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Oculus Quest 2 is one of the best headsets for first-time VR users, and it brings many new users to VR for the first time. Here are seven tips you should know from the start to improve your experience.

1. Enable Passthrough Background & Shortcut passthrough

“Passthrough” is when you use the Quest 2 cameras to look outside of the helmet. You will have seen this when first setting up the device. And while it may seem new at first to have your "virtual home" like a sci-fi apartment or a fantasy landscape, I can tell you now that using the passthrough view as a background makes the headset much easier to use.

It's because you can put on the helmet

first of all

and then easily see where your controllers are to pick them up, instead of searching blindly. It's also a lot nicer than putting on your headset while the controllers dangle from your wrists by their straps. the edge of your play space, allowing you to return to the center in case you've strayed to the edge (don't be the next person to post a photo of the TV you broke while playing a VR boxing game).

And if you want to be able to quickly peek outside your helmet, you don't have to worry about taking it off. With Passthrough Short enabled, you can double-tap your headset to instantly toggle passthrough view on and off to see who's calling your name or where to put your controllers before removing the headset. Here's how:

Enable Background Passthrough

In your headset, bring up the Quest menu by pressing the Oculus button on your right controller. Look for the Settings section (gear icon).

On the left of the Settings section, select “Virtual Environment”

Now select “Passthrough” as virtual environment option

< p>Enable Shortcut Passthrough

In your headset, bring up the Quest menu by pressing the Oculus button on your right controller. Look for the Settings section (gear icon).

On the left of the Settings section, select “Experimental Features”

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Now scroll down until you find “Passthrough Shortcut” and toggle the p>

When you return to your virtual home space, you will see that you are now in your room with the quest menus floating in front of you. Every time you

you can not

see the outside world, double tap the side of your headset with your hand or controller to instantly see into the real world. Double tap again to return to VR.

2. Use Voice Commands to Navigate Quest 2 & Launch Apps

Voice commands on Quest 2 are often the quickest and easiest way to navigate your headset menus and launch games. Rather than digging through the list of apps, you can ask your headset to “launch

Beat Saber.

". . And rather than searching for a new game by typing the name into the search bar, you can say "search for

The Walking Dead

". Here's how:

In your headset, bring up the Quest menu by pressing the Oculus button on your right controller. Look for the Settings section (gear icon).

In the Quick Actions section, click on the circular voice commands icon to the right of the microphone (see the photo below for the icon in question).

< p>This will start the voice command setup and teach you what you can say. Once setup is complete, simply double-tap the Oculus button on your right controller to trigger your headset to listen, then request it!

3. Record, stream or broadcast your VR gameplay on Quest 2

With something as cool as VR, it's natural to want to share the experience. Fortunately, Quest 2 incorporates many sharing options. You can record videos of your gameplay, take screenshots, stream video to your phone or TV, or even stream online to viewers. Here's how:

In your headset, bring up the Quest menu by pressing the Oculus button on your right controller. Find the Share section (three dots connected by a lines icon).

At the top of the Share menu, you can now choose between Record Video, Take Photo, Go Live, and Stream.

You can even use voice commands (which we shared in Tip #3) to say “record video”, “take screenshot”, “cast” or “cast” to quickly perform one of these actions in the middle of the game.

Broadcast allows you to broadcast the video of your experience to local devices. You can stream to your smartphone via the Oculus smartphone app. You can also cast to any compatible device on your network, like a TV with Chromecast.

Go Live lets you stream your Quest 2 experience over the internet, but unfortunately you can only stream to Facebook. p>

Recorded videos and captured photos are stored on the headset, you can access them by clicking the “View All” button in the Share menu. You can also plug Quest 2 into a computer to upload videos and screenshots to edit and share.

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