The Quest 2's 120Hz refresh rate to be enabled by default
The Quest 2's 120Hz refresh rate has been an experimental feature for over a year now(opens in new tab), meaning you had to dive into the settings to enable it at your own risk. Once enabled, it has allowed some apps to take advantage of the VR headset's secretly speedy refresh rate. However, with various hoops to jump through for users to utilise the faster refresh rate, not all have done so.
That might change with the imminent introduction of the 120Hz refresh rate as default for the VR headset. Consulting CTO of Meta's VR team and founder of Id Software, John Carmack, has confirmed that the 120Hz experimental feature will soon be made «default-on.»
120 fps has been an «experimental feature» on Quest 2 for a long time, and we are finally going to make it default-on. Any app that plays 60 fps video should consider 120 fps display — it avoids the flicker of 60 fps display, and makes imperfect release tempo less harsh.September 5, 2022
Once enabled by default, apps that support 120Hz display won't have to worry about telling users how to switch it on, and here's hoping the headset's rapid refresh rate will be taken advantage of a whole lot more often for games, apps, and video.
The higher refresh rate will require some extra horsepower, however, so I expect some games may struggle to make the switch while running on the Quest 2's integrated processor.
When asked about the refresh rate's impact on battery life, Carmack said «It only gets used when apps explicitly ask for it, and only a modest handful take advantage of it — most apps can't run at those high rates.»
This isn't the first time owners of the Quest 2(opens in new tab) have enjoyed a bump to its refresh rate. The Quest 2 launched with a steady 72Hz refresh rate
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