Watching someone play VR can be pretty funny at times, but wouldn’t it be better if the people around you could see what you are doing? This is easy to do with a few simply steps. This guide will go over how to cast Oculus Quest 2 VR to Computer, how to cast Oculus Quest 2 VR to TV, and how to do Mixed Reality for Oculus Quest 2.
How to Cast Oculus Quest 2 VR to your Computer
This one is really easy and requires no extra hardware besides your computer.
1. Go to Oculus.com/casting in your web browser on your computer.
2. Sign in to your Oculus Account in the browser. You should see this screen. Chrome and Microsoft edge are supported.
3. Then follow the on screen directions in your headset. Simply click on the Oculus button in your headset, Sharing from the main menu, Cast and Computer.
That’s it! Those around you can see what you are doing on your Oculus Quest 2 on the Computer. Want to cast from Oculus Quest 2 to your phone? You can also do the exact same steps above but open Oculus App on your phone and then Select ‘Oculus App’ from the Oculus quest 2 casting menu and then you are casting from your Oculus Quest 2 to your Phone just as easily.
How to Cast from Oculus Quest 2 to your TV via ChromeCast or FireStick
Only certain Smart TV’s will work with casting from Oculus Quest 2. Your Smart TV needs to be a Chromecast compatible Smart TV. If you are finding that your TV is not showing up you probably do not have a Chromecast SmartTV. You can purchase a Google Chromecast, Google Chromecast Ultra, NVIDIA Shield or an Amazon Firestick instead to accomplish the streaming.
- Make sure that your Smart device (Chromecast, firestick or your smart tv) is on the same network as your Oculus Quest 2.
- In the Oculus Quest 2 headset click on the sharing button.
- Select your Chromecast, Firestick or Smart TV.
- This will show a large full screen picture on the TV of exactly what you are seeing to everyone in the room.
How to Cast Oculus Quest to an Apple TV display
This way is not officially supported but if you are Team Apple here is a work around you can use to get your Oculus Quest 2 to stream to your Apple TV.
- In the Oculus Quest 2 headset click on the sharing button.
- Select This Phone to cast to your iPhone.
- Now that it is casting to your iPhone, pull down to get to Apple Control Center and select Screen Mirroring
- Select your Apple TV to have your iPhone appear on your Apple TV
You may experience some lag with this method but it’s worth a shot.
As you can see all of these are pretty straight forward and easy to do. With just a few clicks you can be streaming your Oculus Quest 2 to your TV no problem.
How to do Mixed Reality with Oculus Quest 2
If you want to do Mixed Reality it Is a quite a bit more complicated. You need a full Green screen setup and detailed software steps to go through.
What is Mixed Reality?
Mixed reality is when you mix your real, physical, you with the VR games you are seeing in your headset. Beat saber in Mixed reality is a very popular example. It should be noted that not all game allow you to do Mixed reality. It has to be enabled by the developer.
Things you Will Need to do Mixed Reality with Oculus Quest 2:
A PC that syncs up to your Oculus Quest 2. The games you are playing will need to be on Steam VR not Native Oculus Quest 2 apps.
A Webcam. Any webcam will do here. Logitech webcam you already have is all you need. If you are looking for a specific recommendation you can try the Logitech BRIO Ultra HD Webcam This webcam allows for wide angle 4k streaming and many advanced feature but as mentioned any Webcam will do.
A Green Screen and possibly a Green floor. You can cut yourself off at the waist if you don’t want to deal with the floor.
Lights for the play area.
Liv Software – You can download for free from Stream. There is a detailed installation guide for that here
OVR Advanced Settings – This is your playspace mover. It allows you to rotate the room to make sure your Gaming set up matches the direction you want it to in the game. You can see our detailed guide for getting that setup here.
The Liv software requires quite a few steps for getting everything set up right. I strongly recommend checking out this detailed walkthrough of each step by Naysy on Youtube.
Once all of these things are installed and setup, You will be able to do mixed reality with your Oculus Quest 2 recording yourself doing Beat Saber and other VR games.
I hope this guide was helpful in the steps required for how to cast Oculus Quest 2 VR to Computer, how to cast Oculus Quest 2 VR to TV, and how to do Mixed Reality for Oculus Quest 2. Check out other Frequently asked Questions about the Oculus Quest 2.
