How To Send iPhone & Android Browser Links To Meta Quest Headset
Sending browser links from an iPhone or Android phone to the Meta Quest VR headset is now possible. This is great news since it used to be really difficult to transfer links to 360 videos or XR web content to the Quest directly. This meant either memorizing and typing the link, using a separate app like Messenger, or some third-party website to send a website address.
Meta has really expanded the capabilities of its Quest headsets, with both the first and second-generation models seeing gains in multitasking, browser window resizing, and much more. While hanging out in VR for more than a few hours still gets tiring, having more options to take advantage of the incredible big-screen experience can help with the transition in thinking about Meta VR headsets as more than gaming devices.
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Meta's Quest VR headsets have a nice virtual workspace that can simulate three big-screen monitors which is useful for browsing the internet. Thankfully, it's now also quite easy to send links from an iPhone or Android phone to the Quest in order to take advantage of the big screens. Here's how it works. From an iPhone, the option should appear in a Share Sheet menu from within Safari or any app that can share internet links. From the menu, the user can choose Oculus to send the link to the Oculus app. Then tap the Open Now or Save To VR buttons and select the headset to which the link should be sent. If there's a problem, the user should make sure to update to the latest version of the Oculus app, as v39 or higher is needed. Meta's YouTube video shows how it all works.
The process to share links to a Meta Quest headset from an Android phone is quite similar, however, the Share
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