I am on a quest to find the perfect software for working from my Oculus Quest on my Linux laptop. So far, Immersed is the best option for me. However, I’m looking for more features and better functionality. For instance, audio is broken. I’ve tried different methods to troubleshoot, but it’s challenging without access to the source code.
One of my main wishes is to have a simple 2D app, allowing for easier multitasking—like running YouTube on the side. Unfortunately, I don’t think Immersed will ever focus on this, as the immersive experience is part of its brand and purpose.
The controls in Immersed are also a bit finicky. I feel that what Meta has done with the controls in the Quest’s main lobby is far superior.
Yesterday, I discovered xpra. Setting it up on Linux was frustratingly complex, and my system crashed multiple times. Overall, I wasn’t impressed; the latency in Immersed is significantly better. Like Immersed, xpra also has no audio support on my system. It seems to require PulseAudio, which I switched away from a long time ago in favor of PipeWire. It’s possible that xpra does support PipeWire, but the Debian build appears to be compiled specifically with PulseAudio dependencies.
I even tried building xpra from source, but it required Cython version 3. In the end, I don’t think it’s worth pushing forward with xpra, as the high latency is a definite deal-breaker.