Oculus is going to be further blurring the lines between its standalone virtual reality headset and what it’s built on PC with a new software update in November, Mark Zuckerberg announced onstage at the company’s Oculus Connect 6 conference.
Oculus Link will allow users to tether their Quest to PCs via USB-C and play PC content that is more graphically rich and power-intensive than what’s currently possible on the headset powered by a mobile chipset.
We don’t know any limitations of the system yet; it sounds like you’ll be able to use recent USB-C cords, but you’ll need a special cable to enable power-passthrough. Both the Quest and Rift S share plenty of system specs, so this may be a clear sign that Facebook is pushing Oculus to go all-in on the Quest and perhaps leave PC VR behind.