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Keeping your Face and HMD clean

Even though I have read through many of the recommendations regarding keeping the Rift's face-plate clean, I never really felt like I was doing a good job. Furthermore, after 7 months of extensive use, I noticed that I tend to breakout (acne) more of...

Zenbane by MVP
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Quill and second display

Hi, i have a MSI laptop with a 1070 and another integrantes graphical card. At home i use quill while the laptop is connect to a monitor thru a mini-displayport to displayport adapter. In that configuration works perfect. Now i tried to use quill wit...

cloudluc by Honored Guest
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VR subscribers on Valve:steam grew 160% on a year-on-year period

At the 2018 daytime conference in St Petersburg last week, Valve's Jan-peter Ewert released some startling data about Steam to the public and published its own insights into the data. Steam platform Daily Active user 43 million (same period 2016 25 m...

kevinw729 by Honored Visionary
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VR Subindustries: Gambling, Military Training, and more!

I've decided to create a thread to keep track of the various subindustries where VR is flourishing. This is not only great conversation info, but for any would-be entrepreneurs out there trying to figure out where to focus your talents, this could he...

Rift Santa Cruz ( Walkman Style )

I have been following the Rift Santa Cruz, and wanted to give suggestions for the project:With the hardware (CPU, Gpu, memory and etc) in the headset is not possible a powerful hardware and can still leave the headset heavyI recommend that the Hardwa...

Oculus dash help

Hi guys, I want to be able to alt tab between a game and the browser, all while in vr, all of this, without using the touch controller. is it possible?Just an example on how I managed to do it now, while playing Elite Dangerous:while I'm in game, I h...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Has the sale section of the store been removed?

Being a tight arse (actually being that I don't really need any games right now but refusing to pass a bargain) I am only looking at bargains right now. For a short period there was an on sale filter in the store however it seems to be gone now. Is t...

problème configuration touch

Bonjourvoila mon problème: suite a l'achat de mon casque, j'ai fait l’installation de l'apps sur mon pc Windows 10 l’installation fonctionne correctement jusqu'au moment ou il me faut initialiser la localisation des capteurs.le point vert apparaît, j...

melarc by Honored Guest
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common strap issue cutting out sound.. what now ? *solved*

So I got the issue where the sound cut out unless u pull the strap backwards. I saw this was a common issue showing quite a bit of videos on youtube and many people who got the same thing. should I try to fix it or do something else ?I assume there's...

BartDM by Explorer
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How excellent!

Just found this today whilst browsing...how excellent an idea is this for our less able bodied friends.https://www.3drudder.com/accessibility-xbox-adaptive-controller-supports-the-3drudder/

Terminator VR Attraction

The experience starts with a group of four to eight people, each getting a facial scan for a “passport.” Guests are presented with a pre-show mission briefing before dressing up in a special suit with a VR headset. Each mission will be different, wit...

kevinw729 by Honored Visionary
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Can't open Oculus Home on windows 10

When I try to open Oculus Home it gives me this "Can't reach oculus runtime service - Your Oculus software may be updating." Anyone else get this issue and know how to fix it?http://imgur.com/RCtUNCc

Synchronize Oculus Go with an iPhone or iPad

I'm about to purchase an Oculus Go. The goal is to offer clients a better experience in viewing architectural 3D designs. Is it possible to synchronize an Oculus Go with an iPhone or iPad in order to see what the client is looking at at the moment?A ...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Selling gen 1 Rift - am I liable to be taxed?

Hello :smiley: Been a lurker on here for a while now and have now decided to join. I will be selling my Rift DK1 and upgrading - not quite sure what to yet though. However, I received the DK1 as a gift so any money I get from it will be profit. I'm i...

ellab_ by Honored Guest
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That old 'losing all my saved games' issue

Apologies in advance as I know this has come up several times before and I've even created threads about it in the past myself, but it's new pc time for me and I know there's already a page on how to backup and restore your oculus library but I'm not...

Nij by Heroic Explorer
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New facial interfaces

To the people who have one what do you think if the new facial interfaces?I don't like mine. With the new one beinng thinner and bringing you closer to the screens my eyelashes brush against the screens. Only every slightly but enough for it to be an...

Lone Echo Sale

Reduced to £23 - I bluddy noo it!Should have left Skyrim/Fallout 4 VR - now I'll have to wait for the next sale If ya want it, tho - I'd grab it now.

[Question] Developing a cross-platform VR app (Rift, Vive, MR)

Hey there,I may start to develop for VR in a few months, I've been practicing a little with Unity and my Rift. I have a question for VR devs whose games are cross-platform : how hard is it to implement several headsets?For example, let's say my VR ap...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Oculus Home Left Controller Wristwatch

I have the latest version of Oculus Rift Core 2.0 Beta (1.28.0.624751) installed in Windows 10. After the latest software update, whenever I am in Oculus Home the left-hand Touch controller has "Tap your wrist watch to see Home details and invite Fri...

Cross Platform games

Hi,Is it just me or do people find it annoying that Oculus doesn't have cross-platform between the rift and the GO? I have access to both and brought 'Keep talking and Knowone Explodes' (great game btw) on the rift. I went to the GO thinking I could ...

Uh Oh, HTC is laying off employees!

HTC has announced that it will lay off another 1,500 employees from its Taiwanese manufacturing division in a bid to restore its profitability. In a statement, the company says that it will reorganize itself (again) to better take advantage of effici...

Zenbane by MVP
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Convert 2D Movies to Stereoscopic SBS 3D

Hi all,This is all done with free software and works with .AVI, .mkv, mp4 files or if you have a Blu-ray or DVD you want to convert. **Disclaimer:** 3D movies are shot with special 3D cameras. This tutorial will show you how convert a 2D file in to a...

F4CEpa1m by Adventurer
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Speakers won't work

After connecting the rift my speakers don't work. Computer only recognizes the headphones. Anyone know how to get my speakers working again?

calfan by Honored Guest
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SLI

Hi,Has anybody heard anything concerning support for SLI or CrossFire? Last I looked into it it was just a no go. I understand some of the complexities but was wondering if there were any advancements with that lately. It's easy to come to the conclu...

teknix1 by Protege
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Hyperkin Touch Skin is Actually Pretty Cool

I bought this Touch skin randomly, and it's actually pretty cool.https://www.amazon.com/Hyperkin-GelShell-Controller-Silicone-Oculus-pc/dp/B0758M1Z81/The feel is really nice, and it should at least offer some protection. The downside is the it looks ...

OVRServiceLauncher cannot open

OVRServiceLauncher started from the wrong execution context. LastError = 0x427 (1063): The service process could not connect to the service controller.Pass in the "-install -start" arguments to install the service launcher as a Windows service and st...

RuiS517 by Honored Guest
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How to make Oculus as a second monitor?

Hello,I would like to launch my own view which is not developed by unity and not an app in the Oculus. I hope I could transfer view through HDMI. That is to say, using Oculus as a second monitor. But I tried in 'Display', computer cannot detect the d...

RuiS517 by Honored Guest
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