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D Deckagear Was a promising looking headset a while back that garnered a lot of excitement until the CEO went all in on crypto and killed the entire developing company almost overnight. Now, the Deckagear is Deckadead. Deckard Code name of Valve's next upc...
Contribution Guide
This guide would not be possible without the input of many people. Thank you. If you wish to have rights to contribute to this guide directly, please feel free to reach out to me on Discord at "Rami-Pastrami" or feel free to email me at rami@ramipastrami.engin...
Ch 13: Complex Morlet Wavelets and Extracting Power and Phase
This chapter discusses Complex Morlet Wavelets, how they extend on Morlet Wavelets from last chapter to extract phase and power information, and mechanisms of imaginary numbers to accomplish this. Also covers some practical advise on using them. 13.1 The Wave...
VR on Linux
Right now VR on Linux is rough, particularly depending on the hardware, distro, and DE you have. If you are completely new to Linux in general, you should be wary about diving straight into it for VR. You may wish to look into dualbooting to have a windows par...
Intresting Communities
Here is a non-exhaustive list of communities that might be worth looking into for various VR topics. Please note this is focused on communities centered around developing something, or larger VR tech enthusiast communities (IE not small friend group discord se...
What Headset should I get?
Welcome to Virtual Reality! There are a lot of available VR headsets to pick from to jump into / upgrade your VR experience. This is a non-exhaustive list highlighting common headset choices. If you wish to get more technical details for various VR headsets, I...
Full Body Tracking
What is full body tracking? Full body tracking (also known as FBT) refers to allowing tracking of more than the hands and head in VR, typically referring to the legs and hips of a user. This is typically done using trackers that are worn by the user. What is...
Face Tracking
What is Face Tracking? What Face Tracking hardware should I get? TODO
Tracking Methodologies
There are various methods headsets, controllers, and body trackers use to know their location in their environment. This page discusses the classes devices tend to fall under, and the various pros and cons you would expect a device of a class to likely inherit...
Displays and Optics
The visual quality visible on headsets depends on multiple factors, most important being the display specifications and type, and the lens. Keep in mind even with the same specs, different products may be of different effectiveness! Types of Displays T...
Wireless VR (Streaming)
If you have a stand-alone headset, you likely have an option to use a USB cable to connect to your PC to do PC based VR, But having a cable is annoying, so now there are options to stream VR wirelessly (almost always via WIFI) to your headset for a tether fre...
Programming / Game Development for VR
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USB 2.0 and multi-TT
Its common to use USB hubs when adding multiple dongles. However, it is important to know certain USB hubs can cause issues. Here we go over some common issues. Before throwing money at new USB hubs, it may be worth verifying to see if it is the hub that is r...
Interesting Applications
This is a list of interesting utilities that can make your VR experience better Tracking related Space Calibrator OSC Smooth Standable VRCFaceTracking PC VR Utilities OVR Advanced Settings (Windows, Linux) An open source tool that adds many...
Converting a Logitech universal reciever into a SteamVR Watchmen dongle
The poor-mans risky watchman dongle! WARNING: Messing with firmwares can potentially result in bricks, be wary and double check your dongle is supported as per the requirements! Furthermore, please understand that this is not supported by SteamVR officially! ...
Converting a Steam Controller dongle into a SteamVR dongle
Another way to get more VR dongles if you have unused Steam Controller dongles laying around! WARNING: Messing with firmwares can potentially result in bricks, be wary and double check your dongle is supported as per the requirements! Furthermore, please unde...
Sealing Quest Pro face tracking sensors to reduce the risk of sweat damage
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Making a vive wand act as a tracker for FBT tracking
Using multiple tracking types in a single VR session
This is a common question when people ask they want to mix VR devices together, such as using Steam VR tracked trackers with their Quest. The short answer is yes it is possible, though it takes a bit of work. TODO
Using the SteamVR web console to diagnose issues
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