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Pairing Your VirtuaTilt with a Meta Quest

After loading one of the four Quest-targeted profiles (FXVR_XAM, FXVR, StarWarsPinballVR, or PinballVRClassics), follow these steps on your Quest headset:

Step 1 — Forget any previous VirtuaTilt pairing¶

If you have ever paired a VirtuaTilt or X-Arcade with Meta Quest before, forget it first. The Bluetooth identity changes between profiles, and a stale pairing will confuse the headset.

• Put on your Quest headset and open Settings → Bluetooth.
• Look through the paired devices for anything called "VirtuaTilt-Classics", "X-Arcade", "PinscapePico", "VirtuaTilt-Starwars", or similar. Click each and select "Unpair".
• Toggle Bluetooth off and back on. This clears any in-memory pairing state.

Step 2 — Pair fresh¶

• On the Quest Bluetooth settings screen, tap "Pair new device".
• Wait until the device shows up in the list. The exact name depends on the profile you loaded:

Names you should see depending on the loaded profile¶

• "X-Arcade" — Pinball FX VR — X-Arcade Mode profile (FXVR_XAM)
• "PinscapePico" — Pinball FX VR — Standard Mode (non-XAM) profile (FXVR)
• " VirtuaTilt-Starwars” — Star Wars Pinball VR profile
• " VirtuaTilt-Classics”— Pinball VR Classics profile

Tap the matching name to pair. The pairing usually completes in 1–2 seconds without a PIN.

 

Step 3 — Verify¶

• After pairing, the device should appear with a "Connected" status.
• Launch the matching game (Pinball FX VR / Star Wars Pinball VR / Pinball VR Classics).
• Press a flipper button on the cabinet — the game should react. Pull the plunger — the in-game plunger should track.

 

NOTE: You only need to pair each profile once on your Quest. The Quest will remember the pairing across power-cycles and reconnect automatically. However, if you switch the cabinet to a different profile, the Bluetooth identity changes — you must repeat the forget + re-pair flow above.

If controller is still not recognized or Meta Quest Bluetooth stack looks broken, you can reset it through Quest Game Optimizer (QGO) settings:

QGO → Android Settings → (App Info) Open → System → Reset Options → Reset Bluetooth & Wi-Fi → Reset (It also resets WiFi settings)

 

⚠ VERY IMPORTANT — this is a Meta Quest behavior, not a VirtuaTilt fault.

After you load a different VirtuaTilt profile, the Meta Quest may keep showing the previous profile's device name in its Bluetooth list. The Quest caches paired-device information (including the advertised name) and won't refresh it until that cache is cleared — meanwhile your VirtuaTilt is already advertising the new profile correctly.

To clear it, use either method:

Method 1 — Forget + reboot (built-in, no extra tools):

• On the Quest, open Settings → Devices → Bluetooth and "Forget" the old VirtuaTilt entry.
• Power the headset off and on — this resets the Bluetooth stack and clears the cached name.
• Pair again; the new profile name will now appear.

Method 2 — Reset the Bluetooth stack with QGO (faster, no full reboot):

If you have Quest Games Optimizer (QGO) installed, use its reset Bluetooth stack option in the QGO settings. This clears the cached Bluetooth state without rebooting the whole headset; on the next pairing the new profile name appears.

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Last updated: 2026-08-26

VirtuaTilt is designed and manufactured by 3DPTronics — see the Wireless VirtuaTilt controller. Diagnose your own cabinet with the free VirtuaTilt extension for Claude.