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Official Oculus Link Cable $92.10 (Was $129.10) + Delivery ($0 with Prime/ $39 Spend) @ Amazon AU

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Official Oculus Link Cable $92.10 (Was $129.10) + Delivery ($0 with Prime/ $39 Spend) @ Amazon AUAffiliate
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The official Oculus Link headset cable.
USB-c on both ends
It's more expensive than third party cables (take in mind that nowadays you can use any USB 2.0 or 3.0 cable for Oculus Link), but it's a fibre optic rather than a copper cable, making it lighter, thinner and more flexible (and also allows it to be 5m long) compared to other cables.

Oculus Link allows you to connect an Oculus Quest to a gaming PC and use it as a PC VR headset, where games are run on the PC and streamed to the headset.

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  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 30/12/2020 - 13:29

    Wish it could be something more reasonable like 10m.

    • Merlict on 30/12/2020 - 13:35

      Wish I had a room big enough to need a 10m cable!

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 30/12/2020 - 13:54

        5m Just gets me to front of desk, but I’m only have SAFELY a 1.5 x 1.5 play space. Smashed my og rift controllers many a time against the ceiling/walls

        • akaakmdm on 30/12/2020 - 14:04

          If you need the length,

          I had a good experience with my Oculus Quest by daisy chaining this 5m active extension cable and a generic 3m AmazonBasics USB 3.1 cable, for a total of 8m at USB 3.1 speeds.

          I also had success adding a USB 2.0 active extender to that mix (monoprice brand) for a total of 11m, however, this was only USB 2.0 speeds.

          • Jimothy Wongingtons on 30/12/2020 - 14:09

            @akaakmdm: Yes did consider - the other thing is I’ve already been spoiled by wireless. Bought a RT-AX86U to improve performance with VD. Completely revolutionised my experience with blade and sorcery, and h3vr

  • caprimulgus on 30/12/2020 - 13:37

    wow, didnt even know fibre optic cables like this existed. Dont have VR, but kinda tempted to get one just as a phone charging cable (to use phone while plugged in)…

    Pretty outrageous for use as just a charging cable though! lol. If it was half the price, I would get one! :)

    • bargainpersona on 30/12/2020 - 16:20

      wut

      • krisspy on 30/12/2020 - 17:39

        Sending electricity using total internal reflection

        • bargainpersona on 30/12/2020 - 17:44

          Yeah, I had a look into it and apparently they still have copper power lines in there, although you wouldn't know it from the product description.

        • krisspy on 31/12/2020 - 23:03

          I thought my comment was sarcastic enough to let people know you cant use glass to reflect electricity lol

          • bargainpersona on 02/01/2021 - 18:20

            @krisspy: It was. Similarly, I don't know why my second post got a response telling me what I already knew.

  • pancaeks on 30/12/2020 - 13:37
    +3

    I prefer to use virtual desktop to play games wirelessly. I only notice the lag if I'm playing a game like Beat Saber and on expert + otherwise it's great! Maybe an option you can take if you don't like cables.

    • Buy2Much on 30/12/2020 - 14:12

      Fibre cable provides the most reliable and fastest connection. However +1 with wireless for versatility and cost (~$30 for the app). Cables can get in the way for some games that need you to turn side to side. I'd suggest using 5GHz wifi for faster speed, unless you live in a congested unit block and/or have a couple of walls between you and the router.

  • Merlict on 30/12/2020 - 13:37

    Expensive but finding long cables that worked (different headset) was a real pain

  • leeyeats95 on 30/12/2020 - 14:21

    Would I need to have a Usb C port on my motherboard for this to work?

    • kapone on 30/12/2020 - 14:39
      -1

      Nope, normal USB A at the other end.

      • leeyeats95 on 30/12/2020 - 15:30
        +2

        emmm.. the pictures show two usb c ends?

    • akaakmdm on 30/12/2020 - 14:41

      You could use a USB c to USB A adaptor (need to buy it separately) but if you don't have a USB C port, then you're better off buying a generic USB cable and skipping this one.

    • Elijha on 30/12/2020 - 15:13

      Last couple gens of GPU have had usbc on them. This worked fine for me though oddly I have to plug it in to the PC end each time. It doesn’t seem to like it left in or doesn’t pick it up after reboot or something.

      • leeyeats95 on 30/12/2020 - 15:31

        I just realized my 2080ti does have a Usb-c shaped slot. Just to clarify, yours only work when you plug it in the motherboard but not when you plug it directly into the GPU?

        • Elijha on 30/12/2020 - 15:52

          That's the same GPU card I have. I plug it into that USBC.

          I don't have USBC on my board - I have a thunderbolt add-on card that has never worked though :/

          What I was trying to say was I can't seem to leave the cable plugged in, put the headset away, bring it out and plug it to the other of the cable again end and it "works"… for some reason I have to go under my desk and disconnect and connect it from the USBC on the GPU. Dn't ask l me why, its annoying but haven't used the headset cabled enough to investigate.

          • leeyeats95 on 30/12/2020 - 16:07

            @Elijha: understood. I probably won't leave a 5m cable in the gpu slot anyway. But if I were to guess why leaving it in does work, I would say it's because the gpu need to receive a signal that a new device has been plugged in to activate virtual link?

            • Elijha on 30/12/2020 - 16:12

              @leeyeats95: yeah but can't that happen from the other end .. I guess its a flaw in how optical cable work maybe.

  • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 30/12/2020 - 14:33
    -1

    This is some Monster Cable level of marketing.

    Very happy with my $30 Emisen cables I got from Amazon.

    • Merlict on 30/12/2020 - 14:39

      It's not though. Optical cable + transponders are always going to be more expensive to make, even if not needed for many cases

      Monster cables are outright BS

      • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 30/12/2020 - 14:46

        Fair enough but the end result, VR feed, is the same.

      • [Deactivated] on 30/12/2020 - 14:54

        I have a suspicion the connection will be tighter and drag less owing to the fact it’s designed for exactly this device and it’s lighter being optical.
        Sometimes the connection on the Eisman drops out if I move and I worry about the wearing on the USB-C port.

    • Sutra on 30/12/2020 - 19:16

      Do you have a link for the cable you bought?

  • kapone on 30/12/2020 - 14:38

    My 5m long USB 3 cables work perfectly fine. No reason to buy this.

  • Jamie777 on 30/12/2020 - 15:26
    +2

    buy virtual desktop and enjoy wireless oculus link. even TPG bundle wifi modem can do this well.

  • bmerigan on 30/12/2020 - 23:35

    I have given up trying to get a USB3 connection.
    My motherboard has USB3 ports, I bought a good quality cable, yet the Oculus software says I have USB2.
    I first tried the charging cable it comes with, then bought a Fasgear USB3 cable.
    Alyx still runs ok, but I assume it could be better.

    FYI the Fasgear cable is not very flexible by comparison, and I notice how much better it is to have a 90 degree connector at the headset end.

    • Buy2Much on 31/12/2020 - 12:02

      Same here. Don’t know if Oculus expects a certain speed to determine as USB3. So using Virtual Desktop instead.

  • SrMoure on 31/12/2020 - 01:59

    Bought one and it was a waste of money. I always use Virtual Dekstop

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