I bought an Occulus Quest 2 and could never see MSFS in it after setting it up. I returned it and bought a HP Reverb G2 and the exact same problem. I've set it up according to You Tube video, installed Steam and Steam VR and Mixed Reality Portal. Change all the settings per video. Started MSFS, put it in VR mode under graphics settings, hit control + tab but no MSFS in goggles. Is there a certain process you have to go thru step by step to launch the game? Is there a You Tube video somewhere showing me how to do this. I can't be this dumb, has to be something little that I'm not doing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!

To answer your question directly... You sound like you are doing everything correctly. There must be something odd going on.

 

Basic questions...

1) I assume your headset is working in Steam VR and the mix reality portal (i.e. you see things in VR) And other VR apps/games are working correctly?

2) What is you PC specs?

3) have you double checked in MSFS that your "Activate/deactivate VR mode" button is definately still set to "control + tab" ?

 (BTW switching to VR mode works in the menu, so you don't have to even start a session to test... and there is usually a slight delay of a couple of seconds from pressing the VR switch to VR showing on the headset)

1. I don't have any other VR games, I don't know much about Steam (I have store version of MSFS, WMR seems to be working correctly. 

2. AMD RYZEN 7 5700.     NVIDIA RTX 3060

3. Yes CTRL + TAB still set

Do I have to add MSFS to WMR? If I do I haven't 

TBH, I am going to stand back and let someone who uses WMR give you more advice (I have a pimax) so not familiar with the WMR peculiarities.

Two quick things I will add though...

A) I assume you are using a desktop PC? (i.e. Laptops can have issues with VR)

B) Have you seen this thread that might give you some pointers. https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/can-t-get-vr-to-work-in-msfs-with-g2/517874/22

@John Snyder Jr I do own a Quest 2 and using MSFS in VR was never an issue.

For starters you would have launched the Oculus App - switch to Oculus Link - start MSFS and on the main menu hit CTRL-TAB and voila (MSFS is there) --> no rocket sience there.

I suppose you have not tried the simpliest way but did dig in into all the tweaking covering Tray Tool / Debug Tool, Open XR, nVidia settings etc. etc. -> in this case I supose you either forgot to set up something, or installed something wrong, or messed up your installation. 

I had this problem when I was trying to get my Pico 4 first working. In my case, was a problem with my installation of SteamVR,  which I'd messed up (trying to be clever). After I completely reinstalled Steam, plus SteamVR (note, I use the store version of MSFS), it worked. I don't know the particulars of your headset other than it's connectivity is completely different than the Pico 4, so this is probably useless information. 

Well, I got the Reverb G2 working again. One of the cables was defective and HP sent me a new one. Got everything set up again and it's connecting between PC and headset but all I'm seeing is Windows Mixed Reality Portal. It's like a tutorial on how everything works in there but never ends. I still haven't seen MSFS in my headset. I'm about to return the Reverb G2 and forget about this Virtual Reality. I think it's way over my head. Thanks for all the help guys!

Seems like you're almost there. My WMR procedure:

1- Start MSFS (choose a flight or just in the menu)

2- Mount my G2 (WMR starts to the portal)

3- Hit Ctrl-Tab (I use a button on my yoke)

But what do you mean with "but never ends"? You have you controllers connected and killed all the diamonds on the plateaus, then you should be good to go.

Starting with the basic for using Reverb G2, so please bear with me.  First install the Microsoft Mix Reality Portal app.  Next it's important that these two connectors are connected as follows:  plug in the G2's USB-C connector into a USB-C port of your motherboard capable of the required data rates and plug in its DisplayPort connector into your graphics card.  Plug in the G2's wall power plug.  Now turn on the G2 by pressing the power button on its cabling junction box.  The Mix Reality Portal app should start up automatically when the G2 is powered up, if not start the MRP app.  Put on the G2 HMD.  The G2 HMD will be displaying the WMR 'cliff house' in VR.  This is the normal stand-by state for WMR.  It is an interactive environment for 'fiddling around' in VR and if the G2's VR controllers are turned on you'll be able to use them for interacting, the mouse is rather useless in the cliff house environment.  If all this is a 'go' for you, take off your G2 HMD and start up MSFS.  Wait for it to fully start up.  On the bottom left of the MSFS window, click 'ENTER/EXIT VR MODE'.  When you do so, MSFS should enter VR mode and its window should now show two somewhat identical views of the MSFS window.  Now put on the G2 HMD, configure a flight using your mouse and start enjoying the MSFS VR flight experience.  You do not need the VR controllers for using MSFS in VR, and I recommend that you don't.

If all is well, excellent!  If not, let us know which step is not doing as it should.  Otherwise the real 'fun' begins with tuning your graphics setting to best optimize the experience/performance to your liking.  Note that this is a multifaceted learning curve which I'm not going to go into here.  There are LOTS of YouTube videos on all this setting stuff up, as well as dozens of posts here on AVSIM.  Bottom line: relax, be patient and don't worry if your expectations are fully met right off the bat.

I leave my G2 fully plugged in 100% of the time, i.e. I never unplug any of it.  All I do is use the power button to turn it on and off, which I've been doing now for over a year: zero problems and 100% joy.  Hope you'll get 'off the ground' soon with your G2.

Edited June 17, 20232 yr by TheFamilyMan

Try the X-plane demo and see if it works in VR for you. Once you VR you won't go back.

On 6/17/2023 at 12:15 PM, TheFamilyMan said:

Starting with the basic for using Reverb G2, so please bear with me.  First install the Microsoft Mix Reality Portal app.  Next it's important that these two connectors are connected as follows:  plug in the G2's USB-C connector into a USB-C port of your motherboard capable of the required data rates and plug in its DisplayPort connector into your graphics card.  Plug in the G2's wall power plug.  Now turn on the G2 by pressing the power button on its cabling junction box.  The Mix Reality Portal app should start up automatically when the G2 is powered up, if not start the MRP app.  Put on the G2 HMD.  The G2 HMD will be displaying the WMR 'cliff house' in VR.  This is the normal stand-by state for WMR.  It is an interactive environment for 'fiddling around' in VR and if the G2's VR controllers are turned on you'll be able to use them for interacting, the mouse is rather useless in the cliff house environment.  If all this is a 'go' for you, take off your G2 HMD and start up MSFS.  Wait for it to fully start up.  On the bottom left of the MSFS window, click 'ENTER/EXIT VR MODE'.  When you do so, MSFS should enter VR mode and its window should now show two somewhat identical views of the MSFS window.  Now put on the G2 HMD, configure a flight using your mouse and start enjoying the MSFS VR flight experience.  You do not need the VR controllers for using MSFS in VR, and I recommend that you don't.

If all is well, excellent!  If not, let us know which step is not doing as it should.  Otherwise the real 'fun' begins with tuning your graphics setting to best optimize the experience/performance to your liking.  Note that this is a multifaceted learning curve which I'm not going to go into here.  There are LOTS of YouTube videos on all this setting stuff up, as well as dozens of posts here on AVSIM.  Bottom line: relax, be patient and don't worry if your expectations are fully met right off the bat.

I leave my G2 fully plugged in 100% of the time, i.e. I never unplug any of it.  All I do is use the power button to turn it on and off, which I've been doing now for over a year: zero problems and 100% joy.  Hope you'll get 'off the ground' soon with your G2.

The above is excellent advice. I have been flying MSFS VR almost exclusively for well over a year.  I use an HP G2. For months now I have had trouble getting a programmed button or the CRTL-TAB to work. I will open General Options and go down to VR. From there you can click on VR. That always works for me. I don't know why the programmed buttons or keyboard shortcuts sometimes don't work. It is above my paygrade. VR, in my opinion, is worth the trouble to get it to work.

One bit of hardware advice. Try not to use a usb hub in connecting your G2. HP G2 doesn't like hubs. Go directly to the mother board usb ports.