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HTC Vive Launch Thread -- Computer, activate holodeck
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ChainsawFilms
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Yep, and they weren't concerned about the charge. They don't pre-authorise anything, if there are any concerns they'll contact me by phone to verify.
It's not gone yet, but yep, received the email earlier. Ordered March 31st.
888
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That swivel head is what worries me. I don't think it will point down. The vive screw thread is on the back of the lighthouse if I remember correctly. I was going to get 7 ft tall tripods. It was 2 for $23 for the tripods and I was going to use pole clamps to make sure I can angle them down.
There is one and the back and also one on the bottom.
You should be able to tilt as far down as 90 degrees with that ball mount.
You should be able to go down by 45 degrees or so anywhere, and that little notch is to let you go down further to a full 90 degree tilt.
With tripods like that one, be sure to take advantage of the hook on the bottom:
Photographers hang sandbags or even weight plates from that hook to keep the tripod more steady, and I imagine that'd also be beneficial for making sure your Lighthouses stay still.
You should be able to go down by 45 degrees or so anywhere, and that little notch is to let you go down further to a full 90 degree tilt.
With tripods like that one, be sure to take advantage of the hook on the bottom:
Photographers hang sandbags or even weight plates from that hook to keep the tripod more steady, and I imagine that'd also be beneficial for making sure your Lighthouses stay still.
Compsiox
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check the OP for best solution
888
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I can't use those poles because the ceiling height in my house is too high. Even in my office I have over 9ft ceilings. I have three rooms that I want to be able to use the vive in and they all over vaulted ceilings leaving me to more of a tripod setup so I can move them around.
There's an 81-152 inch version of it as well
888
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You should be able to tilt as far down as 90 degrees with that ball mount.
You should be able to go down by 45 degrees or so anywhere, and that little notch is to let you go down further to a full 90 degree tilt.
With tripods like that one, be sure to take advantage of the hook on the bottom:
Photographers hang sandbags or even weight plates from that hook to keep the tripod more steady, and I imagine that'd also be beneficial for making sure your Lighthouses stay still.
Between these two quotes, I have all the info I was wondering about them. I can use the one set of two tripods with those attachments and the thread on the bottom of the vive lighthouse to angle it down.
This is what I was thinking http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001WB02Z4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1VX81NO6JK4ES&coliid=I2ZCK7GFWYJ7ZU&psc=1
started this late saturday night/early sunday morning:
My pew pew now shoots at the correct angle
Teleport ball trajectory works now
Teleport ball itself
Next up, finish the GE map.
Any good tutorials out there for Vive in UE4? Currently working on a project using the Vive Toolkit in Unity but it it's just as easy in UE4 I will switch.
888
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I saw that but I think the ceilings are higher than 12 feet in the living rooms. I have to get an extension ladder to even change the air filter.
I have a feeling that some of the features of Touch would be adopted in the next gen version, like finger sensing and better ergonomics. If the controller is shaped differently and if the sensors are reoriented at driver level, the 1:1 in-game model of the controller would stop making sense and would end up being immersion breaking. Devs will have to update that one way or the other.
No, not really, and actually the little Unreal documentation they've put out is out of date too. You just kind of have to feel it out.
Compsiox
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Put a few dictionaries under them.
The last I saw (some video on Epic's YT channel), you do little more than add a SteamVR Controller Component to a pawn. Is that the outdated way?
I'll just stick with Unity for now then, im sure UE4 will add good documentation soon though
I haven't watched any of their videos, but that's about it for tracking motion controllers. You need two controller components, one per hand, and a steam chaperone component.
It's also not really apparent, but you need to bind a mesh to your motion controller components too, otherwise you won't see them.
DavionStriker
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You should be able to tilt as far down as 90 degrees with that ball mount.
You should be able to go down by 45 degrees or so anywhere, and that little notch is to let you go down further to a full 90 degree tilt.
With tripods like that one, be sure to take advantage of the hook on the bottom:
Photographers hang sandbags or even weight plates from that hook to keep the tripod more steady, and I imagine that'd also be beneficial for making sure your Lighthouses stay still.
Thanks for the thoughts. I will check around and make sure those will stay steady.
I wish I could use the extended ceiling poles, but my ceilings are around 20 ft in that room. Its a library that opens to the second floor from above.
libertytoast
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Currently the best way to run it is VorpX, which isn't available for the Vive yet. It was originally made to work by changing a few lines in the .ini, but that was for the DK2, so it wouldn't work with the Vive.
Compsiox
Banned
Contact le HTC
They'll just tell you to cancel the order and reorder from them again.
Ugh that's annoying.
Zalusithix
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They can reslot orders back into where they were originally. It'd be something they'd have to manually do though, so you wouldn't just cancel and reorder on your own without having a CSR in the loop.
They can?
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
GTX 460. So either the 980 Ti or Pascal would be a huge step up.
Im in a similar situation as you since I have an R9 270. Pascal is slated to come out in about a months time so I'm just gonna wait.
Zalusithix
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They're supposed to be able to. At least going by comments from ages ago. Having not done so myself, I can't verify it one way or another.
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
I think I should do that too just so I can compare and contrast once Pascal is officially out. Even though I got the pre-order authorization e-mail, I'm not anticipating seeing Vive on my doorstep for at least a few weeks anyway
There are tripod mounts on both the back side and the bottom of the lighthouses, if it helps.
They said it was possible to do, but they couldn't switch it to paypal like I wanted to if anyone else is curious about that.
Karak
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Negative sir.
UnrealEck
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Has anyone tried Project Cars in Vive yet? How is it? Is it fully functional? How's the clarity and quality? How does it compare to Rift CV1?
I've been seeing people saying games in Vive have frame rate issues and it's really jarring compared to Rift. Anyone with both headsets noticed this?
I've been seeing people saying games in Vive have frame rate issues and it's really jarring compared to Rift. Anyone with both headsets noticed this?
These are exciting times. The Vive's only been out for three weeks and the early software is already so much more compelling than anything I have seen in years. It makes traditional gaming and entertainment seem quaint. I can't wait to see what is in the pipeline.
Are there games you constantly go back to or are most of the stuff just one and done type of experiences?
Drunk Skywalker
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Is there a list of compatible games? And more specifically a list of games made for VR and then a list of games that added support? Also, what are the chances someone makes GTA V compatible ?
Compsiox
Banned
It's easy to tell which games are made for VR.
They say REQUIRES VR HEADSET:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/380220/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_1
List of HTC Vive games:
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=#sort_by=_ASC&vrsupport=101&page=1
Zalusithix
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Well, that's an odd exception. I could have sworn there was something they could do for for people with declined cards back in wave 1 that had to migrate to Paypal. Perhaps the payment has to fail first for that to become available. Or perhaps things have just changed since then.
GTAV is compatible with Vorpx I think, but you have to wait for Vorpx Vive support
Compsiox
Banned
Going for it
Guardian Monkey
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That's what I've been saying seems like it's flying under the radar a bit still.
Drunk Skywalker
Member
Ah. Thanks
Will the Thrill
Banned
So my debit card has a $1200 limit per purchase from what I found out, I'm in the clear right? Would I really need to call and specifically say what/who will be taking like $880 out of my account soon?
Dusktildawn48
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My bank told me $3000 so we should both be good
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