Oculus forces Virtual Desktop to stop streaming SteamVR apps to Quest

Less than a month after releasing the standalone VR headset Quest, Oculus is already hobbling one of its most appealing abilities, developer Guy Godin told users on Reddit: low-latency wireless streaming of SteamVR content from a PC to the headset. The feature was included in Godin’s app Virtual Desktop, but Oculus apparently told him to remove it.

Technically, the SteamVR feature was an undocumented “bonus” for Virtual Desktop users, added to the Oculus-approved app after initial release, though word of the headset’s impressively fluid streaming abilities generated plenty of interest. For users with existing PC VR content, especially games, the feature radically expanded the quantity and quality of experiences Quest was capable of displaying.