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Oh god, yes, we have. You ordered from HTC direct, correct?

Good luck to you comrade. There's many of us that... Don't have very nice things to say about HTC. In any case, enjoy your Vive! It is a fantastic piece of kit. Think about getting the Deluxe Audio Strap for increased comfort and pretty nice built in headphones.

Oh cool I hadn't seen either the "THINGY" nor "Dualplay". It's a bummer that it looks like the "Dualplay" indiegogo never made it. That would have been useful. But you can't argue with the simplicity/accessibity/low cost of other hardware store based alternatives.

At some point down the road I do want to add in EXT port attachment handling so that we could support attachments like the sharshooter attachment (http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-Move-Sharp-Shooter-3/dp/B002I0K622), that work will come after PS4 camera support (via https://github.com/bigboss-ps3dev/PS4EYECam) and DS4 support.

I purchased [a set of these](https://smile.amazon.com/Retractable-Management-Headset-MDW-Adhesive/dp/B01M6EB8DM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1524234947&sr=8-3& keywords=vive+cable+management) last year. Note that Amazon carries a variety of similar products. It works fairly well but I'd add some caveats. I have a drop-ceiling in my playspace so I was able to use string to affix the mechanism and didn't have to use the adhesive (which is reportedly very strong to the point of pulling off paint upon removal). You still have to be careful with a system like this because if you're swinging/punching with your arms, you can easily connect with a hanging cable.

I'm not sure if I really recommend it, but I don't regret getting it. I don't always use it, but when I do it has been useful.

I got my Vive on amazon warehouse to save money. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00VF5NT4I/ref=dp_olp_used_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=used&m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ

Really great prices for the Vive, and I would definitely recommend a vive. Fantastic for room scale and imo better than a rift because of it's roomscale.

Omg your friend is an ass! I’m sorry but I’m amazed that thing is running! Please refrain from having the computer on until you get a proper cooler for BOTH your processor and graphics card. You are likely damaging the computer every time you run it.

for the processor

I don’t know what to do about the graphics card honestly but you need to cool that as well. You might be better off getting water cooling and installing it. But you also need to cool the GPU as well.

That picture of the acrylic that you don’t what it is, that is a water cooling block for the GPU!

Same with the processor, that’s a water cooling block sitting on it!

Your friend literally took out the water cooling but didn’t replace the fans!

I did the same thing. I bought it, was overwhelmed with controls and didn't want to buy a HOTAS, and put it down. Years later I picked it up in VR and I HIGHLY recommend it.

You can play it with the motion controllers, but it requires the use of a few programs: Virtual Button Box and Steam VR Wheel.

Virtual Button Box will let you set up button overlays that you can bind to any keyboard keys you want and gives you a few options for activating them with the vive controllers. You can drag, resize, etc all of these buttons. I use them for any non-time critical actions. It actually makes it feel like you are in a spaceship cockpit with a bunch of buttons around you can press to activate all kinds of things.

Steam VR Wheel has a few modes that lets you emulate different joysticks with a motion controller. There's an option to use it as a semi-HOTAS style stick. It works okay, but it's not amazing.

Alternately, you can use VoiceAttack to issue voice commands as well.

Personally, I use a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick (super cheap joystick that works well, not crazy expensive like the HOTAS) in my right hand and a motion controller in the left for activating Virtual Button Box buttons. It's the most immersive VR experience I've found yet.

Do you get sparkles in dark scenes as a result of the cable extensions? I bought a similar 25 foot optical cable and the 3.0 Active USB cable and most everything works fine except the sparkles and the Index camera. The camera looks distorted like it has a black fabric screen in front of the lenses. The cameras tests ok using WebCamTest. Have you had any other oddities that you attribute to extending the Index with your cables.

By the way, thanks for the post as it pointed me in the right direction for allowing my system to be in a different room from the playspace.

The optic cable I used was: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X4W61YP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The USB Cable: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FQ88CHS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Who pays $99USD for an Oculus sensor? Like I agree with everything else in this post but the Sensor and an active USB cable are $60:
https://www.amazon.com/Oculus-Sensor-16ft-Repeater-Cable-pc/dp/B0727WDPX6/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Oculus+RIft+Sensor&qid=1556728791&s=gateway&sr=8-3


https://www.oculus.com/rift/accessories/?locale=en_US


https://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-sensor-for-rift-virtual-reality-headset-black/5882515.p?skuId=5882515

I just use camera tri-pods in my living room and it works perfectly and stores easily. Here is the link to them.

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-60-Inch-Lightweight-Tripod-Bag/dp/B005KP473Q/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=tripods&qid=1564697527&s=gateway&sr=8-3

Another option that is more stable, and takes less floorspace than tripods are these: Support Rod

Combined with these: Bar Clamp

I upgraded from a pair of lighting tripods and it's a definite improvement. I'm not bumping the base of the tripods anymore.

Are you running the Vive through any kind of adapter? I often had problems getting the Vive to work because I initially had it going from the link box HDMI port to an adapter for Displayport.

I could get steam VR to work if I started it up immediately after a reboot but any more than 5 or 10 minutes after startup and I'd get a variety of errors including Error 400.

If you don't have a free HDMI port you might want to look into getting a mini DP to DP cable like this one

Also, HTC support loves to pass the buck to others. I'm surprised they didn't pass the blame to Steam though.

You need a laptop with at least a GTX 1060 (closest to the gtx 970 listed on the game's steam page). The laptop you linked does not have a dedicated GPU but only the integrated Intel thing, which can't do anything beyond facebook games. Personally, I would look for a laptop with at least a GTX 1660 Ti (if it has to be a laptop and can't be a desktop), since that would at least be a tiny bit future proof.

For example:

GTX 1060

https://www.amazon.com.au/Acer-Predator-Helios-Black-i7-8750/dp/B07CTHLX8C/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

https://www.umart.com.au/Infinity-17-3in-FHD-144Hz-i7-8750H-GTX-1060-256GB-SSD-Gaming-Laptop--S1060-CD_50812G.html

or

GTX 1660 Ti https://www.amazon.com.au/ASUS-Gaming-Laptop-15-15-99-inches/dp/B07QQB6DC1/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=laptop+gtx+1660&qid=1559039759&s=gateway&sr=8-3 (CPU isn't the greatest however)

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If you happen to have a display (or you'd have to buy a cheap one) a Desktop PC would be either quite a bit cheaper for similar / slightly better specs or way more powerful at a similar pricepoint, e.g. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/WFg2vn (RTX 2060/2070 as GPU and higher CPU if you want more power, Windows can be found online for cheap)

So you think that this $12 product (link below) is all I need to be able to install the Vive WiGig card in my computer that has an M.2 slot in it? That would be awesome. [edit: I changed M.2 to PCI-e to this one that is more expensive because my M.2 slot is on the back/underside of my mobo with very little room. I am not even sure I can fit this mini cable in that space].

https://www.amazon.com/H-COME-PCI-Express-Powered-Cable-GPU-Adapter-Ethereum/dp/B076F47VYV/

Here on reddit there are several threads of people describing their solution.
Personally I'm using these (https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0777H24ZG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) to keep the cable constantly above me.

I'm using two of them in series and this makes the resistance you get from those things barely noticeable - except on the very edge of my play area.

Regarding the "future of VR" I'd assume there will be 2 device categories (analog to PC / Notebooks).
One is designed for high-end performance / low weight the other one for mobility / ease of use - You just can't do both aspects without compromising ....

You can just use a fan like this one

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071JB9WYB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_VlThCbNDGF9HX

I have to give USB-C displayport adapters such as this 2 thumbs up. https://www.amazon.com/Accell-J231C-008B-3-USB-C-VR-Adapter/dp/B07LC4B43P/ref=sr_1_3?crid=79WW421AT8CU&keywords=accell+usb-c+vr+adapter&qid=1564853875&s=gateway&sprefix=accell+us%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-3

I've been using it for 2 weeks now and no issues so far. Just have to make sure the USB-C port is connected to your dedicated GPU.

Curious why this cable would have similar specs while being shorter is cheaper? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J2PGGFX/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A1AMUYYA3CT6HJ&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/UPTab-DisplayPort-Adapter-displays-4096x2160/dp/B01B6ZOMIS/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=hdmi+to+displayport+uptab&qid=1556683398&s=gateway&sr=8-3

I've used an UPTAB 4K adapter for over 3 years. (not the exact same look as one shown)

It works very well with 4K gaming over HDMI connection to my 4K TV