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Xbox has bring is Cloud Gaming Robert William Service to Meta Quest VR headset devices , as both companies said it would at the launch of the late Quest 3 hardware earlier this year . The Xbox Cloud Gaming app has a genus Beta label , and it ’s limited to Quest 2 , Quest 3 and Quest Pro headsets ( sorry OG Quest owners ) but it basically delivers a huge - screen practical swarm gambling experience so long as you have a compatible controller to work with and a Game Pass Ultimate subscription .

I quickly downloaded the app from the Meta Quest store and give it a exam run to see how it works ; very well , I ’m happy to report , with the caveat that even after copulate both an Xbox Elite 2 controller and an 8bitdo Pro Gamepad I had to hard reboot the headset to get their input signal to show in the Xbox Cloud Gaming app itself . Once I ’d done that , though , everything run as it should , and I was able to jump into a session of swarm - found GTV V gameplay without incident .

Performance was placid on my equipment , but of course of instruction your internet surroundings will factor out into how well this figure out for you . The app does n’t make your games immersive , I should note : It presents them on a large practical 2D showing , which can be fix to one of four sizes ( I care XL ) and presented in either a fully virtual Xbox - themed surround or in your own outer space via Meta Quest 3 or Pro ’s passthrough modes .

In subject you ’ve somehow annul it , Xbox Cloud Gaming provide a pretty awe-inspiring roster of games to ascertain out via Xbox Game Pass , and now you may flirt them anywhere on a very prissy , very large virtual screen if you own a compatible Quest headset and a controller . It ’s a pretty courteous rise for an already excellent inspection and repair from Microsoft , and a prissy additional reason to own a Quest 3 , too .