Top 10 Tips for New HTC Vive Owners
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2024
- Whether you just received your Vive or have had one for a while, these tips are sure to make your virtual experience even better -- if that's even possible. In this video I'll show you how to enable many features that in my opinion should be on by default.
If you have additional tips or if I've stated incorrect information in the video, please comment below!
My Top 10 Tips:
The Identify Feature
Mirroring the Display
Room Setup Tricks
Enabling Bluetooth Communication
Audio Swapping and Mirroring
Enabling Room View "Tron Mode"
Controller Battery and Hands Display
Advanced Chaperone Settings
Loading New Backgrounds
Theater Mode
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3:45 OR in room scale once you finish mapping out the floor, you can flip the arrow in any direction you want inside the room scale box.
You should mention how useful it is to hook up a mic on your desktop, and set the "listen always" flag, and have it output to the vive's headset.
Then you can "talk" to the person in VR without having to yell or have them turn down the volume. Very handy!
+Ryan Dietrich Very nice tip!
Right click on the speaker icon bottom right of your screen. Then click "recording devices", then double click the USB audio device in the list. A new window pops up. Click on the "Listen" tab. Then check "Listen to this device".
The microphone now plays back over the speakers.
This is a fantastic tip. Demo people use this in stores and it's so useful.
Everytime you yell OHHH SHIT will it feedback into your ear?
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One thing i noticed is that you were incorrect with needing bluetooth on your desktop. The bluetooth is built in to the breakout box. I don't have bluetooth and the bluetooth on option is working fine.
+Christopher Andrade Thanks for the correction
+Christopher Andrade
Thanks for that, Christopher! My Vive is on its way, and as I was watching this video, I was getting ready to order a bluetooth adapter for my computer. Glad I saw your message first!
+Christopher Andrade i believe its actually built into the headset, the controllers sync to the headset, don't know if the breakout box also has bluetooth.
The standby function is not good for the Cosmos Elite. In my case when using standby for base stations it causes game breaking jittery display. If this happens to you buy a pair of RF remote outlets and a remote. Turn them on for VR time, turn them off when you're done.
Htc Cosmos Elite
Rx480
Ryzen 2600x
#11 Lens Distance adjustment : Where the headstrap connects to the HMD grab the grey rings and pull them out to the sides a bit. Then rotate them forward or back to move the display lenses further from or closer to your eyeballs & press back in to lock it when done. Can help reduce eye strain or improve FOV. Took me 2 years to realize this.
a new tip for everyone : replace the factory HDMI cable by a display port (DP-mini DP), picture sharpness is much better, I'm not sure supersampling (I use 2.5 for tests) works or is properly transmitted with the stock HDMI it was very blurry before i switched to DP fyi, a good way to test is to download the "london thames river" environement and check the red circle in the middle of the bridge with HDMI all I saw was red dot on a flat white circle now I can see details in the white
Well not sure why the fuck it happened but I did this and my computer did not like it.
Vive didn't work, restarted computer and Windows wouldn't boot until I put it back.
fredEVOIX hdmi is better
The link box has it's own Bluetooth in it, so you don't need Bluetooth in your computer to enable the Bluetooth features in SteamVR.
@@Valet2 not true at all. the vive will sometimes not work if you use 2.0 so no you cant use 2.0, and yes the vive has a 3.0 usb.
Another tip to remember (we found out at the meetup event you were talking about). Make sure to boot up your computer with the monitor only, then plug in the Vive after it's booted to Windows. If not, your Vive might become the primary monitor when the computer boots, which isn't going to work well.
Oh lol yeah that happened to me too! I always wondered why, didnt expect to read the explanation in a 7 year old youtube comment xD
It is actually amazing to consider, that the Vive and the CV1 were the first generation of headsets filled with so much functionality that we expect as a standard. Only thing that didn't age well on my CV1 and my Vives are their Fresnel lenses.
And having pentile matrixes, which led to some of the worst SDE we ever saw in the 2010s.
I wish the CV2 was made tho, it feels so sad that we'll never get another proper high end PCVR headset from Oculus.
I dont have a Vive. but i like to watch videos to make it feel like i have the money.
Moon Flux you know it’s way cheaper now than it was back then
@@vincent2091 ya i know that, but I have bills and other things. my mom and dad never give me money for whatever I want. Sometimes food and other things come first and before you know it, all that you had saved up is gone. its almost 500$ now, and pro is almost 1000$. that is almost the price of a used car that runs.
Get a Lenovo Explorer...on eBay cheap. Bought one a month ago for $167 with controllers. Plus does not need a super high-end computer to run.
@@MrRourk I got the pc to run it lol. And I want the vive for programming reasons over playing games with it.
Check eBay I got a deal back in June.
That tip about the standby mode was super helpful. The lighthouses were interfering with my TV remote and this was a much better solution than unplugging them every time.
0:38 There were 9 Vives set up, but 3 other people had just received theirs the day before. We kind of ran out of space at that point. :-) The average play area was 16 feet diagonal. Everyone used light stands. At least 300 people came to that event.
Mine came In today's but have to wait 5 more days till Christmas!! CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!!!
Hope you're having fun with your Vive!
FunshineX it is amazing dude!
Lol me too but for me it's Christmas 2018
i have my VIVE now.. highly recommend a lense protector, highly recommend a waterproof head pad thing, highly recommend american/travel adapters for anyone outside the us like me.
I love this. No humour, no drama; just facts.
8:50 my room is VERY small, thus i was gunna get an oculus because its a more seated experience thus i wont trip or hit anything near me but..just because of this, im now getting the vive. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!
I was at the Utah event as well (I was one of the two Rift demo stations.) subscribed.
+Joseph Jones (JRJ) Thanks for bringing the Rift.
It was fun to meet everyone (I lost count after giving around 70+ demos.) That group has evolved into a truly great community. (www.meetup.com/UtahVR/ for anyone in the SLC or Provo area.)
also, there are skins in the customize tab for your controllers and base stations. can make them invisible, skin them with a game skin, or even make the controllers look rusted.
The bluetooth mentioned in there is part of the Vive junction box not something you need internally in your PC.
Do NOT use USB 3.0 with the Vive it is meant for USB 2.0 and 3.0 will cause issues. This has been confirmed by many users and HTC.
Bluelight Gaming really? because my Vive HMD camera works better and I have less problems in 3.0
3.0 has been known to cause tracking and jitter issues with many users. And the requirements don't call for it so that's enough reason not to use it. If u r having no problems, great. If u do then switch. It's simple.
@@BluelightGaming1 Wait WHAT.. so this is the issue i've been experiencing.. i (falsely) thought USB 3.0 would improve tracking.. i guess not? feck.. and i was worried my vive is already dead. (sorry for being so late to the vive party.)
Uhh I only have USB 3.0 on my Desktop...
For backgrounds, check out Neptune Infection, Buckyballs, and City 17. They are my favorites!
+elev8dity will do thanks
Disable camera for better performance.
Fantastic video, but how to avoid stepping on your cat?
Eat it.. no more stepping on it
Very handy video , just got my vive yesterday (one day turn around time for shipping) will be tweaking my settings to match these. Thanks!
This is incredibly fucking useful, thank you...
you could add single click of the system button - the one under the disc or on the hmd left side, brings up the steam menu. double clicking it turns the camera on. also not mentioned that most people miss is the hmd has two adjuster knobs that pop out and spin to push the Fresnel lenses further back for people with glasses.
Thanks for the video man. Finished my new PC build a few weeks ago and Friday my Vive arrives!
For those of you who commented that you felt this would be information anyone with half a brain would discover all by themselves in a day or two, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. You would be wrong, however, but still entitled to it. I very much wish I had been fortunate enough to notice and then watch this video before I even opened the box holding my Vive. If you are brand new to this level of technology, it can be incredibly intimidating. How do you know what you don't know? Don't criticize someone for being a newbie. I try to think of complexity as an illusion. It generally disappears with understanding. This video gave me understanding quickly. Yes, I could have and did spend a bunch of wasted time learning a few of these on my own. I would have preferred knowing the information in advance, and then just use the knowledge, and I thank the maker of this tutorial very much.
Thank you for speaking clearly and slowly. Very valuable information. Thank you so much. I love my HTC Vive and Steam!!! Oh, and my kick ass rig. I have to through props where I hardly ever do and certainly not enough to CyberPower PC.
Haven't got my vive yet but great video, very well presented and very helpful.
Probably getting a Vive after this weekend. Been wanting one for AGES but never had the money. I am so goddamn excited
1 thing that i really wish I had known, too, was that the earbuds that come with the Vive had a little tab on the RIGHT earbud that you can easily feel to know which one is right and which one is left. It even has a little R on it. The earbuds themselves both have an R and L on them, but this is obviously great for figuring out what's what with the headset ON.
you made it sound boring at the start and i almost changed the video but you did explain everything really well and im glad i continued to watch.
For room setup, doesn't it make sense to actually follow the directions and point you controller at the monitor (as is instructed), since most of your viewers are probable not UA-cam content creators and thus would want to be facing away from their monitors?
Other than that question, great video!
+MrBlahblhblah Yeah, I definitely prefer it that way.
+MrBlahblhblah Maybe instead it should just say: "Look and point at the direction you want the back of your head facing. It's recommended to look at point at your computer." (I realize they're trying to simplify it here.)
Awesome! I learned more about my htc vive. Will, you every do more vr related content because I see Minecraft for the most part on your channel?
really useful! I'll be sure to set up the camera features that I haven't looked at this week yet!
The browse workshop has never worked for me. I get an unexpected error when I try to browse.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Learned a few new things.
+larock0wns You can browse and subscribe to backgrounds outside of the Vive too. They'll show up in the list.
+ZuluPilot Yeah, thats the only way it works. Doesn't work in-headset for whatever reason.
I have an Index and am watching this video long after, but I think it's neat to see how SteamVR used to look and the things people didn't know back in the day. For instance, I didn't realize both Vive controllers looked the same. With Index Controllers, they're shaped to your hands and clearly have a right and left.
The headset mirror mode has more options like showing an overlapping view of both eyes.
There's a double-tap system button for camera room view now, and you can actually see the room instead of just the object outlines.
The Index also has a Bluetooth controller in the headset so you don't have to manage that yourself. All of that stuff is completely gone from view.
"There's another one coming out this week called BigScreen"
Thanks for the tips! Getting my Vive today, can't wait!!!
am i the only one who has no idea which hand the icon is supposed to mean? they make it a solid grey cartoon hand and i have no idea if that means the back of your hand view or the palm, sinch when you hold the controller you hold it in your palm with your thumbs poiting up or out. so which is it? the icon supposed to be of the palm or the back of the hand?
Why dont you just look at it during a session when you know for sure which one is which. I bet which direction the hand is pointing is that controller.
matt hanratta its palms down. so the thumb pointing to the left is the right hand, thumb pointing to the right is left hand. It also seems to set them after you turn them on based on their orientation to the headset,
it´s made the same way as you look at your hands when you strecth your arms. Meaning it´s the back of the hand. Should make sense to you.
Psythik when holding my vive controllers my hands are on the side of the controller. not palm down flat on the trackpad side fuckwit.
if you turn our hands 90 degrees palm down then your palms are palm down with the controller now sideways. if you turn them 90 degrees the other way then they are palm up with the controllers just as sidways but facing the other way. I don't pick them up palm down or up, that's the issue and that's why the ambiguous logo didn't make sense. had they made them vaguely 3d hands it would be clear. but flat 2d single colour icons specify neither way round until you know what way around its supposed to mean
Thank you for the mirroring tip!
I actually didnt know a lot of these thanks for it
honestly. Ty man for the surroundings, and 2 voice. We can play vr games without hitting anything finally.(the blue squares for walls are not soo good)
Well iv been looking into one of thease for a while and weel all thease features you have shown have sold me and how useful they are thanks for the video
The info in this video shouldn't be info people don't know, knowing details like this should be essential. Good video.
I really wish the vive microphone was as good as your recording mic. I would consider vive the best of the best if that were the case. but thats just wishful thinking right now.
A way to quickstart the vive(if steam is already running): doubbleclick on the button on the left side of the vive, it might take a second but youll get into vr asap
Nice and concise. Thanks for sharing this information! I am eagerly awaiting my Vive and videos like this are nice bite sized for new owners.
+Valmore Riera may the fedex gods be kind to you :)
Omg, the Bluetooth tips was game changing, finally peace and quiet without looking for power cords in the back, haha
Does the Bluetooth Basestation stuff require internet and does it track everything just as well ? I´m thinking about cable management but.. if it works wirelessly then.. why not ?
Good video - sending it to my May-ship friends.
man, i've been using mine for months and I didnt know all of these. thanks!
don't forget to redo a room setup if you move your bases vertically, forgot to do that and my friend complained he was fighting giants in superhotvr oops
thx for the BT audio and camera tips, vr noob here only 2 days of it, I probably won't use the camera chaperone I think loosing sense of direction in VR is a good thing, the basic grid doesnt break immersion as much as seeing your room again
I know this is an old video, but I discovered there’s a toggle to show a play space center point marker in the debug menu for the screen mirror.
Great video, thanks! If I may suggest, put the timestamps in the post so we can click to specific tips.
Base station standby is off by default because, apparently, it can cause problems. I tried that standby mode, and for some reason it wouldn't even start up because of problems getting the tracking started.
How do you take a screenshot with an HTC Vive headset using Valve controllers? Where is the Power button on a Valve controller for an HTC Vive headset?
Happen to get a fix for "compositor needs to be full screen" error? Mine won't stay the active screen, even when I'm sure the monitor is to the left I multiscreen settings, even when I click on compositor n go way to the left w my mouse n click (fixes it for a second only) n I don't need to plug it in differently. I use a laptop
Can someone help?? Controller works fine, except when i start up VR. The controllers are not appearing. Even after i press the button under the round control pad. It lights up green but the VR control panel does not show active controller, I have to connect it through usb for 10 secs then unplug it for the light box to pick it up
do you know if I can calibrate forward to be towards my ceiling? That would help my neck a lot, looking downwards or even level severely hurts my neck and I want to be looking upwards all the time
thank you, as a new user this was so helpful
I’m looking forward to get this I’ve been waiting so lon over a year and I’m getting one for Christmas and this will help me when I get it tysm
I just have one question. I had some problems with the compositor when I first started playing. So I found on the Internet that I should directly put the HDMI into the gpu. I was able to play some games. But, when I open up a game that can be seen on my computer monitor, but not in the HMD. In the settings there is still something wrong with the compositor. I have tried everything and I can't figure out a solution. Can you or anyone who sees this comment help me on this?
I gave it my all to earn for mine (even if it's used one) and will get it in a few days and CAN'T WAIT oh boy how excited I am I just hope my display port to hdmi cable for monitor will arrive (I have only 1 and my monitor runs of it)
Great video. One question.. If u don't have Bluetooth on your pc.. Can u still set the sensors to turn off when steamvr is not in use? Would you have to connect them to USB to upload that command or does it not work at all? Guess that was 2 questions. :)
you don't need Bluetooth on your computer, Bluetooth is built into the breakout box.
My only problem is with this god damn Motion Sickness sometimes :/ i played Dead Effect 2 VR and when i moved, it made me so dizzy....just wanted to return my Vive, but then i played ZomDay and it wasnt that bad, but i didnt used the full motion thingy
Hey FunshineX. Nice video cant wait to get my Vive soon, I was wondering your PC specs?
Only turn on bluetooth if you have enough USB bandwidth. I can't do it or else my vive starts freaking out and disconnecting
I was at an event where the RAF where doing some recruitment thing on the vive pro and they had more then 10 of them with only 2 lighthouses
OMG !!! right hand and left hand on the controller !!!! i totaly miss that and i was always thinking : WTF !! why they don't show us L and R hands !! it is too well integrated on the controller !! hahahahaha !! AWESOME !!!
thank u for this video i just got a vive and this helped a lot
Oh ok that’s useful, there is a window 180 degrees or opposite my pc so I’d want to set the forward position to my pc
Do you know if your space needs to be perfectly square or rectangular? I have a couch with a chaise lounge that sticks out... just wondering if I could set up my space around that without having to move it.
Space can be any shape, for just standing/sitting the space needs to be just a very small box, for a play area there is a minimal requirement but its fairly small. When tracing the area you can make any shape you wish.
+Xaines thanks guys. Set my Vive up last week. Awesome stuff... tried to upgrade my gpu today... went out of stock too quick, though.
Is the Vive clearer than the rift? I purchased the rift, and it’s not really clear. It’s not unplayable, but I’m wondering if this is not an issue with the Vive.
Thanks
There’s supersampling in the vive settings.
Awesome tip video. A lot of stuff here I haven't seen anywhere else.
Do you have to press "install blutooth driver" button after enabling it?
Uh, Bluetooth is not needed on the PC. The Bluetooth is built into the headset itself and it will control the lighthouses and controllers as needed. The option isn't on by default because it requires you to install the Bluetooth drivers for the headset (done using the plug & play when you activate the Bluetooth option in the settings).
I wonder if you can help me with a little problem some Perry's and I try to do it last night with the vibe and my 5 headset was glitching really really bad in this setup room and then it kept pulsating a white light like every 5 Seconds can you help me with this
Check if it’s plugged in properly and is anything obstructing the tracking
I’m getting mine this Saturday! :)
i noticed the hand thing on the controllers after i think a few days of using the vive.
What's the specs of your PC? I'm just curious since you said you needed a good PC to use camera mode.
Great video! Thanks for doing this!
Thanks for this, Interesting stuff! I would of found it out by my self if i had my VR now, because i like sneaking around and finding stuff in a dark corner (just messing with settings basically) But I dont have my VR Yet so im just watching other peoples experiences to learn more about it while i wait :3
how do you turn down the volume of speakers when you are mirroring it?
Thanks for the great video. I had a question about your bluetooth adapter. is there any that you would recommend? I looked at some online but their ratings were kinda bad. If you could let me know what you have that be great for the lighthouse power feature.
the headset has it's own Bluetooth chip. No need for your PC to have one!
WHAT! this purchase replaced a curved monitor, bluetooth adaptor, phone dock and my boring room for me. Thanks for the response!
About the bluetooth part, i'm sure I heard that there is an bluetooth chip inside the headset.
Pointing at your monitor or not doesnt matter. You can rotate your play area. Dont know if that was a feature when you recorded this.
The bluetooth thing is probably off by default because many home use many wifi devices, including the computer the vive might be running on, and depending on the band and frequency of the wifi, bluetooth can easily screw it up. For example, I had a pair of bluetooth headphones and they worked great with my phone, but would absolutely wreck my wifi on my laptop and make it cut out every 10 minutes. For wired computers, bluetooth is not a problem in the slightest, and if you game on pc, it's best you have a wired connection for the best speed anyways.
alright this is helpful but can you tell me 1 thing, in settings my framerate says "Missing frames" and its laggy af. Can i fix that ? without changing the graphics driver?
what gpu do you have
he has intel hd graphics 3000😂😂
Thanks very helpful!
very informative thanks a lot!
I pushed the like button, like you suggested so very forcefully at the end.
jk - I genuinely enjoyed it :)
Don't forget about anarchy arcade is another theatre one I like to watch Netflix in
Thanks, very informative video.
Hi thanks for the tips. When I click display Mirror I just get a blank white screen. Any ideas?
Haven't seen that one. Reddit is a great place to post Q's to
Is there anyway to save the steamVR audio settings? Mine always seems to default back to no audio mirroring.
+elev8dity They save for me without issue
+FunshineX Hmm. Maybe it was just because I had to restart my computer. Only had the HMD for a day so far.
How can I set the vive station & headset to a sleep mode??
Great video!
spent 4 days trying to get it to work - done with it - lol!
thank you for all your tips and help :) ive also subscribed too you.
Very nice.
Thanks!
if only i had a small loan of £700
Sixa they do finance its how I got mine £28 a month for 2 years. cheaper than most phone contracts
Evan Stanley yep few months back all paid off! Still love it. Mostly elite dangerous I play on it