I did something close with my Quest 3S when using it seated: angled usb-c connector into the port and cable velcro’d to the strap. However the placement of the port is very different on the Frame so I cannot figure out how to reliably (and comfortably) secure the cable to headset. Hence my experiments with magnet connectors.
Alright you have convinced me. I’m ditching the magnet connectors and taking my chances with regular angled cables.
I had heard from reviews that the top strap was basically not needed. Then I tried it for myself. What it does is alleviate the pressure on your cheekbones as the headset no longer sags and allows you to loosen the horizontal strap a little, also lessening the overall pressure on your face.
It is not needed in the sense that the headset is wearable and has that “ski mask” look without it. I for one will never be taking it off.
Well shit, I had not thought of that. So basically it’s a choice between risking damaging the connector with physical movement or damaging the electronics inside with conductive dust. I do not expect there is much metal dust floating around in my home but I’ll keep that in mind.
I thought that title sounded better than “Here are all the thingies I bought to go along with the Frame” 😇
The ergo kit is indeed pricey but I doubt you can get that low. Somewhere in the 20-30 range would have been more reasonable. I am not sure I understand why they made the top strap optional at all. Plus coming from the Index, the controller straps feel more natural.
Lucky for her it was time to renew ! I would wager changing glasses to fit the Frame would be a lot more costly than the inserts for most people. In my opinion, using the Frame as a wired device kind of defeats its whole purpose (except for seated games). One might as well get a second-hand HP Reverb G2 or something like that for a fraction of the cost if it’s to play wired.
Looked it up and his video title is fairly self-explanatory : Steam Frame Lenses: AMVR Failed, But VR ROCK DELIVERS!.
I stuck with VR Optician because I was quite satisfied with the Valve Index inserts I bought from them a few years ago. Also they are based in Germany so basically a short hop away from me. And like last time, they bundled a small bag of gummy bears goldbären for whatever reason.
They are fairly transparent on their product and gave us a choice mid-production to switch to an alternate design. Their lenses are a bit more expensive than the others though.
It just so happens I very recently received vroptician comfort prescription lenses. I did some testing with both inserts, no inserts, and only one lens and forcing steamvr to track only one eye. As far as I can tell they do not hinder eye tracking. In my case I did not notice the foveation area flick to bottom when blinking you mentioned.
It’s a bit too soon to say for sure, I need to spend some more time with it. In any case, nothing egregious out of the box.
Update: I forgot to mention I still use the spacer because I could feel my eyebrows pressing on the top of the lenses when I removed it. Might be a factor or not at all.
It might be that you have very keen peripheral vision awareness. I did not notice it and was not even sure eye tracking worked until I tested it in some games supporting foveated rendering where the foveated area is configurable (MSFS 2024 PC, Dungeons of Eternity native).
Afterwards I found out there is an handy option to visualize eye tracking. I suggest you toggle it on to see if your eye tracking is lagging behind in some way.
This will show exactly where the headset thinks you’re looking, which I suppose is the relevant info for foveated streaming & rendering. On my setup, I do not perceive any latency there.
None of the headsets with inside-out tracking are as good as lighthouse-based tracking (Frame included), but they come close enough in most cases that the difference is irrelevant.
I set up 1.0 base stations once in 2016 when I got the OG HTC Vive and never took them down (except that one time when I had open it up to glue a lens back in). Now I shelved the Index and left them there for the time being.
It’s actually a good entry point into VR for newcomers : low friction setup and a large backlog of VR games dating back to 2016. Also a good fit for VR lunatics enthusiasts because upgrading to wireless VR feels pretty amazing, plus it’s tinker-friendly.
I mean, it’s been obvious for quite some time that VR as a mainstream concern was not going to happen. No one in the AAA space is building VR-only games because there is no money in it despite what VR maniacs early adopters would like to think.
That being said, I was lucky enough to get myself a Steam Frame and am enjoying the shit of the new crop of VR mods as well as a healthy dose of indie titles from my backlog. And while it’s not the best headset for flight/driving sims, it sure can handle them well enough to make them uniquely compelling. As you might have gathered, I’m a bit of a VR nutcase enjoyer myself
I have been building a backlog of both VR-native and VR-moddable games. I already own an Index and a Quest 3S. The latter I bought second-hand on the cheap and it really sold me on SteamVR streaming over WiFi. I have been waiting for the Frame in order to get a “modern VR” experience (wireless, pancake lenses, higher resolution, inside-out tracking, foveated rendering).
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And then there are the oldies but goodies. I’ll likely return to Half-Life: Alyx for a 4th playthrough, and also have another go at Moss Book I & II. BeamNG.drive will definitely be back on the menu for various driving shenanigans, and Dungeons of Eternity for some multiplayer dungeon crawling.
Happy PC gaming !
GloSC used to be the way to go, in order to use the original Steam Controller with UWP games from Xbox gamepass. It is no longer developed or maintained due to ViGEmBus being EoL’d. Could still work though.
Seems the author of GloSC has moved on to SISR, which you already know about.
Yep, that’s why I call that a tradeoff. Far from perfect and yet so much better than nothing.
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No, not for remote access over the internet.
For a remote and non-technical user I would say IP whitelisting offers a decent tradeoff.
On your end you expose your jellyfin port to internet, but restrict at the router level to your user’s client IP address as soon as you have it. Obviously in practice this works best if the address does not change often.
KeePass features a built-in synchronization mechanism. I store my password file on google drive for ease of access on multiple devices. I set up triggers (on save, on custom button) to sync between the local copy and the cloud copy, using this guide: https://keepass.info/help/kb/trigger_examples.html#dbsync
Not a turnkey solution, but once setup it works like a charm.
For what it’s worth, it’s really comfortable without glasses, a step above all headsets I’ve owned (Vive, Index, Quest 3S). But if you mean you get VR sick… Well once you get the high refresh rate, stable frame pacing and in-game movement/vignette options sorted out, then it’s up to your body to cope or not.