META, the parent company to Facebook, is rolling out an update to its popular Oculus Quest 2 headset that adds support for Apple’s Magic Keyboard, making it so you can not only use the peripheral but also see a digital version of the keyboard overlayed atop the physical one. Oculus had previously added this same level of support to one other keyboard: the Logitech K830. Using Bluetooth tracking tech, the Quest headset shows the device and an outline of your hands in the digital world so you can look at what you’re typing instead of tapping into a void. To use the feature, you will need to update to v37, enable hand tracking within the Hands and Controllers settings menu, and connect the Magic Keyboard, Apple’s US$99 wireless Bluetooth keyboard, through the Experimental Features panel in the Settings. Oculus recommends placing the keyboard on a flat, light-colored surface in a well-lit room so the sensors can accurately detect its position. This might not benefit touch typists, but for everyone else, throwing out the Quest VR controllers for a visible keyboard can make it easier to navigate the Oculus menus or get work done in a virtual productivity app. This feature is only as good as the support it receives from devs, so Meta is releasing a Tracked Keyboard SDK that optimizes apps for the two available keyboards. Oculus plans to support more keyboards in the future, though the process is taking longer than expected. Andrew Bosworth, Facebook’s vice president of augmented and virtual reality, wrote in an Instagram Q&A last year that he’d like to add support for all keyboards, but that it has “proven a lot harder than we expected it to.”(SD-Agencies) | 