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You can also just make an L shape out of one piece of green fabric. I did so for quite a while, but the quality was low.

Obviously the more you put into it the more you'll get out of it, typically. It depends on your room too. Also your lighting. Lighting is easily the most important thing, other than "having a greenscreen". In fact, the quality of your lighting is often more important than the quality of your greenscreen, to a point.

Basically just put your camera wherever you want it for the optimal angle, and try to cover as much of its field of view with green as possible. That might involve one or two pieces of greenscreen, and it might involve green floor too.

After that, light that shit up real good. You want daylight (5000K+) lights ideally. Don't go any lower than 4000K.

I personally use two of these greenscreen backdrops forming a U shape (I cut one of them in half for the sides of the U), held up by these cargo poles (I use these poles to hold my lighthouses too). I use these green mat pieces for my flooring, and these bar lights for my lighting (one six pack).

For comparison, I originally used one piece of greenscreen fabric, with a single 5000K LED regular house lightbulb and a $20 4000K LED floodlight from Lowes. This is the quality of mixed reality I had. The upgraded setup, as I described above with all the Amazon links, for comparison looks like this. Much better.

If you spend $100 dollars more, you can get an unused original vive.

It is totally worth it to get the vive man. Far superior tracking and room scale is a hoot to experience. There are a huge number of games available now and if you already have a gaming PC, then you are set to go man. That is usually the biggest hurdle for people looking to get into VR. The cost of a VR system + a gaming PC is just too much for most to bare at once.

On PSVR, you don't have access to the huge library of custom songs that the community has built up. Not to mention all the other life-improving mods that are available to the PC players which aren't available to PSVR. The game doesn't automatically generate maps; every mapping you've seen was painstakingly done by hand by one of the many dedicated and talented mappers in the community.

I have had this game since launch and it has turned my gaming computer into a beat saber playing device; I've put over 400 hrs into this damn game lol. I've basically stopped playing other VR games because beat saber is my go to; it never gets old, especially with the constant stream of new content from both the devs and the community.

Great exercise too. I've lost a fairly large amount of weight. I think I was around 200-210 lbs before I started playing a bunch and now I'm down to like 170 lbs, so I lost maybe 30-40 lbs. My resting heart rate has plummeted too, it's crazy. The VR health institute found that players playing the OST songs (the songs that came with the game which are way more tame than the community made stuff) were burning calories at the equivalent rate as someone playing tennis. They did an experiment to get data on the custom songs too and I believe they actually measured oxygen consumption and the whole 9 yards for those tests, but they haven't published it yet. I'm certain that the results are going to be crazy if they ever release the data.

There's custom Queen songs available on beatsaver.com, but you can't play them on PSVR, because PSVR version has no mod support or support for custom songs. Plus, there's no Queen songs available in the base game. Go for a PC VR headset or Oculus Quest, as those can play custom songs and have mod support. I'm assuming you don't have a VR-ready PC, so I'd recommend getting an Oculus Quest, since you can play it untethered without needing a PC. You can get it here if you want. Hope this helps.

poshei Mens Headband (4 Pack), Mens Sweatband & Sports Headband for Running, Crossfit, Cycling, Yoga, Basketball - Stretchy Moisture Wicking Unisex Hairband https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H25M7WF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_vVjkDbNTK7DC8

This worked great for me. It's super thin but it helps a lot.

It cost more but this one has dedicated channels, meaning you don't share bandwidth with other controllers on the same card. This card takes a PCI-e x4 slot i think not a x1 slot. Read up on it! it was recommended long ago for oculus cameras if you have 4 cameras and other usb things.

In Canada its only 100 dollars https://www.amazon.ca/Startech-PEXUSB3S44V-SuperSpeed-Dedicated-Channels/dp/B00HJZEA2S/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=PEXUSB3S44V&qid=1573565524&sr=8-1

I agree. I already ordered new grips which look much lighter, although It doesn't look so cool like Camvate ones. https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Handheld-Stabilizer-Panasonic-Samsung/dp/B01IMRRVKO
It's hard with current heavy grips to swing like a madman as fast as before. But anyway, I don't want to go back for normal controllers. lol

I found these a pretty good investment: ($15 rubber skins for Vive Controllers)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LEZO0OQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

If only for the more common "oops I just smacked something I couldn't see".

Hey haha thats kinda funny, I just fixxed it about 30 Minutes ago.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00B6ZCNGM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 If you buy one of these and install it (dont use the driver cd, let windows detect it) it will work again

just plug the headset in there that fixxed it for me

Thanks! If you decide to give it a try I used shelf liner like this. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AS9NAI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_iDCUCbWDHVSKD

I cut a rectangle so that it was almost as long as the battery and wide enough that it goes about three-quarters of the way around.... I insert the shelf liner into the battery compartment making sure to slide it underneath the spring, then insert the battery and try to force it up away from the spring as much as possible.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that the new touch controller is coming out they learn from their mistake and have the battery face the opposite direction so that the centrifical force works WITH the spring rather than against it.

I finally figured out an effective solution last night. Requires a sweatband and a fan. But you need to wear it in a specific way.


The sweat band needs to be slightly thick, and you need to wear it just above your brow, such that the top of the rift is resting on the sweatband not directly on your face. This releases the pressure on the lower part of the rift and allows a decent amount of airflow I to the mask from the bottom. Worked so much better than anything else I tried, so many people suggest a sweat band but leave this detail out.

I used something like this folded on itself across my forehead: https://www.amazon.ca/KALILY-6PCS-Headband-Bandana-Multifunctional/dp/B01LBG7AEU/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1539785899&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=tube+scarf&dpPl=1&dpID=61bfKGp67RL&ref=plSrch

I have those Duracell 2450mAh ones, they're pretty old now so they might not hold their charge as well as before. You can probably get 4 of those and a charger for less than 20 of your local currency.

Jaws JAW1795 Quick Spit Antifog Gel, 1-Ounce https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000GGCLIC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_kY2TCb27R91WY

I use this stuff man works like a charm .

I highly agree with this, I use https://www.amazon.com/poshei-Headband-Sweatband-Crossfit-Basketball/dp/B07H25M7WF/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=headband&qid=1562954465&s=gateway&sr=8-3 due to the thinness of it and how well it absorbs sweat!

>Would I need to build it myself?

If you buy all parts from one store then you can ask most of them to build the PC before hand.

> Also I can go for a $750 machine or up to $900. $1,000 is just as far as I'm willing to go.

You'd need at least 500USD for a Vive, which is the easiest to set up for Steam.

1060 is the minimum "VR ready" card and a build barely hits that 500USD mark to allow a Vive purchase.

If you really want a better PC then you could build a 1070 and possibly get the Mixed Reality Headsets like these. They're cheaper and much easier to set up but worse tracking and feel.

Well garbage is pretty subjective, but they give a very playable experience. I edited my post because that's closer to what I'm seeing at this exact moment on amazon. From a quick 10 second search...

Acer for $200 on Newegg

Lenovo Explorer for $210 on Amazon

They go on sale very frequently though. Check buildapcsales. WMR headsets that aren't the Samsung Odyssey are all substantially similar except for styling so dont worry too much about which one ends up on sale.

I had that problem when using a usb pci-e card with only 1 controller, fixed it by getting a card with 2 controllers but it costs a pretty penny. It's this one.

Did you resolve this? I'm having the exact same poblem. Dual vibration works fine in Superhot.

I'm on Rift CV1. Mobo is MSI B450 Tomahawk Max.

Edit:

I finally solved the problem by installing an internal PCIe USB extension card. I went for the Inateck one that Oculus recommends. Don't forget to plug in the SATA power cable or it won't work. Had me scratching my head for a bit.

These work really well for me:
AMVR Touch Controller Grip Cover for Oculus Quest or Rift S Anti-Throw Handle Protective Sleeve https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X117LPR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_AKi1DbNY6TFQJ

Not OP, but I have 2 hooks up in the ceiling like these and then use this kit with it. It works effin great.

To my defense I did do a quick search and landed in the windows store - which I wrongly assumed would have all the Windows Mixed Reality headsets - and the cheapest in there was on sale for 250

Also even accounting for the usual exchange rate to CAD (35-50% more), the Acer one is almost double and the explorer is 1.5x more what they should be, at the same sources you cited. So that you can understand my confusion/excitement at the 'sub-200$' claim.

After a year+ of foggy lenses I finally bought this diving mask “Spit” stuff from Amazon, put a BB sized drop on one lens and used a lens cleaning cloth to divide it between both lenses and haven’t had any fog now in two weeks playing 2 hour sessions of Beat Saber.

Just Add Water JAW1795 Jaws Spit Antifog Gel, 1-Ounce

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GGCLIC/

I have this laptop. GTX 1060, i7.

If your computer is capable, then any of the lower range WMR headsets would be fine. eg Lenovo Explorer, Acer, Dell.

You can find them on sale for 200 or less, just make sure the controllers are included, in fact, ACER is on sale on amazon right now for $178USD

Some would say the controller tracking on WMR headsets is problematic, but I recently got an S on Angel Voices expert with a Lenovo Explorer.

I have replacement masks that I made myself. I bought a few of these, cut out the eye sockets, center/nose bit, and straps. It fits (and sticks to) the headset flawlessly. They are also machine washable.

Other than that, I take the headset off every couple songs to wipe off my face, hands, ears, etc.