Quest Wireless Processing Pucks, Surface Keyboards, More Features, New Games & Tons More!

[@knighthonor44]

my thing is, Having a puck for the VR headsets doesn't necessarily mean that the VR headset has to have no processes in it. just allow more processing load to be handled at once. like imaging a puck as powerful as a Portable PC gaming handheld. tracking could be handled by the Quest, while the puck handles the gaming stuff. Could be a great combo

[@tek5358]

Agreed, but i think he's buying into the meta pro investor propaganda. If anything breaks on the quest its glued together, you have to cut it open, and then you still have the issue of sourcing safe/official parts, the quest is meant to be disposable. I like the idea of external computing and external power because it means less waste, actual upgrade paths, and potentially the ability to tinker with the hardware, so you can create your own upgrades from community projects like eyetrackvr, or project babble

[@bravohomie]

It could be like a Fanny pack with a fiber optic cable that should provide enough compute bandwidth lol

[@tek5358]

@bravohomie honestly, that would work; Also, if that's the setup, would make sense to offload the battery too and get as much weight as possible off the head, and it could be a simple fiber data line, combined with power running through the same cable

[@woundedsanity]

we should be able to use our smartphones as trackers

[@tek5358]

@woundedsanity you can, theres a free app called owo track

[@TheJo1ke]

Got a Quest 3 for Christmas so now watching your videos actually makes sense for me

[@michaelbrownlee9497]

Lol, we were all there.

[@quiethate]

I’m dying for a vr headset. My oldest brother got gifted a type of oculus like 6 years ago it had a few horror games on it but it wasn’t a real VR. sinxe then I’ve been missing that feeling tho.

[@BraxerRBLX]

Me too!

[@jameslangridge8849]

I think instead of a compute puck, just moving the heasets battery to the back of the head on the strap balances the weight so much better, and makes the downward drag of the front weight less bad. Assuming you have at least one strap going over the top of course.

[@knighthonor44]

nah because then the strap has to be fixed and uncomfortable to use laying down

[@Storkshark]

bobovr s3 pro has thr battery pavk on the back, but you just lift it when you're lying down, so there's no strap at all. (Basically, it's more comfortable than the regular strap) ​@knighthonor44

[@Esteban31254]

"surface keybaords" how did no one talk about this?

[@TheMysticle]

😂

[@Esteban31254]

@@TheMysticle Oh come on, you fixed it? Why didn't you keep it? It was funny lol

[@AdrianGE98]

@@Esteban31254 he can fix the title bit its still on the video xD

[@rylaaaaaaa]

I noticed the keyboards typo in the title but then I got to that part of the video and it was there too lmao

[@TheMysticle]

XD I have no idea how that's happened

[@therealyojames]

3:30 "Ergonomic camera-based hand-tracking" LOL

[@maxmaxed2887]

There is a simple solution - make the pucks WIRED like Apple did. Put all of the processing and battery and everything else in there, leave displays only in the headset. And make it really really small and comfy.

[@Blujustice]

Lol, part 2 for aliens had nothing to do with positive feedback, people actually are mad that they waited a week until release to announce that you'd have to pay another 40 to finish the story. Still good stuff regardless

[@ClaudioBOsorio]

VR is my new thing. Thanks for the vids

[@codyholbrooks4875]

Help! I cant find my unknown sources on my headset after v72s latest update

[@AnmarQuest]

restart your quest and you will find it in all list

[@mrsharkyyy]

on the apps panel, look at the sidebar on the left. underneath the nine squares there should be a button with 4 squares. click it, then go to unknown sources like normal.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

My sideloads and mods list also behaves funny since last update, it gets replaced by the 'Warning Message' and says there's nothing there anymore, but if I just return and refresh the list, it comes back again. This seems extremely deliberate misdirection on Metas part, like they're trying to see if they can get away with blocking 'unofficial sources' without backlash. They would be very wrong.

[@Visual4uProductions]

Merry Christmas!!

[@loqkLoqkson]

I used the calendar app to set a timer for an in-headset time notification on the quest 1, then they changed it so it only worked for creators, not users, so it looks like they are finally adding back this basic feature they took from us

[@Wizzkidd02]

Merry Christmas. Amongst my gifts was a quest 3. Never got the Quest 2, used the first one from Sep '20 up until it started deprecating games and coming up with a cooling fan error. Never felt like following the sheep of getting tech asap. OH MY GOD I CANT EXPRESS HOW AMAZING IT IS, OH MY GOODNESS! ALL THE GAMES HAVE GOTTEN UPDATES I NEVER KNEW THEY DID! THE COLOUR PASSTHROUGH, HAND TRACKING, I COULD YAP FOR HOURS AND HOURS!! THANK YOU SO MUCH MAM AND DAD IF YOU READ THIS!!

[@izchann]

Haha what da faq? Are you just saying or flexing? You can just tell your mom or dad personally. Do you think you mom or dad have the time to read comments or watched a video like this? They are not like you who dwell in their basement just relying on them. They are working. Get a life dude.

[@AslInson]

Could they develop compute pucks as external upgrades to make headsets more powerful?

[@aurastrike]

that was my thinking too

[@unfinishedsente]

If the headset is basically an external monitor and everything else is handled by the puck, even the power (newer pucks could have different power requirements to the headsets? idk..), I don't see a problem with that.. Like, my TV works with Xbox and Playstation, Blueray, my computer and standard TV signals, obviously.. I'm just piling on to your point.. I also thought about phones getting a special VR version. Like Samsung Galaxy 30 (standard for most people), and Samsung Galaxy 30VR (for VR). So you could buy new phones instead of pucks. They'd be a bit more expensive, but have a XR2 chip or whatever instead of XR1 (again, an example), support for SD cards and a connection for external battery and the headset. Most phones nowadays are powerful enough to run Quest 2 games at least, especially if they'd have the XR2 chip. So in the future it should be even better. That way people would be more prone to upgrade their phones/pucks more often (and pay more because of the special VR features each time), because they'd feel like they'd get two birds with one stone. Also they could have their own Store on the phones. People sit with their phones like 6 hours each day, imagine all the impulse buys on games with the proper marketing and notification presets. edit: after thinking some more about it, using a phone as a puck could cause issues. Like if your kids want to play, but you need your phone for work. Or you get some steamy selfies from whoever while the kids are playing. Basically if someone other than you want to play, you're fudged. But it would be cool if it was the standard in the future, and everyone had their own VR phone with their own profiles and stuff, always handy. That way they could make it a standard to have VR glasses on flights and stuff like that, or cheap rental on VR-coffee-shops or bars in case you need to do some quick work. Or maybe the glasses would get mass-produced, and since they don't need "too many" components, they'd get cheap. Like really, REALLY cheap.

[@luiscarbonari]

I received the new control bar about a week and a half ago, together with the new settings layout. Even though I love the new bar, I am still getting used to the new settings layout. Now I am on v72 with all the new features, and the hand tracking is amazingly better. The cursor is spot on. 😃

[@manp1039]

Meta Quest 3's camera opens up incredible possibilities for virtual peripherals! As a touch typist, current virtual keyboards are a major obstacle. Looking at the keys disrupts my flow and slows me down significantly. Imagine personalized, 3D-printed keyboard surfaces that perfectly match our hand size and typing style. This could even be adapted for one-handed users or those with disabilities, making VR more inclusive. Instead of just tapping a flat surface, we need tactile feedback that mimics real keys. Think haptic gloves with precise micro-vibrations for each keystroke, or even miniature actuators that provide realistic keypress resistance. A hybrid approach could combine subtle physical feedback with IR tracking. Imagine low-profile keys that gently rise when pressed, with embedded IR LEDs that create unique light patterns for each key, allowing the headset's camera to accurately register input. These concepts could be achieved with minimal hardware additions and a software update. I urge Meta to explore these possibilities and revolutionize input in VR!

[@ralphjones1151]

I still think the compute puck idea is interesting if you instead plug it into the wall as a “pc” so the puck itself wouldn’t need a battery.

[@0Augusttt0]

Hmm, dunno what to put here since this just came out. But amazing video! Glad your doing good

[@OniRj]

Mysticle, any idea what happened with Space Sense ? I moved from Quest2 to Quest 3 and noticed the feature is gone. When people come inside of my play space there is no alert or outline like in Quest2

[@AkiTsukita]

8:42 what about PC T_T did they forgot that we have webcam. For those without, they could use a phone connected to the PC too.

[@carlosalfonsocresporamirez6237]

Awesome video! ❤

[@Cimlite]

Alien Rogue Incursion is getting a part two, not because it sold well, but because what they put out was just "part 1". It literally says part 1 on the title screen.

[@Aelbandii]

Standalones have to become small and light, like big screen beyond, with the unit and battery in a belly bag , it would be great.

[@Suomalainenkäyttäjä]

Is it correct that the passthrough doesn't look that clean like in that video my passthrough looks a little pixelsted but then the monitor doesn't

[@DingleBerryschnapps]

Lighting affects it.

[@alidan]

3:04 I would like like wireless compute with the option of wired, I would like passthrough to function while pileing in as low of latency as I can video from an external source, be it pc console or an android phone mirror. wireless/wired compute means my headset isnt garbage the moment the soc ages, while the display or optics are perfectly serviceable.

[@barajasfamilybarajas3116]

Anyone know if there are any updates on questcraft? I'm on V72 and it still doesn't work.😢

[@alexjamesbilodeau]

Meta’s game library should be their primary focus. Meta should be funding, at greater rates, game development while the Quest base grows to attract independent investment.

[@xiity2478]

I hate typing even with my physical keyboard because the over hand layout doesn’t let me even see my keys. Is there a way to disable the overhand layout?

[@Robert-uh9vf]

I thought the DVD logo in the background at the beginning of the video was a sneak attack drone. Lol

[@peejae082004]

I'm all for external wired compute pucks with easily removable/replaceable batteries.

[@Irus73]

Quite excited for the control bar. I'm on v72 but havent received that feature yet :(

[@superhumandose]

What's that gibberish you were saying at the beginning of the video? Was that a spell to get me to like and subscribe? Cuz, I feel like liking and subscribing now.

[@CheeseIs_Life-f5n]

A new Pimax headset was announced as well!

[@xhappymasksalesmenx4092]

They need to fix alien part 1 first. Its so broken and doesnt feel like a from the ground up vr game. I have the steam version.

[@michaelmacon7894]

Im would be so down for a wired puck

[@MynicknameisViolet]

Can hardly wait for the day we get rid of the typical handheld controlers and have vr gloves

[@Official_Arkzy]

Will you talk about Green Hell VR multiplayer in the future since its now out?

[@DJ-Blissfulterror]

happy holidays

[@kokolizito]

Why is KZbin auto translating this video to me? Lol and I don't even know how to disable it

[@SenorRu]

Darn, when I read 'Quest Wireless Processing Pucks', I thought it was a hardware solution for better wireless PCVR. It always takes so much of the pc's processing to get a good image.

[@swifty1969]

good wireless pc experience has to do with how good and fast your wireless router is. Whatever you do, don't cheap out on it. Or better yet buy used like new from ebay like I did.

[@lovedfriend2020]

Thanks for the Marry Chrismas but it was Dec 25 in the USA.

[@michaelbrownlee9497]

Shattered has been the best quest exp for me so far.. Looking forward to the wanderer game, it is a time traveler, puzzle game which looks good. A puck type device is a nobrainer, they should just make it with a external power source. Gradually making the puck a secure meta os hub like device. The a.i. sunglasses✅, a health watch? Pixel✅

[@zangarkhan]

Ergonomically, every gram added to a headset exponentially increases discomfort. The goal should be to design glasses that anyone can wear for 4+ hours without experiencing ear, nose, or temple pressure fatigue. To achieve this, there shouldn’t be a battery in the glasses. Instead, everything, including the display and camera drivers, should be tethered, with the frame made from magnesium or titanium alloys for durability and lightweight comfort. There’s already extensive user research available on head-mounted displays, but it feels like companies are ignoring it in their rush to capitalize on the market. These devices aren’t phones; consumer comfort is critical. When factoring in comfort, you can almost predict the specs required for even 10-20% adoption among enthusiasts. Prioritizing ergonomics over specs is key to long-term success.

[@heckingracken]

Can't wait until it's just a headset we lay back with while plugged into a wall. Hopefully with a backup battery incase of outages, etc. All within our minds.

[@BlakeBlackstone]

Tell Mommy Mysticle I said Happy Holidays.

[@pyraffin]

What I'd like to see is a flying simulator type game where you flap your arms to fly around cool maps and courses. Preferably as a dragon lmao, a wyvern. That'd be cool

[@MynicknameisViolet]

Zenith has a gliding feature where you can flap your arms :) you should make a concept of it and collab with someone who can code games

[@CroissantWhyNot]

start a vr company :P

[@ChampionVRYT]

I have the new horizon control bar

[@TheMysticle]

How are you liking it?

[@kennethwilliams9668]

We need a Predator Game 😢

[@retropulse03]

I love when people show off mixed reality it's like... yeah that'd be nice if I had a big house with an open floor plan >.> I barely have room to sit down.

[@unfinishedsente]

I don't need wireless! I just need it wired so I MYSELF can decide where the weight should go. Do I want to tape it to my headset and distribute the weight like Meta does now? Do I want to attach it to my belt? Use a backpack? A frickin' bandoiler? Maybe I'm sitting in my couch and just want to keep it beside me. LET ME DECIDE! I can't use my Quest 3 for more than an hour before my neck and face hurts because of the weight. I've tried multiple 3rd party headstraps and they help, but not much. I just find myself not playing because it's uncomfortable. If I had a wired puck, I could attach another battery too it for double play time, and put it in a small backpack or my pockets. The puck in one and a battery in the other. If I end up buying a haptic feedback vest I could attack it to the vest somehow.. There'd probably even be some 3rd party accessories for the puck on eBay or whatever, or 3D print templates for different attachment styles. Like just let the people decide for themselves! A frickin USB-C connection and you can reduce the weight by 50% probably. Steamdeck with XReal glasses is supposedly awesome. No one bitches about the wire there..

[@DoirdynL]

Idk what it is, but I have a feeling you drive a Subaru.

[@aviatorb77w]

how on earth can i be in v72 PTC and still not have the new UI and Passthrough ffs 😂💀

[@fragmentalstew]

Wired compute pucks are the best way I think. Take as much of the weight and heat off of the head as you can, and move it to a wired device. The compute puck could then be worn like a backpack, side bag, fanny pack, clipped on a belt, or set aside if sitting. More power could be attained from the same hardware by having stronger cooling components. There would be less need for miniaturization, which could either reduce costs or increase power, and batteries could be larger. External power sources could also be used.

[@maxmaxed2887]

This.

[@iporush1667]

compute puck egpu boost

[@Frisk197]

you could have a whole computer with a 5090 as a PUC but we'll never i guess

[@Tommy-qe6fh]

what 😭😭

[@potatoonskates5250]

where's my chapters...,.,..

[@TheMysticle]

Should be there :)

[@mortysmith666]

What use of the calendar lol, It's just a regular android app

[@Freeway7]

wow you did not do any research on Alien Incursion and it show !!!! It was supoed to be a full game BUT no its only chapter 1 so I guess you should have check more cuz it full of bugs and not that great !

[@jdarg4163]

My whole meta quest 3 has completely changed and i don't really like it as I prefer the sliders and accented in blue as I use it in dark mode like what it used to come with in the beginning not really feeling the new ui update

[@loqkLoqkson]

engagement post related to content

[@tek5358]

Im not buying that making things modular and upgradable isnt better for the customer, integrated all in one headsets are however very good for investors looking for you to push a minimum viable product, and reducing their overall complexity at the cost of features and power, but saying that external computing is without merit is an outright delusion.

[@hooperjp1701]

Cloud based computing for glasses please, also for quest headsets so pcvr can be played without a pc

[@Xbuneez]

ty z polski jesteś?

[@jeshirekitenkatt1212]

bluh, ngl i wish when companies rolled out ui changes that amount to just moving where something is located, especially if that thing being in it's current location has been a part of design for decades, they'd just give you the option to.... not? i do not want my that crap on the bottom as a separate bar, i think it looks just awful. the only person i could see this being good for are people who have, like, wrist mobility issues to where getting your curser up there would be a problem. would be a lot easier to embrace new technology if it didn't also keep doing the digital equivalent of deciding doorknobs were obsolete and so started putting them in the center of the door and requiring you to stick your finger in at an angle and twist, as if that somehow isn't more obnoxious then just turning a doorknob. sometimes things have been a part of os design language not because no one has challenged it, but because there was simply nothing to improve on that could easily prove to be a benefit rather than an annoyance. and sometimes something new isn't innovative- it's just dumb. also, putting it there breaks up the flow of the start bar (idc what meta's word for it is) and the window above it, and again simply just looks ugly there. if this were a living room i'd be judging the person who planned the layout of the furniture

[@sikliztailbunch]

I bought me the Quest 3 in order to play PCVR. But suddenly since a few days, my PC only recognizes the Quest 3 as a USB 2 device. I can basically sell the device now, because it is useless for me and neither Meta or Windows support are able to help me with that issue. That's why I am so desperate that I ask in random KZbin comments for help now.

[@Pototo_Vr]

No clue but hope this gets to someone useful!

[@sikliztailbunch]

@@Pototo_Vr I determined the cause. The cable is broken.

[@Pototo_Vr]

@@sikliztailbunch oh good, good thing the pc or oculus wasn’t broke :)

[@sikliztailbunch]

@@Pototo_Vr Yeah, that was my first though as well. The cable is the cheapest part to replace.

[@Pototo_Vr]

@ cables sometimes aren’t the best, especially charging and connecting ones, so that makes sense

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Wired compute/battery puck for headsets? Yes. Not only feasible but they could save you throwing out a whole headset every generation if the only thing that is ready for an upgrade is the silicon, not the panels and lenses. But lets be real what will happen with glasses: Phones will become the wireless compute puck, glasses will be the peripheral display and interface. Because a puck won't offer anything phones don't.

[@jassykat]

where half life alyx 2???

[@clamojoat8543]

meta is pushing AR with the Q3 and S models and NOT PCVR. if you are looking for a PCVR HMD don't bother with it.

[@MashoshPashosh]

burp

[@shocked-curry-omelette]

Burrrrppp

[@MashoshPashosh]

@@shocked-curry-omelette burrrrrpppp

[@frown]

Why am I the only person who misses being able to have my real funiture in vr??? Meta's "Manage Space" and "Space Setup" are USELESS. I'm bumping into things with out it, flying blind smh.

[@MarblaGarb]

Maybe one day they'll update their pc app and no longer force us PCVR users to use their now 6 year old outdate RIFT S dashboard, for PCVR.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

They deliberately killed off our old PCVR home environments in bad faith, it didn't cost them anything. Its manipulation to push everyone into their one storefront. You will comply and like it, citizen. Although I think neither is the right answer, but merging the Desktop client and the Standalone client seamlessly as 1 environment, airlinked automatically when available, standalone when not, is.

[@MarblaGarb]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing meanwhile those of us who value performance and think it's annoying to run 2 virtual environments at the same time ( Oculus dash and steam vr) but still want their headsets because the hardware is good for the price, just use oculus killer anyway, Virtual desktop, or steam link, to run only steam VR and cut meta out of the equation. What they need to do is hire the folks who made Oculus Killer, and Virtual desktop, and let those people run and manage the department that works on link. Allow them to make the cabled and wireless experiences for pcvr, and just have a good overall headset rather than neglecting the wider portion of their user base. Once Steam OS 3 is available next year I might commission some folks to work on a version that can be flashed onto the quest 3 headsets, in order to make 100% use of them, for pcvr

[@triplehelixxxvr]

Oh boy, a control bar! Now if only I could actually get close enough to the menu to actually read it.… Or at the very least, maybe Meta could stop trying to give me a seizure every time I turn on my quest, with their obnoxiously Strobing ads in their stupid horizon feed. Or idk… any actual accessibility features Whatsoever regarding vision, not just color blind mode.

[@jprofiler]

Schön dass das neue Update dann die meta-quest komplett ruiniert.

[@unriccio]

Bro, no hate but please, don’t use the automatic translating, right now it’s broken and into more annoying than everything else. The title, description and video sections are all translated and are not making sense in my native language and there is no way to turn off this feature. It really makes it pretty difficult to watch your videos trying to understand what I’m reading (and it’s my native language!) If you read all of this, it might look like I’m hating but I’m just frustrated at KZbin for being freaking stupid and poorly designed. Ok bye lov u and nice Xmas

[@owendoesstuff_10]

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[@billybobjones4317]

You do realise it's spelt Miss Tickle right ? I know English may not be your first language by your accent and so maybe no one has already told you ?

[@samuelhelderman]

JewVooSki to you too?