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Your complete how-to guide for enjoying the Cline Library's MakerLab and multimedia Studios.

About the Kit

The Oculus Quest Kit is an advanced virtual reality kit that offers a wide array of fully immersive and interactive environments, games, and learning experiences for adults and young adults. The Oculus Quest Kit includes six (6) Oculus Quest VR headsets with hand controllers and is ideal for interactive learning activities, exploration of virtual environments, social experiences, and creative expression. 

  • Number of kits available: 1
  • Max users per kit: 6 at once
  • Checkout period: 1 week
  • Suitable for grades: 8+

To learn more about the Oculus Quest, view the following demo presentation:

Kit Components

  • Oculus Quest headset and controllers6 Oculus Quest cases
  • 6 Oculus Quest VR headsets
  • Right/left hand controllers (12)
  • Rechargeable batteries (16) 
  • Battery charging docks (2) 
  • Oculus glasses adapters (6) 
  • Rolling case
  • Charging dock
  • Screen wipes

How to Guide

This How to Guide will show you how to:

Or you can view the Oculus Quest User Manual.

Setting up the Oculus Quest play area

To use a Roomscale play area, you'll need a safe and unobstructed space of at least 6.5 feet by 6.5 feet (2 meters by 2 meters). If you have a smaller space than that, you can still use Quest in Stationary Mode.

Adjusting the Oculus Quest headset

  1. Loosen the side straps and then the top strap.
  2. Starting from the back, put on your headset.
    • Make sure to pull the back strap down until it cradles the base of your head.
    • If you’re wearing glasses, put on the headset from the front first.
  3. Tighten the side tabs and then top strap.
    • Make sure that the straps aren't too tight. The headset should fit comfortably and not apply too much pressure on your face and head.

Adjusting your view

  1. With your hands holding both sides of your headset, slowly move your Oculus Quest up and down until the picture is clear and the headset feels comfortable.
  2. If you wear glasses, insert the glasses spacer into your Oculus Quest headset prior to using it.
  3. If the image in your headset isn't clear, you can use your left thumb to move the image slider on the left of the bottom of your headset to the left and right until the image is clear.

Connecting the Oculus Quest to Wi-Fi

  1. Press Oculus icon on your right Touch controller to pull up your universal menu.
  2. Select Oculus settings icon (gear).
  3. Select Wi-Fi.
  4. Select the Wi-Fi network you'd like to connect to.
  5. If prompted, enter the password for the Wi-Fi network you'd like to connect to.
  6. Select Connect to connect to the Wi-Fi network.

Using the Oculus Quest glasses spacer

Before you wear your Oculus Quest 2 or Quest with glasses, check to make sure the width and height of your frames are the following sizes:

  • Width: 142mm or less
  • Height: 50mm or less

Once you've made sure your glasses are the right size, insert the eyeglass spacer into your headset to provide a larger fit. To insert the eyeglass spacer:

  1. Gently remove the facial interface foam from your headset.
  2. Take the available glasses spacer and attach it to your headset by pressing it into place where your facial interface foam just was.
  3. Re-insert the facial interface foam back into place on top of the glasses spacer.
  4. When you put on your headset with glasses, put it on from front to back.
  5. When you remove your headset, pull it forward and then take it off.

Powering down the Oculus Quest

When you aren't wearing your headset:

  1. Press and hold your power button for 10 seconds.

When you're wearing your headset:

  1. Press and hold the power button until you see a shut down menu in VR.
  2. On the shut down menu, select Power off.

Tutorial Videos

The following tutorial videos will show you how to:

  • Get started using the Oculus Quest (1)
  • Set-up the Oculus Quest play area (2)
  • Use the Oculus Quest glasses spacer (3)
  • Navigate the Oculus Quest home menu (4)

Click on any of the video icons below to begin the selected tutorial.

    
   

Experiences

View the full list of Oculus experiences at Quest Experiences. If the experience you want isn't already installed on the kit devices please contact library staff at Library.MakerLab@nau.edu to request the experience be added to our selection. 

Adam Savage’s Tested VR - Adam Savage’s Tested VR takes students on a journey inside the creative workspaces of incredible makers, bringing their processes to life, from ideation to creation. Featuring an eclectic roster of creators, Adam and the Tested team put viewers inside their workshops for an intimate look at their builds.

Tags: Engineering, Design, STEM

Altspace VR - AltspaceVR is the premier place to attend live shows, meetups, cool classes, and more with friendly people from around the world. Students can attend hundreds of spotlight events every month like: Open Mic Night, Improv Comedy, Meditation, LGBTQ+ Meetups, VR Church and more or create their own meetup. Requires Wi-Fi.

Tags: Experiences, Social

Beat Saber - Beat Saber is a unique VR rhythm game where the goal is to slash the beats (represented by small cubes) as they are coming at you. Every beat indicates which saber you need to use and also the direction you need to match. 

Tags: Games, Fitness, Music

Ecosphere - Ecosphere allows student to explore the great savannahs of Kenya, discover the ancient jungles of Borneo and dive into the rich coral reefs of Raja Ampat. Encounter elephants, orangutans, manta rays and some incredible humans, all in stunning cinematic footage filmed from the air and deep into the ocean.

Tags: Geography, Culture, Travel  

Engage - Engage is a next generation communications platform. It empowers educators, companies and event planners to host meetings, presentations, classes and events with people across the world. Requires Wi-Fi.

Tags: Experiences, Social, Collaboration

Gadgeteer - Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game where you build chain reaction machines to solve fun, intricate puzzles. Your machines will use gadgets to launch, bump, twist, and turn—creating chain reactions that may even end up tearing apart the fabric of space-time.

Tags: Engineering, Design, STEM

Gravity Sketch - Gravity Sketch is a powerful 3D creation tool. Students can create loose free form sketches, detailed models, expansive scenes, and artwork unrestricted.

Tags: Engineering, Design, STEM

Half + Half - Half + Half is a multiplayer game about fun & connection. The game includes five unique multiplayer spaces that are designed to help students connect with people they know, and also to connect with people they don’t. Requires Wi-Fi.

Tags: Experiences, Social

Mission ISS - Mission ISS allows students to take a trip into orbit and experience life on board the International Space Station! In this Emmy-nominated simulation, students learn how to move and work in zero-gravity, dock a space capsule, and take a spacewalk, all guided by real NASA astronauts through informative videos and images.

Tags: Astronomy, Engineering, STEM

Multiverse - Multiverse is a social VR experience like no other. Students can learn about astronomy while navigating through awe-inspiring environments that showcase the solar system, its planets, their moons and other solar bodies. Requires Wi-Fi.

Tags: Experiences, Social, Astronomy, STEM

National Geographic VR - NatGeo VR allows students to set off as National Geographic explorers to discover two of the most iconic locations on the planet! Head to Antarctica and set off on a thrilling expedition of discovery. Navigate around icebergs in a kayak, climb a massive ice shelf and survive a raging snowstorm as you search for a lost emperor penguin colony.

​​​​​​​Tags: Geography, Culture, Travel  

Notes on Blindness - Notes On Blindness provides your students an VR emotional journey into a world beyond sight.

​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences

Oculus First Contact - First Contact is an official Oculus experience built for Oculus Quest. Experience the magic of ‘presence’ in VR, exploring moments that feel as real as they are fantastically impossible.

​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences, Tutorial

Oculus Venues - Oculus Venues puts your students in the front row for concerts, sporting events, comedy shows and more. You can choose from an ongoing calendar of live, immersive events in VR where there's always something new to see. Requires Wi-Fi.

​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences, Social, Music

Quill - With Quill, students step into wonderful, immersive VR stories, hand painted and animated in VR. These VR stories not only let students view a painting on a wall, but also transport them into the painting itself. Students can experience expressive characters, fantastic creatures, and complete narratives in these VR animations. Requires Wi-Fi.

​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences, Art, Storytelling

Rec Room - Rec Room is THE place for students to build and play games together. Party up with Rec Roomers from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore millions of player-created rooms, or build something amazing to share. Requires Wi-Fi.

​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences, Social, Games

Spatial - Spatial brings people together for hangouts, immersive presentations, team planning, product reviews, & brainstorms.. Requires Wi-Fi.

​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences, Social, Collaboration

Star Chart - Star Chart allows students to explore our Solar System, view constellations and meteor showers in the night sky, stand in the footsteps of Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, explore Mars with the Curiosity Rover, and hold planets, moons, asteroids and even stars in palm of their hand.

​​​​​​​Tags: Astronomy, Experiences, STEM

Tilt Brush - Tilt Brush lets students paint in 3D space with virtual reality. Unleash your students' creativity with three-dimensional brush strokes, stars, light, and even fire. The possibilities are endless.

​​​​​​​Tags: Art, Design, Storytelling

Travelling While Black - Traveling While Black is a cinematic VR experience that immerses students in the long history of restriction of movement for black Americans and the creation of safe spaces in our communities.

​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences, Culture

VRChat - VRChat lets your students fully embody custom avatars, play social games, and connect with friends in new ways. VRChat hosts a massive global community of gamers, musicians, creators, artists, entertainers and more. Requires Wi-Fi.

​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences, Social, Games

Wander - Wander the world openly through the magic of VR. From the comfort of your classroom your students can teleport almost anywhere in the world - to walk across the London Bridge, stroll the gardens of the Taj Mahal, or witness the enormity of the Great Pyramids of Egypt - unlimited exploration awaits! Requires Wi-Fi.

​​​​​​​Tags: Geography, Culture, Travel  ​​​​​​​

Within - Within offers beautiful immersive stories — award-winning VR documentaries, animation, music videos, horror, and more. Includes photo-real people & places: everything is captured with cameras or rendered CGI. Requires Wi-Fi.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences, Storytelling, Documentaries

YouTube VR - The YouTube VR app turns every video on the platform into your own virtual reality experience and reimagines YouTube as a 3D world you can explore from the inside. Requires Wi-Fi.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Tags: Experiences, Storytelling, Documentaries