I recently was gifted what appears to be an old OG VIVE from a friend but to be honest I’m just not into VR like that. I’m looking to sell it since my friend doesn’t care what I do with it.

I searched online how much it costs but it fluctuates heavily on a lot of websies. I’ve seen anywhere between 100-350

From what it appears this VIVE has 2 controls, the headset, and both stations (I think that’s what it is called) and was barely used any input would be appreciated!

Mainly for PC games on steam. Can I get away with the vive ultimate that don't need a base station? Seems a lot cheaper than the 3.0 trackers plus the 2 minimum 2.0 base stations would put me over $800 (3 x trackers for 450, 2 x base stations for 200 each)

I was wondering if anybody knows if you can use the OG vive as a watch man dongle, along with the valve index

Does anybody know if this is possible?

Are the Vive tracker 3.0s going out of stock/discontinued? The US Amazon page isn’t up anymore for some reason. And for the past couple months they have been slightly above MSRP sometimes. Does this maybe mean they will be gone forever?

I just got a Vive and want a better modmic, but they all seem so expensive. Is there a cheap alternative?

SYSTEM SPECS::
Windows 10
RTX3090Ti
Ryzen 5600x, No OC
16Gb 3200MHz DDR4 RAM
MSI Mag B550M Wifi Motherboard
Corsair RM850 PSU

I HAVE TRIED:

• Reinstalling the game in question
• Reinstalling SteamVR/Vive Console
• Reinstalling the hardware drivers for my GPU, HMD
• Ensuring any unnecessary processes are terminated
• Reinstalling the system OS after wiping my drives
• Unplugging every single USB device connected to my computer except the HMD
• Turning my main monitor refresh rate down from 165Hz to 60z (marginally reduce GPU load?)
• Disabling mirroring of the game onto the main monitor
• Running everything in compatibility/safe mode
• Overclocking and removing said overclocks (did nothing)
• Turning HMD resolution to 50%.
• Tried every single USB-Port on my computer for the link box
• Tried every port on my GPU for the HMD Video cable

I've been chasing down a bug with my sim-racing rig for the past couple of months, and am kind of at the end of my rope. I'm running a Vive Pro 2 in wired mode, playing Assetto Corsa, but have observed this in SteamVR Home as well. I have my in-game settings cranked completely to minimum, headset resolution running at 100%, and am achieving frametimes of roughly 6-7ms, with worst case 99th percentile at 9ms, so I should be well under the 11.1ms requirement to maintain 90Hz. FPSVR shows a sea of green, I cannot find any example of a recorded frametime going over 10ms. I have turned reprojection off, to the best of my knowledge. Motion compensation is disabled in vive console, and motion smoothing shows as "Not Supported" in SteamVR Settings. MY GPU utilization is sitting at 65%, I should theoretically have heaps of headroom.

HOWEVER. The vive will go into reprojection mode randomly, but consistently. My reprojection ratio hovers around 2.5%, sometimes going as high as 20%. I'll get at most 4-8 seconds of smooth gameplay before experiencing a reprojection stutter that lasts for <1s. This is confusing on two counts.

1. I have turned reprojection off.
2. According to my frametimes, I shouldn't have reprojection even if it were turned on.

This is on a completely fresh install of windows, so it is likely not some other piece of software interfering. The only programs on this computer are Steam, Assetto Corsa, and the drivers for the VR headset/my steering wheel/pedals.

I'm wondering if there's some super secret configuration setting hidden somewhere that I'm missing (the vive UI is hot garbage). I'm pretty close to giving up and selling the HMD, any help is greatly appreciated.

I tried to load up vivecraft on 1.20.4 fabric but it keeps giving me this message, ive already tired to renable/disable steam beta, but to no avail

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VR Init Error
Render setup failed: VR Server Init Failed (300)
VR provider: OpenVR_LWJGL

Yesterday I ordered a 2.0 cable and when it came I realized my mistake and now the headset won't connect. I'm looking to get a 3.0 cable that works with a linkbox to pc, would this one work?

I don't want to mess up and get the wrong cable again

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On the unfortunate recommendation of our dear friend Tetiana of DiscoVR, I ordered a pair of prescription lens inserts for my Meta Quest 3 from VR Wave. They were completely unusable, and I suspect this applies to their lens inserts for other headsets too.

The magnetic lens rings are apparently the wrong shape to fit snuggly onto the Quest 3's lenses, and they get warped when they're snapped into the headset. That means that the lenses don't sit flush against the mounts (there's a gap of a couple of millimeters on one side of each lens) and therefore aren't secure. If you move your head much while playing a game, the lenses fall out. The misalignment also means that the focus is wrong.

Even if the mounting were not a problem, these lenses make my vision noticeably worse than not having any lens inserts (or eyeglasses) at all. It's not an issue with my prescription--it's a brand new one, and the eyeglasses I got using it are fine. Unfortunately, my glasses are too large to fit inside the MQ3 eye shield, even when it is adjusted all the way out.

I thought the problem might be that a technician at VR Wave switched the eyes on my prescription (or, maybe thinks that "L" and "R" should be from someone else's perspective rather than the wearer's), so I swapped the left & right mounts and lenses. The fit was just as bad, and my vision seemed close to identical to what it had been in the other position (very surprising, since my prescription is quite different for my two eyes). That makes me wonder if these actually are lenses made to my prescription and not someone's idea of a "best fit" to stock lenses.

I've contacted VR Wave about getting a refund, but they just gave me a runaround and are now ignoring me. They demanded a photo showing the problem (which I sent them), but also a VIDEO (which, obviously, makes no sense for a static problem like this). If I do send them a video, it's going to be of me smashing their junk lenses with a hammer. VR Wave is definitely a company to avoid!

Hey guys im having a problem with a new headset, the left lens is semi working but I see a horizontal grid with the vr home screen background it looks like im out of bounds but the right side is completely fine. Any ideas would be appreciated!

You know, non-viveport games, paid or freely distributed.

I figured a headset that doesn't require a developer account and a side loaded file manager to install APKs would have more fan-made programs, not fewer. Unless I'm looking in entirely the wrong places, which might be the case.

Hello there people of r/vive

My friend got a vive pro eye today, it is second hand and can’t get the eye tracking working. We’ve installed it on my pc with all the proper software but it keeps saying “calibration initialization failure” and it keeps not working. Do any of you lovely community members have any idea of why it doesn’t work?

Thank you in advance

Would I be better off paying $500 for the quest 3?

Been using the OEM battery and an a large Anker battery bank for awhile and now suddenly the Anker pack won't power the headset but still charges other devices. Anyone else having this issue (I just bought another battery anyway)

Found a vive pro on Kijiji for $350 w/ everything (base stations, controllers etc). Is it worth that or would I be better off getting something like the quest 2? Thanks!

i just bought a htc vive cosmos for my pc but i know that usb c can be use as a display port with a adapter but idk if my pc is compatible with it ik my usb c has display port but idk if it is on integrated graphic can i have some help

I'm planning on getting the vive ultimate trackers, and I realized the wireless dongle runs from a usb-c port. I plan on using the pcvr beta to use them on questlink and I only have one usb-c plug on my pc which is already used by my headset. So I'm wondering if there are any other methods to plug the dongle in, like adapters and such.

Would anyone know what kind of hdmi port the htcs board has and where to find one?

I'm looking for a good dedicated access point for my XR Elite. The wireless has always left something to be desired with this particular device, which is unfortunate considering the lack of wires.

So I'm looking for good high-wifi access points I can just plug into my computer and use with the XR Elite.

I've been looking to buy a new dongle since I was dumb enough to break one of mine, and now I saw that Vive sells them separately but in the description it only mentions ultimate trackers.

So are these dongles compatible with my 3.0 trackers or no? (https://www.vive.com/eu/accessory/vive-wireless-dongle/)

The XR Elite is a quality headset held back by its three bottlenecks. It's high power consumption, it's single USB-C port, and it's poor Wi-Fi connection.

I think I can compensate for the first two simply by adding another USB-C port, but I'd need a splitter that's good for both power and USB 3.0+ data transmission at the same time.

Is there such a splitter, and if so, could you recommend it?

Edit: Turns out there's another USB-C port under the face covering, which literally solves 2 of my three problems.s.

I recently got htc vive But when I connected to my computer, it would say error 208 headset disconnected, but everything would be connected. I tested the HDMI cable and the USB cable that come with headset and they work perfectly. I’ve tested everything such as connecting the headset directly to the computer launching in direct mode , and a few other things that I can’t think of right now if anybody could help me awesome thank you so much

Pc specs if you need: 16 gb ddr4 ram Rx 570 4gb Intel i7 5600k I forgor the motherboard

I'm using "Ryan Clifford's VR Expirence 2" (yes that's how he spelled experience) and for some reason it's just not working... not sure what this error message means. I'd like to know what it means and how to fix it, if that's possible.

Hello, I have had issues with one of my used HTC base stations ( 1.0 ). The fresnel lens on axis 0 had felled off, so I tried to carefully glue it back; but the operation was a failure and I ended up damaging the lens.

Is this small circular fresnel lens avalible for purchase somewhere online, or am I doomed to buy a new station all together? Or is it possible to DIY it some other way?

All tips and advice appreciated!

It’s not a huge issue… I got the Vive Ultimate Trackers today and set them up. For some reason, the tracking points right under my knees instead of on my feet. I tried resetting the tracking map, and that didn’t work. The tracking still works just fine and I’m loving it so far, I would just like to know why it’s not on my feet and if there is any way I can fix it.

i lost my 3.0 tracker dongle and thought i was buying a replacement... does anyone know how i could kinda hack it to pair with my tracker?

Simply put, without touching the lens between uses, sometimes it tracks perfectly fine but other times it tracks horribly. And as to repeat, I could stop a session after its issue then go right back in and it works fine. Simply, restarting until it works. Is this something I can prevent?

i want to talk about a few things i've noticed over the years. i've had a OG Vive, and awhile back upgraded to a nice used Vive Pro. i was running into a few issues, and i thought my findings might help some others.

first up, are a handful of BIOS/UEFI settings. one is xHCI handoff. most BIOS settings have this defaulted to off. it needs to be set to on. setting it to off was mostly a compatibility setting for older OS's, such as Windows 7 or earlier. Windows 10 and later should have this setting switched to ON.

another setting is the Legacy mode on USB ports. it's usually set to ON by default. typically this will allow for compatibility between older devices, but it can cause problems (like most Legacy settings can, from time to time). so set the Legacy setting to OFF.

on my OG Vive, i had it plugged directly to a USB 2.0 port, and didn't have too much trouble. occasionally my built in camera would not work, but that was usually the extent of my issues with it.

with my Vive Pro, it calls for a USB 3.0 port, and that's what i plugged it into. i would sometimes have issues with the camera not working, sometimes the audio could have some issues, etc.

through a process of ruling out stuff, i ended up being lead down this rabbit hole. after changing xHCI Handoff to ON, and turning off Legacy USB settings, my problems have disappeared.

over the years i've heard many people complain about stuff on the Vive and Vive Pro not working. people do tons of weird things with their PCs, so sometimes finding the actual reasons for things can be tricky, to say the least. i think these settings are the root cause of a ton of issues.

another thing i ran into, sound settings. sometimes my built in mic would sound robotic, or my voice would be pitched up or down. to fix this issue, go to Sound Settings > Sound Control Panel > Recording Tab > Select your Vive Microphone. go to Microphone Properties, and select the Advanced Tab. under Default Format, turn the quality down to CD Quality. this solved my flaky mic issue.

i hope this info can help some others, even if it is a bit late.

I did some exposure therapy ages ago, and it really helped with my fear of heights. I'm starting to get nervous again driving over large suspension bridges and am looking for any VR apps specifically designed for fear of heights. I have seen Richie's Plank Experience, and I'm wondering if there is anything else. I think I need to work up to that one with something a little less extreme.

Any advice?