Setting up Colemak on Oculus Quest 3

Some time ago, I switched to the Colemak layout to treat my carpal tunnel issues, and it has mostly solved them.

Colemak is a variant of Dvorak that is supposed to be designed for computer use.

Most of the time I don’t even remember having an exotic keyboard layout, but from time to time it brings up issues.

I wanted to experiment with Oculus Oculus Quest 3 standalone writing experience and for that, I needed to connect a Bluetooth Keyboard.

Oculus has a neat feature where it can model a few keyboards in the virtual environment and my Apple Magic Keyboard is one of them

So far, so good, but I am sporting my Colemak layout and that is something that the developers did not foresee.

Setting up Colemak on Quest 3

First, you need to set up sideloading. Read more here.
Then, you need to install “More Physical Keyboard Layouts” app.
- I downloaded APK from here, but I cannot vouch for this source.
- Install via Sidequest per this post
Now, you need to connect your Bluetooth keyboard, go to its settings and select one of the new layouts aka Colemak
- Keyboard
- Physical keyboard setting
- Configure
- Select your Keyboard
- “Set up Keyboard Layouts”
- Go back, and choose Colemak
- Enjoy.