If you opt in, your headset will receive a pre-release build of each Quest system software version. This is now called
and it renders the keyboard as a virtual object aligned to its real position. If you opt in, your headset receives a pre-release build of each Quest system software, now technically called
, version.
Note that there are often features in the eventual stable version not present in the PTC, and occasionally (but very rarely) features or changes in the PTC don’t make it to the stable version.Horizon OSCurrently, Quest’s Horizon OS can track
of connected Bluetooth keyboards while in immersive VR mode, and it will render the keyboard as a virtual object aligned to its real position.
But attempting to model every possible Bluetooth keyboard would be a losing battle, so in the Public Test Channel build of v71 of Horizon OS, Meta seems to be taking a different approach.a limited numberThe
old
behavior, supporting of keyboards, and only while connected to the headset.In PTC v71, as first spotted by a limited number, the system will instead track any keyboard within its view, even those not connected. When your hands are near the keyboard it will show it as a passthrough cutout, and when they aren’t it will simply show the bounds of the keyboard as a white rectangle.
Confusingly called Keyboard Tracking, this new approach has the benefit of supporting any keyboard, including the keyboard of your laptop or PC.Fouz RedaApple added a somewhat similar feature called Keyboard Breakthrough to
, though it only works with a connected Apple Magic Keyboard, and doesn’t have the white outline.
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behavior, which should work for any keyboard, even those not connected to the headset.Keyboard Tracking is on by default, and seems to replace the previous tracked keyboards feature if enabled. If you prefer to use a virtual keyboard, and have a tracked keyboard that is supported, then turn off Keyboard Tracking in the Devices section.