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r/OculusQuest•
flying_path

Airlink puzzingly slow

Airlink is not working on my new Win11 computer. Help would be welcome.

It’s a modern machine with a 3080ti. Wired Link is working just fine.

When I try Airlink, it stays at the black screen for about 10s then shows the 3D “O” symbol then after another 10s or so it shows the white grid… but if I move my head it’s showing black all around it, as it does for games that have crashed.

In short, this is not normal. My computer uses wifi which I understand adds a bit of latency but surely not multiple seconds. The network itself seems fine, I can connect to it and watch videos and everything.

I tried updating the GPU drivers, made no difference. Virtual Desktop is crazy slow in exactly the same way. What should I try?

Posted Oct 1, 2022, 9:46 PM UTC

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Razor_Fox•

My pc used to run FLAWLESSLY over wireless. Since the last quest update I can't even run the menu, it's that awful. Nothing has changed in my network.

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ggodinVirtual Desktop Developer•

Wire your computer to your router as the multiple warnings told you

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flying_pathOP•

That will not cut the latency from 10,000ms to 40ms. There is something else going on.

I know this because I also tried with a router wired to my computer. It made no noticeable difference, Airlink and VD are too slow to even make it to the game’s loading screen. I’m talking about literally ten seconds between the black screen and the loading screen.

Besides, my old computer on the same router worked fine with both AirLink and Virtual Desktop. Yes it was faster when I added a wired router but even without it was playable.

Whereas here it’s a slideshow. Literally unplayable.

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ggodinVirtual Desktop Developer•

The performance overlay in the virtual desktop streaming tab will you where your issue is. Share a screenshot here if you need more help.

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flying_pathOP•

The screenshot is literally a black screen. The performance overlay doesn’t even show.

Trying it again I got some strange results. It works once then never again (presumably wants a reboot). Here’s what I saw:

  • boot computer, start Steam and VD streamer.
  • start VD in headset. Connect. Press “start SteamVR” in VD.
  • SteamVR actually starts fine. The perf overlay shows up, indicating 77ms overall latency, mostly coming from the network as expected (37ms).
  • press the left menu button once. Some sort of SteamVR menu shows. I press the “Operation Warcade” game and it starts fine.
  • quit the game
  • try to start another game, this time from the VD menu.
  • I get a black screen instead of VR.
  • after waiting for a bit, quit out of VR.
  • VD shows my desktop… but it’s not the correct picture. It shows the SteamVR icon in the task bar but on my screen SteamVR is closed.
  • there is a greyer out “exit VR” button. I can’t start VR anymore. Pressing a game in the VD games tab gets me to a black screen.
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ggodinVirtual Desktop Developer•

I need to see all the information from the overlay. Take a picture with it visible.

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