Meta quietly dropped assist for native livestreaming from Quest to Fb just a few years in the past, and by no means received round to formally supporting different platforms. Now, early entry software BeamXR Dwell is accessible totally free on the Horizon Retailer, letting you do exactly that—and all while not having a PC to behave as a intermediary.
Okay, so it doesn’t allow you to stream to Fb, though BeamXR customers can stream VR or MR gameplay immediately from their Quest to the 2 hottest livestreaming platforms: Twitch and YouTube.
Notably, the app works throughout the complete Quest sport library, making it a easy plug and play resolution to seize any sport and have your chat floating subsequent to you. Test it out in motion beneath:
Because it’s a local resolution, you don’t want a PC both, which is often performed by leaping via just a few hoops to solid to these platforms through OBS, or any variety of PC-side seize software program utilizing Hyperlink or Air Hyperlink.
Developer BeamXR says that whereas the app is in its early entry section, the group is “actively constructing and implementing new options, encouraging customers and the streaming group to assist form the roadmap of the product with suggestions immediately influencing upcoming options.”
What’s extra, all of its at the moment accessible capabilities are free to make use of. BeamXR says the studio is constructing “Professional stage options”, nonetheless the app will “at all times have a free entry tier for streaming with no utilization limits.”
Within the meantime, you’ll find BeamXR over on the Horizon Retailer for Quest 2 and above.
