🎮 How to Play Console Games (PS5, Switch, Xbox, etc.) in 3D on Your Quest
Yes — you can play PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox, or basically any console in real-time 3D inside your Quest.
It’s easier than it sounds.
🧩 What You’ll Need
PlingQuest installed on your Quest
PlingServer on your Mac (M1 or newer) or a PC powerful enough
Pling3D
MacDisplayer / PCDisplayer
Possibly a video capture card (not always required — more on that below)
This system does not consume many resources.
The heavy lifting (brute force) comes from your console.
Your Mac or PC only uses relatively small resources for conversion.
🔌 Step 1 – Connect Quest to Your Computer
Create a stable USB connection between your Quest and your Mac/PC using PlingServer.
Once connected:
In PlingServer, select a second display as your output screen.
On Windows:
This can be handled automatically inside PlingServer.
On Mac:
It’s more complicated.
You need to create or simulate a second display.
🍎 Creating a Second Display on Mac
You have three options:
Option 1 – Use Software (Recommended)
Use an app like BetterDisplay (or similar) to create a virtual display.
This is the cleanest solution.
Option 2 – Use a Capture Card (Even Unused)
Plug in a capture card just to force macOS to create a second display profile.
You don’t even need to use it for video — just having it connected creates the display.
Option 3 – Use Your Built-In Display (Not Recommended)
You can use your main display.
But it’s very impractical:
You’ll see overlays
It’s hard to use comfortably
Full-screen SBS becomes messy
You could hide the menu bar and dock and use full-screen windowed mode (not true borderless fullscreen), but it’s still not ideal.
Maybe by the time you read this, I’ve already solved this better inside MacDisplayer.
🎥 Step 2 – Connect Your Console
Now connect your console to your computer.
You have two main options:
Option A – Capture Card (Zero Lag Method – Recommended)
Connect console → HDMI cable
HDMI → Capture card
Capture card → Mac/PC
Open MacDisplayer or PCDisplayer
This gives you:
Near zero lag
Zero input/output delay issues
Clean, stable feed
That’s exactly why MacDisplayer / PCDisplayer was created.
Option B – Remote Play (Alternative)
You can also use:
PS Remote Play
Or any alternative streaming solution
But this may introduce extra latency.
🧠 Step 3 – Enable Live 3D in Pling3D
Now open Pling3D.
Click Live 3D
Select the display where your console is visible (capture display)
Select the second display as the output (SBS display)
If you only have one display, you can use the same one — but again, not recommended.
✅ Final Result
That’s it.
You now have:
Console → Computer → Live 3D → Quest
Running in real time.
You are playing your console in 3D inside VR.
The important thing to understand:
The console handles the game performance.
Your Mac or PC only handles the 3D depth conversion.
On Apple Silicon (M1+), this mainly runs on the Neural Engine.
Resource usage is surprisingly low.
And that’s the whole setup.