Meta Quest: Tips for Setting Up

Hello! We’re excited to help you get your Meta Quest headset setup! The instructions below should take 20 minutes to complete (including update time). If you have any questions, please email support@helloworldcs.org. 

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Before opening your box:

• Download the Meta Quest app and set up your Meta account
  • You can connect your Meta account to your school email or any other email you've created—no Facebook account is required.
  • Your username can be anything you like: TeacherVR, SchoolMascot, ClassName, etc.
  • When it prompts you to add a new device, select “not now”
• Make sure you have a login for the wifi you’d like to connect the headset to
• You’ll need to have your phone and headset connected to the same wifi

Open your box:

• If you have more than one headset, take the time now to label the headset and controllers (A, B, 1, 2, Ms. Ramon, Block A, anything that makes sense for you)
• Locate the charger
• Remove the lens covers and paper from the headset
• Turn on your headset
• Sit in a chair near a power outlet
• Plug in your headset to charge
• If your headset has enough power, follow the instructions to set up your headset. 
  • You’ll wear the headset while connected to the charger

Following the instructions in the headset:

• Pair your controllers
• On this screen (of the headset), write down the 5 digit number. This is the ID number of the headset. You can use this to connect a new phone to the device later. 
• Use the right controller to follow the prompts on the headset
• When connecting to wifi:
  • If asked for CA Certificate, choose “Do not validate”
  • Identity = username
  • Anonymous identity = ignore this
  • Password = enter your password
  • A hotspot is recommended for schools that have difficulty adding new devices to the network wifi.
• You do not need to do anything while the safety video plays.
• Use the right controller to select “Acknowledge” once the safety video is over.
• Your headset will now need to update. Keep it connected to the charger. It will play a sound when it’s completed.

Once the update is complete:

Pair your headset with the Meta Quest app

• Open your app on your phone
• Pair with a new device - select Meta Quest 2
• You do not need to have your Instagram account shared
• You can skip the avatar creation
• You can skip adding a credit card
• Create a pin you’ll remember and write it down somewhere
• Type in the code you see in the headset - it should be the same one you saw during the controller setup
  • If you skipped past the code, you can find it again by following: App library > settings > system > about. You will find the code near the middle of the screen under Pairing Code.
• Your phone and headset will connect
  • Select ‘allow’ on your phone if it asks “meta quest would like to find and connect to devices on your local network”
  • You do not need to allow notifications
• The headset will ask you to create a boundary
  • You do not need to share additional info if you don’t want to
• Your headset is now set up! 
  • To confirm your headset is ready to begin viewing projects, check out this video to ensure you have the home screen. 

Follow the instructions on Using a VR headset with Hello World CS projects to view student projects (or read the next page)!

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To view student projects:

• Turn on your headset
• Set your boundary
• Open app library
• Choose browser or CoSpaces app
  • Go to edu.cospaces.io/universe
• Type in project share code (view image below)
  • Don’t have a project share code? Instructions on how to find share code here.
• Type in 6 digit project share code
• Click on “immersive web experience"
  • To quit the game or restart: click Meta button on right controller, select quit
    

To cast a project to a Smart TV:

• Open browser on TV, go to oculus.com/casting
• In the headset, go to settings > share > cast
• Select the device you want to cast to
• Have fun!

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Other resources:

• Meta website