There are other complications, you may need to open the Oculus app and set up your Quest as a known device, before trying the SketchUp app. The SketchUp app will now know there is a VR headset attached. Select that, and now you’re looking at the Rift home screen instead of the Quest one. You connect the cable from your Mac to the Quest, and on the Quest you see a message about going into Rift mode.

Then you open the SketchUp Viewer VR app, see a message on your Mac screen (that is running Windows by now) that there is no VR headset found. You would want to be up to date with the Oculus Windows application, it didn’t used to support Quest or S, only Rift. You may have read about how v17 of the Oculus software has enabled USB-2 for cables, but I have tried that, and it may support USB-2, but my regular USB-C cable doesn’t let the headset be recognized. Do a search in Amazon for “Oculus Quest Link Compatible USB-C” To find out whether your VR headset will work with SketchUp, check with your manufacturer to see if their device supports the SteamVR platform.On the Quest side you need a Link compatible USB-C cable. Of course, SketchUp Viewer for VR continues to support the complete line-up of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets as well. If you haven’t heard of Varjo, they make human-eye resolution VR and XR products aimed at creating a new kind of immersive computing experience that combines virtual, augmented, and physical realities. Some of the devices that run on SteamVR include Varjo and StarVR. With your Quest connected to your desktop PC via an Oculus Link cable, you can view all of your SketchUp models in VR.Īnd then there’s SteamVR! Adding support for this platform means compatibility with a whole bunch of additional VR headsets. Talk about working well with others!įor Oculus Quest, all you need is this cable to get set up.

Our SketchUp Viewer for VR app now supports nearly every VR headset on the market with the recent additions of Oculus Quest and SteamVR. Whether you have dabbled in virtual reality yet or not, we have some exciting news to get your creative juices flowing.

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