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Change the Quest FCC certification and up the display to 90Hz, at least when connected to PC VR

I just saw John Carmack mention this in his OC6 talk. I mean, come on, if there's a chance you can up this thing to 90Hz, even if it's only for desktop mode, then you really should make this happen. Yeah, it's a hassle and cost on your side, but not one customer is going to complain about you making their VR experience the best it can be, especially when from their end there's no hassle involved in getting that.

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  • Jeffrey commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This would be great for mitigating some of the discomfort caused by the small latency using Oculus Link (even with the official cable). I'd be happy even if it were a toggle in the dev tools.

  • Sam commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The process seems expensive/prohibitive enough that it won't happen for the Quest. Carmack did mention that for future, they'd considering getting it certified at a higher rate than needed to provide extra headroom.

    That in addition to a lot of other things he's discussed at OC6, coupled with the supposed capabilities and specs of the Snapdragon XR2 (supporting 7 cameras!), make the prospect of a future Quest 2 very interesting and exciting, especially if they can get WiGig or something shoved in. (Or at least Displayport!)

  • Tyler commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This. I really want to use just quest for PCVR and 90hz is the best way to make this happen.

  • Dan Groppa commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Is 120hz ATW and Display possible with the PC rendering at 60hz? Since the Quest wouldn't have to render and have attached power, perhaps it has the compute available to implement a decent version of PTW on top of that too.

  • Unt Rusted commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    MDevellis, I believe the FCC certification sets the clock frequencies which the Quest operates at, which determines the electromagnetic interference. Oculus was short sighted and did not certify the display refresh rate up to 90Hz. My understanding is that you are not allowed to change the electromagnetic interference profile without getting it re-certified by the FCC, which costs a lot. The best John Carmack source is the OC6 discussion about upgrading Quest from 72Hz to 90Hz for Oculus Link remote rendering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMIDaomx0GA&t=1h4m02s

  • MDevellis commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Wait, I don't understand. Can someone explain why this would break the FCC certification? Like what does the certification certify specifically?

  • cercata commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This would be so awesome !!!!
    I mean, link is already awesome, but with this it would be double awesome :)

  • Tmac27 commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This would be Awesome. I can see why for standalone mode it could stay at 72 but if there were a way to push it to 90 For Oculus link. That would be amazing.

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