{"id":1712,"date":"2022-10-13T17:43:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrlowdown.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2022-10-13T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:57:40","slug":"oculus-air-link-laggy-stuttering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrlowdown.com\/oculus-air-link-laggy-stuttering\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Easy Fixes For Oculus Air Link Lag And Stuttering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Air Link allows you to wirelessly connect the Quest 2 and other standalone Meta VR headsets to a VR-ready PC, allowing you to enjoy PC VR content wirelessly, without being tethered to your computer by a cable. This is a game-changer for virtual reality, but it’s important to have your hardware and software set up perfectly to enjoy a flawless experience, and there are multiple things that can make Oculus Air Link laggy or cause stuttering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To prevent laggy Air Link performance, use a Wi-Fi 6 router placed in direct line of sight to your headset, connect to 5GHZ Wi-Fi, ensure your computer has a wired connection to your router, and reduce the Air Link<\/strong><\/strong> bitrate if needed. Ensure your Oculus software and graphics drivers are up-to-date.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This article is going to help you get rid of any lag or stuttering you are experiencing with Air Link, to ensure that you have an enjoyable VR experience. Let’s get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lag or stuttering is a common issue when using Air Link, but is normally caused by a problem with your hardware or software setup that can easily be resolved. I am confident that if you follow the advice in this article, you can be enjoying smooth, low-latency wireless PC VR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s start with a quick checklist of the most common ways to fix lag and stuttering with Oculus Air Link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The speed and latency of your Wi-Fi connection are crucial to the performance of Air Link. Ideally, you should have a Wi-Fi 6 router<\/strong>, although a Wi-Fi 5 router will also work, and both will provide a much faster data transfer speed and lower latency than older routers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Whilst Air Link uses significant data compression to minimize the data that needs to be transferred, it is still dependent on transferring a lot of data, and older routers will not be able to keep up, resulting in increased latency, more visual artifacts, reducing the visual quality of your VR experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wired network connections are almost always faster than wireless connections. Whilst we are trying to eliminate the wire between your Quest 2 or Quest and your VR-ready PC, a wired connection is essential for the rest of your network. This means that your computer should have a wired connection to your router.<\/strong> This does not have to be a direct cable from one to the other. As long as they are both wired into the same physical network, this will work well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I strongly recommend that you put your router in the same room as you are using your VR headset, ideally in direct line-of-sight to your headset.<\/strong> As the distance between your VR headset and your router increases, particularly if there are walls and other obstacles in the way, latency increases, and data transfer speeds decrease. This can result in lag and reduced image quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I currently get an average latency of 50ms using Air Link with an ideal hardware setup. This is higher than connecting my Quest 2 with the Link cable to my computer, but I still can’t detect any latency at all when playing VR games. However, even moving into an adjacent room will increase the latency up to 60-70ms, and as this increases, Oculus Air Link gets increasingly laggy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most people don’t have their router in the same room as they use their VR headset, but there are several solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Firstly, you can purchase a second router or Wireless Access Point and put it in the same room you use your VR headset in. As long as it has a wired connection to your main router, this will work well. I purchased the Zyxel True Wi-Fi6 AX1800<\/a><\/strong> for exactly this purpose, and I have positioned it about 1.5m off the ground in the same room where I use my Quest 2 in. It’s blisteringly fast and enables me to have a perfect Air Link experience. You can configure this to be on the same Wi-Fi network as the rest of your home network, or you can just run it as a separate Wi-Fi network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n14 Ways To Stop Oculus Air Link From Being Laggy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Use A Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 5 (AC or AX) Router<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Connect Your Computer To Your Router By Ethernet Cable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Put Your Router In Direct Line Of Sight<\/h3>\n\n\n\n