# VR plugin with Oculus Quest 2
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846
**Category:** VR/AR
**Created:** [January 26, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846 "2022-01-26T23:09:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@mhowell](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mhowell)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/1 "2022-01-26T23:09:18Z")
Hi,
I’m using the Oculus Quest 2 with Paraview (V5.10.1) and when I enable the openVR plugin and send the view to the headset I’m presented with a blank, black space within the headset. The VR view from Paraview does show the headset is tracking and shows the models I have loaded.
Is there a step I’m missing or is the quest 2 not supported?
Thanks,
Mark Howell
University of Utah School of Biological Sciences
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/2 "2022-01-27T10:14:20Z")
@martink @Scott_Wittenburg @Tiffany_Chhim
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### Author:  [@martink](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martink)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/3 "2022-01-27T15:04:21Z")
Quest 2 is supported, but it has been a while since I tested that specific headset. Let me load it up today and see.
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### Author:  [@mhowell](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mhowell)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/4 "2022-01-27T18:37:09Z")
I appreciate the quick response, let me know if you need any more info about my hardware setup.
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### Author:  [@martink](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martink)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/5 "2022-01-27T19:11:49Z")
My local build/install of master works fine. My install of PV5.10 RC 1 is missing the manifest files but otherwise works. I feel like the missing manifest files issue popped up recently here. Let me dig around.
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### Author:  [@martink](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martink)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/6 "2022-01-27T19:14:19Z")
Found the issue relevant to RC1. specifically here [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/21004](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/21004)
Is that what you are seeing? If so the fix is merged months ago but maybe you are running a different PV build or download?
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### Author:  [@mhowell](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mhowell)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/7 "2022-01-27T20:19:53Z")
I misspoke earlier, I’m running 5.10.0. It looks like the opposite of that bug, in the headset I only see a black room with my guardian on the floor. When I turn on the VR view on the desktop I see that the headset is properly tracking and my controls are working but nothing gets displayed on the Oculus Quest.
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### Author:  [@martink](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martink)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/8 "2022-01-27T21:26:42Z")
Hmm. You should be hitting the button “Send To OpenVR” to get into VR and make sure you have Steam + SteamVR installed with the occulus support. I start the occulus app, first, turn on link, then start steamVR and make sure your headset is showing up.
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### Author:  [@mhowell](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mhowell)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/9 "2022-01-27T22:02:01Z")
I think it might be a hardware related issue. Both my PI and I both had the same issue with getting a black screen on the quest after sending it to openVR using our laptops (with nvidia 2070 supers) but it works just fine on my lab machine with a 2080. I’ll do some more troubleshooting to see if I can root out a cause.
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### Author:  [@martink](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martink)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/10 "2022-01-27T22:16:08Z")
Might want to run paraview and hit Help → About scroll down to OpenGL and make sure the laptop is using your 2070s and not the generic APU
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### Author:  [@mhowell](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mhowell)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/11 "2022-01-27T22:24:06Z")
That was it! After forcing it to use the GPU it shows up just fine in the headset.
Thanks so much for you help.
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### Author:  [@martink](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/martink)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-plugin-with-oculus-quest-2/8846/12 "2022-01-27T23:38:13Z")
Awesome! Grad to hear it.