D-Link VR Air Bridge - Dedicated Wireless Connection Between Meta Quest 2 [Oculus] and Gaming PC for 360° Movement Powered by Link Software (DWA-F18) Black

I just bought a Quest 2 for the first time when they went on sale this year, but when I tried to use Air Link between my PC and my router, it was really choppy and unusable. My PC is hardwired to the router and the Quest 2 is only about 15 feet away from the router, but the router is an older Asus from 2014 and there is one wall between the PC and the Quest 2. I was hoping it would still work, but no luck.The reviews on this bridge are a little mixed, but I figured it was worth a shot to see if I could play PC VR games without a cable. The setup was pretty easy and basically consisted of opening the Oculus app on the PC, plugging in the bridge, doing a restart and setting a password for the wifi that the Bridge puts out. I plugged the included cable into a USB 3.2 port on the back of my PC and set the D-Link Bridge on the desk facing the play area. I am playing in the living room, just about 20 feet from the bridge.Then you just connect the Quest 2 to the wifi from the bridge and launch the Air Link from the Quest menu. At first I was concerned that the the bridge wifi had no internet connection, meaning the Quest didn't have a connection to the internet when I was connected to the bridge wifi. Then I realized that the Quest doesn't need an internet connection while you are using the Air Link, because the games are running on the PC anyway. The Quest is just acting as a VR headset for the PC, so as long as the PC has internet, you are good to go. When you are done with the PC you just reconnect the Quest to your normal wifi to get internet back. It just takes a couple clicks on the Quest menu to swap back.So how does it perform? It is actually really good! I honestly can't tell the difference between using the Quest standalone versus using it to play PC games through the bridge. I bought Contractors VR because it is a cross-buy game, so I can test the same game on the Quest versus playing through the PC. Other than the graphics on PC being WAY better, I can't tell a difference between how the game feels and controls. It runs really smooth through the bridge, and I forgot I was even running the game on my PC.I have played a few different games (Contractors, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Tabletop Simulator) for several hours now and I haven't had any crashes or issues. I have really only seen it stutter a couple times in the time I have played so far, and it was very briefly. I do have a higher end PC (i7-12700k, RTX 4080), which I am sure helps eliminate any bottleneck on the PC side.

I have played with this unit for a month with a Quest 3 and I can definitely say it is not great. It feels like a half baked product. The setup took a lot of convincing to get it to work. It's buggy, laggy and on occasion, crashes my very recently built, high end gaming computer. It also has issues connecting much of the time and it is prone to dropping the connection, which in turn, causes my computer to crash. The internet gets cut to the VR headset when you use it (part of how it works). Connecting and disconnecting from the PC is a hassle if you want to go back and forth between the PC and headset environments. The range is not great and was reduced by simply having the unit behind a monitor. The range is about that of a small to medium bedroom as long as it is line of sight.I just upgraded my network to WiFi 6E and that is where it's at. Everything just works seemlessly. If this product worked liked that, I could highly recommend it. But it doesn't. If you have a 2.5Gbps or greater NIC on your PC, a new high end or custom router is definitely a better investment, especially given that this unit is quarter the price of a decent router. The range is longer, it's not laggy and the connection is stable. It doesn't crash my computer and switching between the PC and headset environments is seemless.This unit may be good in a pinch. Like if you are using a laptop and your friend has a garbage network. It definitely beats being wired. For a home set up, there are better solutions.

I set up the D-Link VR Air Bridge on my gaming desktop (wired ethernet) as well as a laptop on wifi so I could have more space in the living room. I have the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 and have previously used a 5m (~15ft) USB-C to USB-C cable to play Steam games like Half-Life Alyx and Boneworks.The included quick set up was simple enough to get me started playing within 15 minutes. The only slow down I had was on my laptop because the Oculus Windows app and Steam software were out of date. so I had to spend time updating them; however, that is Step 1 in the D-Link guide :)After connecting the VR Air Bridge, I followed the two or three steps in the Oculus app and Quest 2 headset and then started Steam games like I would when wired via USB-C. The Air Bridge was within 3m (~9ft) away on my computer desk or on the table next to my laptop when I played in the living room.I did not experience any VR room or game lagging or tearing and gameplay felt just as smooth as with a wired tether. I definitely recommend this for those that want to go untethered or have weak wi-fi signal in their play area.

I currently live in an apartment and used the USB to my pc for playing games on VR which works great but I had a 15' cord attached to my head. Tried using my wifi 6 router that everything else is on in a different room back when I got the quest 2 and it worked like crap super laggy. I bought this because I figured it connects straight to the PC and is like 3 feet away so I probably wouldn't get so much interface. Well after a bit of messing around because this stuff never works great at first setting up I got it all setup and running. It works and it works great when it works, I do notice alot more lag spikes them with the wire which is annoying but not having a wire is the trade off. So for me I rather have a wireless experience with some occasional lag shutters then have a wire that I can trip on pulling on my head. I think when I get out of my apartment and upgrade my pc since it has a Nvidia 1070 I think alot of the shuttering will be gone. So in short it works fairly decent with some lag but wireless hope that helps.