Deny.
- In the next window, ‘Enable Oculus Link,’ select Enable.
- The Oculus Link window will open and you can check our Library to see all of the games on your headset.
- You can select the particular Steam game that you’d like to play from this window.
- You can also select the Steam VR game from your desktop and then put the headset on to start playing the game.
You can check out this video by Nathie on YouTube for another perspective on how to do this:
