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First impressions for the new Steam Link app on Quest 3...

It only works with wireless connection. When I turn off Wi-Fi on my Q3, then connect my link cable... and then run Steam Link app on Q3.... it doesn't recognize Link as a connection. It only searches for wireless connections, and with your Wifi on, then it will just use that automatically, even if your link cable is connected

Simply put.... if given a choice between Steam Link and VD for wireless.... run far away from Steam Link. Don't be a cheap ass, and just buy VD. For "wireless" PCVR or 3d gaming... or 2D gaming... VD simply is better... much better.

Steam Link is a bit of a mess. It confuses gamepad controls with Touch controls.

It launches games differently (because its' using "Steam Link / streaming protocols"), so not everything 2D will just work normally. I found many games would just run very poorly.... no matter the settings in th game or what I was using in Windows.

With VD.... it just "streams" and doesn't have anything extra involved, so its much cleaner / easier and everything (2D) will just work.

That said... for some PC VR, if using wireless it can be much better than Air Link, since you are not using the Oculus app at all now. So I was able to get better looking colour, etc.

However.... when I run a manual resolution setting in SteamVR (like up to 500%)... I find it uses some bad foveated rendering, whereas with VD I see none of that. (edited)

I do like that you can change the VR setting within the Steam Link app itself, and you can do "per app" settings with SteamVR.

One benefit though.... it looks and runs MUCH better than Air Link does with FP in VR (oculus app is not ran at all).... but not as good as VD.

For FP... I found you have to set BAM menu Latency to -1 for Steam Link compared to 1 for VD (for "me")... and their position settings will be different for each as well.