Quest headsets can use a UVC-based seize card and hubs to herald a low latency HDMI sign from a bunch of units together with iPads and Steam Decks.
We examined the Meta Quest HDMI Hyperlink app from App Lab with the Shadowcast 2 seize card. The Anker 6-in-1 USB hub with ethernet and energy supply labored in testing in addition to the Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter. The mixture of USB-C hubs, battery packs and cords can maintain the host units charging and linked over lengthy intervals, however your mileage might differ based mostly on what sort of gadget you need to route into your VR headset.
Within the video above, Apple’s USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter is linked to the Shadowcast 2. I linked a pair of generic Bluetooth gamepads to Steam Deck and iPad. The Steam Deck is saved in a hardshell case with USB-C port entry and the iPad is in a zippered case.
The Anker 6-in-1 hub is linked on to the Quest 3’s USB-C port whereas the Shadowcast runs HDMI from the Apple hub into the Anker hub by way of its data-focused USB-C enter. The opposite USB-C enter on the Anker hub accepts excessive output energy for the Quest 3 to cost as wanted.
As proven within the video above, scorching swapping between completely different sources works properly and each the Steam Deck and iPad can stay charging and guarded of their respective circumstances by way of hubs or adapters with assist for top energy enter.
Merely obtain the Meta Quest HDMI Hyperlink app on Quest 3 and open it, grant its permissions and join the seize card out of your host HDMI enter. Meta notes seize playing cards is not going to show content material protected by HDCP digital rights administration safety.