05-12-2020 11:57 AM
05-14-2020 11:08 AM
It's $79 direct from Oculus unless you buy one from some gouger on Amazon. It's also fiber and 16' which allows you to actually have a play area that isn't right in front of your computer sitting down. It also works consistently - something the cheap aftermarket solutions don't do, especially anything longer than 10'. It's also been mentioned that they are (or were at least) working on a mode that allows full use of 3.1 bandwidth. I would still think the official cable is a decent purchase. I have one now and it works so much better than the 10' cheap aftermarket version I have does. https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1198350474526760961
Eastcoast78 said:
Anyone try to use there charging cable as a link cable now? Seen on a discord someone stating his pc is on 17 but his quest is still on 16 and his charging
cable cable(the one supplied with the quest) is working as a link...kinda odd as im on pc 17 and 16 for the quest..dont work for me...also that would be kinda stupid for them to do that. no one would buy their 120 buck cable...lol..and i dont see any release notes...
05-14-2020 11:27 AM
05-14-2020 01:45 PM
nalex66 said:
I've read that the charging cable will work, but that the quality will be lower than using USB3 with an official Link cable. This feature will help people with a lower-end setup or lower quality cable, but USB3 and a high quality cable will still provide the best experience.
05-14-2020 01:47 PM
05-14-2020 02:30 PM
CallMeJay360 said:
What bothers me the most is that the only person to my knowledge that can get on an respond to us in some capacity is the same person who creates these posts here, if you check their profile, they get on here every day, so it's safe to say he/she reads and decides to ignore all of what we say, no comment about it, no reassuring, no this, no that, nothing. They decided to purposely ignore us, leave us in the dark, not say a damn thing and just post update after update, completely ignoring anything and everything we say here over and over.
05-14-2020 04:07 PM
05-14-2020 06:33 PM
05-14-2020 10:05 PM
TomCgcmfc said:
nalex66 said:
I've read that the charging cable will work, but that the quality will be lower than using USB3 with an official Link cable. This feature will help people with a lower-end setup or lower quality cable, but USB3 and a high quality cable will still provide the best experience.
Also, I doubt that a usb 2.0 Link cable will supply enough power to maintain your Quest battery charge level. Most usb 2.0 only supply 500ma.
05-14-2020 10:18 PM
05-14-2020 11:51 PM
kojack said:
TomCgcmfc said:
nalex66 said:
I've read that the charging cable will work, but that the quality will be lower than using USB3 with an official Link cable. This feature will help people with a lower-end setup or lower quality cable, but USB3 and a high quality cable will still provide the best experience.
Also, I doubt that a usb 2.0 Link cable will supply enough power to maintain your Quest battery charge level. Most usb 2.0 only supply 500ma.
I used a 3A charging cable. 🙂My Quest was at 0% (battery warning icon only), but I was able to turn it on and charge while playing Pistol Whip.