The Meta Quest 3 offers advanced hand gesture detection capabilities through its hand-tracking feature, which allows users to interact with virtual environments without controllers. This feature is enabled by navigating to the "Hands and Controllers" settings and toggling the hand tracking option on[1][4]. However, when it comes to the Bigscreen Beyond 2, a PC VR headset, it does not inherently support hand tracking like the Meta Quest 3. Bigscreen Beyond 2 is designed to work with SteamVR controllers and does not have built-in hand tracking capabilities[5][6].
If you are using a Meta Quest 3 with Bigscreen via a PCVR setup, such as through Virtual Desktop, you might experience hand tracking, but this is not a native feature of Bigscreen itself. Instead, it's the Virtual Desktop software that can mimic hand tracking by impersonating trackers[6]. Therefore, while the Meta Quest 3's hand gesture detection is available in standalone VR environments, it is not a feature of the Bigscreen Beyond 2 headset itself.
In terms of switching between controllers and hand tracking on the Meta Quest 3, users can quickly toggle hand tracking by bumping controllers together twice or using a single controller by bumping it into their other hand, though this method may not work for everyone[7]. However, this functionality is specific to the Quest 3 and not applicable to the Bigscreen Beyond 2, which relies on traditional controllers for interaction.
Citations:
[1] https://ask.vrchat.com/t/quest-hand-gestures-not-working/35438
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3t3z1P2EUY
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEntR113AMk
[4] https://www.kiwidesign.com/blogs/news-1/how-to-use-hand-tracking-on-quest-3
[5] https://www.roadtovr.com/pc-vr-bigscreen-beyond-2-fov-boost-release-date-price/
[6] https://www.reddit.com/r/bigscreen/comments/1dl7num/quest_3_in_begscreen_switch_between_controller/
[7] https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/1c5ocyw/quest_3_quick_handcontroller_switching_with_a/
[8] https://www.reddit.com/r/bigscreen/comments/1fo7tm3/do_you_need_pc_for_using_big_screen_on_quest_3/
[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg8PoKTVCG4
[10] https://www.meta.com/help/quest/290147772643252/