Set up your boundary for Meta Quest

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Boundary is a built-in safety feature that lets you set up virtual walls that appear when you get too close to the edge of your play area.

If you're setting up a boundary for the first time, follow the instructions you see in your headset. You can also watch the video below for an overview of setting up a boundary.

Meta Quest boundary setup video

Boundary modes

When setting up a boundary, you can chose from these modes:

Stationary: For using your headset while sitting or standing in place. Stationary Mode creates a default boundary area of 3 feet by 3 feet (1 meter by 1 meter) centered on yourself.
Roomscale: For using your headset while moving around inside your play area. Roomscale allows you to draw your boundaries in your physical space using your Touch controller. We recommend a safe and unobstructed space measuring at least 6.5 feet by 6.5 feet (2 meters by 2 meters).

Adjust your boundary

To switch boundary modes or redraw your boundaries:

Press / on your right Touch controller to pull up your universal menu.
Hover over the clock on the left side of the universal menu. When Quick Settings appears, select it to open the Quick Settings panel.
Select Boundary.
Select Stationary or Roomscale, then follow the on-screen instructions to set up your boundary.

Manage boundary settings

To manage additional boundary settings:

Press / on your right Touch controller to pull up your universal menu.
Select Library then select Settings.
Select Physical Space then select Create new boundary.

The settings you can manage here include:

Adjust boundary: This puts you back into the boundary setup like you did when you first set up your headset.
Set floor level: Allows you to adjust the floor level of your boundary.
Boundary color: Changes the color of your boundary.
Double Tap for Passthrough: Enables the ability to double tap the side of your headset to switch to and from passthrough mode.
Clear Boundary History: Clears all boundary anchors on device and the cloud for the current account. This action does not clear scenes, tracking or maps.
Glanceable Boundary: When enabled, you can look down at an angle while in-VR to quickly see where you are in your playspace.
Boundary Sensitivity: Determines how granularly you want to adjust your boundary alerts. There are two options:
- Simple: You’ll adjust the sensitivity of all of your boundaries collectively with a single slider. Lower sensitivity generally means you won’t be alerted until you get closer to your boundaries.
- Advanced: You’ll adjust the sensitivity of your boundaries at a more granular level using the following settings:
  - Headset distance sensitivity: Lowering your distance sensitivity means that you won't be alerted until you're closer to the edge of the boundary.
  - Controller distance sensitivity: Lowering your distance sensitivity means that you won't be alerted until you're closer to the edge of the boundary.
  - Headset speed sensitivity: Lowering your speed sensitivity means you'll be alerted less when making fast movements near a boundary edge.
  - Controller speed sensitivity: Lowering your speed sensitivity means you'll be alerted less when making fast movements near a boundary edge.

Manage scene and physical space history

To manage scene history:

Press / on your right Touch controller to pull up your universal menu.
Select Library then select Settings.
Select Physical Space then select Space setup.
Select Clear next to Manage your spaces.

To clear your physical space history:

Press / on your right Touch controller to pull up your universal menu.
Select Library then select Settings.
Select Privacy and Safety then select Device Permissions.
Select Clear next to Clear physical space history.

Boundary Space Sense

Space Sense is a safety feature that allows you to see outlines of people, pets, and other objects that cross over the boundaries of your roomscale boundary while you’re in VR. Space Sense can show outlines of objects up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) away, provided that they have entered into your playspace.

To turn Space Sense on or off:

Press / on your right Touch controller to pull up your universal menu.
Hover over the clock on the left side of the universal menu. When Quick Settings appears, select it to open the Quick Settings panel.
Select Settings in the top right corner.
Select Boundary in the left menu, and then select Space Sense.
Select the toggle next to Space Sense to turn this feature on or off.