Oculus Link beta hands-on: How Quest might kill Rift S for wired PC VR

It’s easy to see the almost limitless sales potential of a VR headset that can operate fully on its own or switch to become a viewer for a nearby computer. Assuming that it offers very good performance in both modes, such a device would be a much easier — and likely smarter — pick for users than a headset that only works with computers or only runs its own software.

That’s precisely what Facebook is attempting to accomplish with Oculus Link, a new software and accessory option for PC and Oculus Quest users. Up until this week, Quest delivered very good performance as a standalone VR headset, but wasn’t meant to be used as a PC VR viewer. Now there’s free Oculus Link beta software and a cable program designed to physically connect Quest to PCs, so users and developers can start to see how the headset performs as an accessory, rather than an all-in-one solution.