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HTC Vive Launch Thread -- Computer, activate holodeck
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I can't see anywhere he says where to get those VESA mount clamps or what they're called?
They work. You have to go into the config tool outside of VR and link each machine to a rom and emulator.
Search for VESA pole mounts.
ta much!
MrCompletely
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It's true. All of it. Battle Dome is a glimpse into the future of MP shooters.
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Here's a more detailed link:
https://m.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/25djot/diy_x52_pro_or_any_hotas_chair_build_cheap/
Not yet, that's my first move when I get home from work today. I'll try to take some decent pics of the full space too in case I'm missing something.
so final approach
ilot edition is really just the same game but you fly the planes in to land rather than draw paths? I guess they built that for the Oculus Rift and just let vive owners play it too.
Its kind of fun but the camera is horrible. Fixed in third person - a first person cockpit view would have been nice, but if you turn too sharply the camera loses lock on you. and if you look too far to the side of the aircraft the camera suddenly becomes static, and then starts moving again when you look back to the aircraft. Considering you're often looking around to see the landing strip so you can get a good approach sorted, you're doing that all the time.
ilot edition is really just the same game but you fly the planes in to land rather than draw paths? I guess they built that for the Oculus Rift and just let vive owners play it too. Its kind of fun but the camera is horrible. Fixed in third person - a first person cockpit view would have been nice, but if you turn too sharply the camera loses lock on you. and if you look too far to the side of the aircraft the camera suddenly becomes static, and then starts moving again when you look back to the aircraft. Considering you're often looking around to see the landing strip so you can get a good approach sorted, you're doing that all the time.
Hari Seldon
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Ever since my 1070 came in I have been doing nothing but playing VR games lol. They patched IL-2 yet again, it is coming around but still too choppy and weird to recommend.
I tried subnautica using revive, I don't know what I think about it. I get a tiny bit queasy using the xbox controller to swim around.
Lucky's Tale using revive is pretty good though, my wife really liked it. Not a great VR game but well done in general. Surprised it was free. The Oculus store though is kind of dead compared to Steam.
One thing that I definitely need is some better headphones. Are there any good headphones that have a really short cord? I have audiophile grade headphones but the cord is way too long. I'm not sure what I think about wireless headphones and having to dick with windows to switch audio and what not. Do you just leave the headphone jack to the Vive station thing unplugged if you are using audio from a different source?
I tried subnautica using revive, I don't know what I think about it. I get a tiny bit queasy using the xbox controller to swim around.
Lucky's Tale using revive is pretty good though, my wife really liked it. Not a great VR game but well done in general. Surprised it was free. The Oculus store though is kind of dead compared to Steam.
One thing that I definitely need is some better headphones. Are there any good headphones that have a really short cord? I have audiophile grade headphones but the cord is way too long. I'm not sure what I think about wireless headphones and having to dick with windows to switch audio and what not. Do you just leave the headphone jack to the Vive station thing unplugged if you are using audio from a different source?
GuitarAtomik
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I know this throws a lot of people off, but I LOVE when it does that. Adds a little challenge and the pattern feels more connected to the song imo. There's another music game SoundDodger+ that does some similar things.
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I can recommend v-JAYS for headphones. They sound great, they're light and the cord is short if you don't use the included extension. I prefer using these over my K7XX's and X2's for the lack of weight alone.
Zalusithix
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It's only free because it was more or less treated as a bonus for purchasing a Rift. Oculus in their infinite foresight didn't think to send out a product activation code for it to Rift buyers, so as a byproduct Vive owners can access it using ReVive.
Hari Seldon
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Like this or do you have a specific model you recommend?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0072V72DI/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I use Yuin PK2s for adults and Koss portaPros for people with ears too small to fit the Yuin earbuds.
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Yep, those ones. Ignore the heavy duty bass nonsense. It's not over powering, they have a very balanced sound. Really nice headphones for the price.
koji kabuto
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i can't believe Spell Fighter vr is free game? wow this game is by far the best VR experience i had.
Someone need to find the developer and offer him a job!
Someone need to find the developer and offer him a job!
Hari Seldon
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Ordered them. Won't be in till the end of July though. I liked the short chord length compared to the Koss. 60 cm vs 123 cm.
so final approach
Its kind of fun but the camera is horrible. Fixed in third person - a first person cockpit view would have been nice, but if you turn too sharply the camera loses lock on you. and if you look too far to the side of the aircraft the camera suddenly becomes static, and then starts moving again when you look back to the aircraft. Considering you're often looking around to see the landing strip so you can get a good approach sorted, you're doing that all the time.
That is done intentionally and I think the reason is that lateral camera movement (e.g. plane moving straight, you looking 90 degress to the left or right) is a big nausea trigger. I normally just point the airplane roughly where I think the runway is, then reset the camera and make adjustments.
It seems you've already ordered, but for anyone else I would recommend sennheisers. Lots of their models have a removable cable and I ordered a fairly short one on ebay for cheap.
KatamariOnTheRocks
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Looks like someone combined Audioshield and Zen Blade and it actually looks pretty fun: Beat Ninja
I've seen those (and several other similar solutions), but the won't work for me as my armrests are completely different. They really don't lend themselves to being good for mounting stuff to, they look like this:
Edit: I did find this, which might work, but the mounts are $100 each.
I am using Superlux HD681 EVO https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CAG1ZAQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20
As you can see from the photos, they have a detachable cord. The "nub" that remains when you detach the cable is long just enough so that the vive audio cable fits. I am quite happy with that arrangement.
Sleeping Lesson
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I've seen those (and several other similar solutions), but the won't work for me as my armrests are completely different. They really don't lend themselves to being good for mounting stuff to, they look like this:
Edit: I did find this, which might work, but the mounts are $100 each.
You might be able to make the dual-arm ones work. Here's my setup currently:
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Zalusithix
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As an update to this, it appears HTC has some accessories available for purchase again. Just the interfaces and a short USB extension cable that I didn't see the first time around for headset accessories. Hopefully we'll see a return of the rest of the hardware soon.
Sleeping Lesson
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Haha, the reason I have the monitor on the ground is because if I raise it up any more it gets in the way of my 120" projector screen.
koji kabuto
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Question : Is there is anyway i can use the Xbox One controller with any game?
Sleeping Lesson
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Moved my couch and got back into some VR today. Tried the target render multiplier at 2x and WOW, what a difference! Eeeverything looks better. No issues on my 980ti, but I'm going to play more this weekend to try to push it.
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Have you tried Theblu? I was having issues with that at 1.8.
Sleeping Lesson
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I did, in fact. No issue at all in the Whale and Migration ones.
My camera isn't working now for some reason, but I don't think it's related to the target render thing.
Tumle
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Hey thought you guys might be able to help me with what VR settings you use in project cars?
When looking out in the distance it looks like I have double vision.. Is there anyway to make that better?
Also why does the the VR settings menu go to default every time you boot up the game again?
When looking out in the distance it looks like I have double vision.. Is there anyway to make that better?
Also why does the the VR settings menu go to default every time you boot up the game again?
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Weird. I will try again tonight.
MrCunningham
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Clint from LGR posted his review on the Vive here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5yj9CBzT3o
Also an additional video of him playing Project Cars with the Vive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDn_dyc9jns
Also an additional video of him playing Project Cars with the Vive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDn_dyc9jns
So, I tried switching the lighthouses and as expected I guess since all the lights are working, that didn't change anything, they both seem to be functional, but with only one on (depending on which) the issue was either way amplified or reduced. Here are a couple pics of the setup, the room is basically square:
So with just the left on one, the issue is there way more noticeably, but with just the right one on, it's way reduced. I should note that when operating with just the right one it isn't gone, and still happens every so often. If there's anything about my setup that I may not have taken into account or more pics/angles that would help, please let me know. Bear in mind I've tried covering up every remotely reflective object you can see here and it didn't change anything."Left" lighthouse:
"Right" lighthouse:
Wowfunhappy
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For me, the trick was to stop playing it as a rhythm game per se, and instead treat it as a "stop the randomly generated orbs from hitting you, some of which may arrive in time to music," game.
Mind you, I don't think audioshield is all that fun. I think I'd actually enjoy it more if it was all one color.
metareferential
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Definitely. Reflective materials can get in the way of the tracking.
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I can't help you with your troubles Hawk, but I really hope a solution will present itself soon :/
I just got my rift/saitek x52. What I did was buy one of those "laptop lap desks". I hought the honey can do branded one from amazon. It sits perfectly in my lap and the throttle and joystick stay on the "lap desk" due to the suction cups. I love it. Works great.
Maybe a long shot but I found out the other day that if I use my vive at the same time as my wife is using her bluetooth speakers in the kitchen next door to where I vive my tracking was messing up AND the sound through her speakers was intermittent.I also have a smartwatch using bluetooth and maybe all the signals were messing each other up.
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Thanks. Feel like I've finally made a tiny bit of progress after lots of nothing, so hopefully getting there.
Huhhh wow, this is the first I've heard of anything like this. I have all KINDS of bluetooth stuff going all over the place. One more variable to try, thanks.
electroflame
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Heh, well, if we're not playing it as a rhythm game then I can certainly say it's the least fun VR game I've played.
I really, really want it to be a killer music game, but having everything slightly out-of-sync (or the notes being generated by random layers of the song -- inconsistent with the beat or instruments) really does kill things for me. I should've said earlier that this is me playing it on the hardest difficulty as well, so it's not like there's a lack of notes (depending on the song, quite the contrary!). It's just that they never really match the rhythm, which is a bit of a buzzkill.
Others seem to enjoy it though (and others that have played it in here liked it as well) so, like I said, maybe I'm just more sensitive to the lack of musicality due to having a more musical background.
Just back out of a song if it doesn't feel right. That's what I do (I have a musical background and play on hardest too). It's not like they're ALL bad. You will find good ones.Heh, well, if we're not playing it as a rhythm game then I can certainly say it's the least fun VR game I've played.
I really, really want it to be a killer music game, but having everything slightly out-of-sync (or the notes being generated by random layers of the song -- inconsistent with the beat or instruments) really does kill things for me. I should've said earlier that this is me playing it on the hardest difficulty as well, so it's not like there's a lack of notes (depending on the song, quite the contrary!). It's just that they never really match the rhythm, which is a bit of a buzzkill.
Others seem to enjoy it though (and others that have played it in here liked it as well) so, like I said, maybe I'm just more sensitive to the lack of musicality due to having a more musical background.
It sucks a little that they can't all be good, but imo it's a better scenario than having a relatively small library of generic, overplayed radio hits.
electroflame
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Yeah, but even that's kind of flawed. Due to the random nature of the song's "map" generation, no playthrough is 100% the same. A song could have a good layout one time, and a terrible one the next.
The only real solution is to allow for user-created song maps (or maybe some kind of map voting, like "this random layout was good, I'm rating it up"). I don't know if that'll happen, but I really, really, really hope it does. Otherwise it's kind of a game of luck to find something that plays decently (but not amazingly) and after you're done playing that song, you get to repeat the process.
EDIT: I don't want it to sound like I'm overly criticizing it -- when it works well it's really fun. It just so happens that there's a disproportionate amount of time that it's not working well that really hinders my overall enjoyment of the game. It makes it frustrating to get small glimpses of what it could be, especially as that version of the game could be something really special.
Totally agree
On an unrelated note (no pun intended), I got a Leap Motion. My PC wouldn't recognize it plugged in the headset USB, so I plugged in the longest cable directly. I booted up the blocks game, and dammit! The usb cable was two or three inches too short for me to reach a block.
I could just re-run room setup for a smaller space, but I got a taste of the tracking fidelity and wasn't that impressed.Have you tried re-running the room setup after you've covered up the reflective surfaces?
Prophet Steve
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Totally agree
On an unrelated note (no pun intended), I got a Leap Motion. My PC wouldn't recognize it plugged in the headset USB, so I plugged in the longest cable directly. I booted up the blocks game, and dammit! The usb cable was two or three inches too short for me to reach a block.
I toyed around with the Leap Motion SDK once and it seems there have been big improvements in tracking over their lifetime. Might be that some games work with older SDKs. Or maybe it isn't so impressive, I haven't had too much time with it.
I'm guessing autocorrect failed you. What brand was it? Dos it fit ok if you have an offic chair with arm rests? I think that would be a good solution for me - the nature of a HOTAS system means you usually have both hands on so it should stop it flying off your lap.
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