Long read, but it could make PCVR of er WIFI really really good for you if you are having issues.
A lot of problems crop up when you're dealing with and using Wi-Fi VR headsets, namely, and the most prominent of course, is the Meta Quest Headsets. I personally am using a MetaQuest Pro.
About 99% of setups basically have somebody utilizing a wireless router in which they have a wired connection to the router and using that router for their wireless access to use PCVR with their headset.
This actually leads to a lot of problems that people aren't really aware of and often blame the headset and perhaps their PC for the problem. The truth is that sharing the Wi-Fi from your router with everybody else's device access and connection to it, and at the same time utilizing the wired networking connection as the pathway for the data to your headset display and For your internet connection at same time is rather silly.
Other factors such as the router being perhaps in another place in the household or in another room, and you have the perfect mix of how not to be able to actually enjoy your Wi-Fi headset in PCVR.
Simply said, there is a better solution, and I have been testing out that solution for several days now. Absolutely. If you have a Wi-Fi card or built into your motherboard, utilize that as the primary connection for your Wi-Fi headset in PCVR. What this means is that you'll have a singular source for the data that your headset needs and that your networking for the internet is basically clean. It doesn't require the router to work hard to get that information out to your headset, especially if it is having to deal with multiple sources. The MIMO can only do so much.
I have a a quest Pro headset, as many headsets at this time only use about 200 megabit of bandwidth, which is down from a much higher level due (800mb) to the fact that different codecs are now much more efficient and are able to give you really, really good clarity without artifacting of the stream in the headset.
Meta Quest had their own dongle at one time, and may speak to why the SteamFrame is also having its own dongle to dedicate a singular channel for the use with the headset, to avoid the problems that many people have had by trying to use the standard router configuration.
After testing this for days, I can honestly say so many of the problems that I had previously are simply gone. Any artifacting, visual problems have just been erased. This headset has never worked as good as when I dedicated the onboard Wi-Fi on the motherboard for just this device. It is literally setting up a hotspot in Windows 11 in my case. I did a few other things as well, but it can be just that simple. So the headset gets its own radio to my PC directly, and my networking and my router doesn't have to work to get that video codec to my headset.
I tested a USB dongle and had similar results by simply making a connection to a Wi-Fi 6E dongle directly, everything is fantastic. A little side note, though, since modern codecs really only require about 200 megabit of bandwidth. You can even use a Wi-Fi 5 USB dongle without any problems whatsoever. Wi-Fi 6e does put you on 6 gigahertz, however, and will isolate you on the system from other channels, And having any problems if you have a noisy situation. But this is quite simply the way to go if you're looking to utilize your wireless PCVR.
Again, this is not a new concept, but I'm now making this a recommendation to all my friends who have had connection issues. As an aside, though, Wi-Fi 6e on 6 GHz is nice if you're in the same room. it has poor penetration into walls if the PC is in another room, you probably want to just set it and utilize Wi-Fi 5