HI, when i launch the headset in windows mixed reality it works fine, but when i then launch steam vr to play my games, i suddenly am unable to crouch or lean. Also occasionally my view will just start tilting to one side. any advice on how to stop this from happening so I can actually duck and lean in beatsaber?

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/9/24216727/microsoft-samsung-mixed-reality-display-partnership-rumor

https://www.roadtovr.com/report-microsoft-samsung-micro-oled-order-xr-headset/

I think they are done but the recent Microsoft WMR job offering has me wondering.

Even as a happy owner of 3 Samsung HMD+, I doubt I would buy into a Microsoft XR environment again.

Your thoughts?

i went to replace my battery just too see that the battery compartment was wet with an oily substance, it smelled like metal/acid.

Samsung Odyssey+

On one of my last posts someone said that we need a replacement to the entire WMR platform which I literally have to agree with.

Pcvr headsets have been expensive lately. I’m talking like thousands of dollars. The somnium vr1, Varjo Xr4, the price is off the charts.

We need a new open door. A company out there to make a whole new generation of pcvr headsets with inside out tracking. Hopefully there’s an audience begging for that sort of thing in which will continue to grow so that eventually we can get tethered display port headsets with inside out tracking and enjoy our longplay vr hobbies without a concern of battery life.

There is one option being the Pimax Crystal Light https://pimax.com/products/pimax-crystal-light-no-local-dimming-version-for-pre-orders-only?_pos=4&_sid=fbff71574&_ss=r

However I have heard Pimax has had some quality control issues therefore I messaged Pimax support through their official website about that. I’d recommend you’d do the same if you think about buying the crystal light. The communication went great. I told them my plan and that I’d be patient and wait for them to check out my unit and test it before delivery. They responded in a matter of minutes and agreed to test the unit and said not to worry.

This is not a guarantee you’ll be safe from a defective unit but it’ll minimize that risk as much as possible so keep that in mind when buying from Pimax.

The Meta Quest 3 is a great headset but the problem is it uses up so much power so the playtime is miserable. The only way you can use it as a pcvr headset is if you can get a cable that can charge your device quick enough and connect it to your pc at the same time by splitting into two ends.

We need a company eventually to make DisplayPort inside out tracked headsets without batteries that way it’ll be much simpler to do this and we can get back to our VR hobbies like flight simulator or VRchat without the battery life if vr headsets being such a bother.

I have literally no idea what we’re gonna do this but somehow there’s gotta be a way to build an audience that eventually one virtual reality company out there will listen too and revive mid range pcvr and get it to where pcvr headsets aren’t $1000 or above that all the time.

The only thing I really can do for now is route for Pimax to revive affordable pcvr.

In my professional opinion, the mixed reality headsets offer superior screen quality, but the Quest 2's display appears to be significantly more impressive. Furthermore, the Quest 2's hand tracking capabilities and the absence of cables provide a more immersive and user-friendly experience. If you are considering an upgrade, I recommend opting for the Quest 2 or the upcoming Quest 3 for an enhanced virtual reality experience. Thanks!

So most companies aren’t doing pcvr inside out tracking. Seems like only replacement for the reverb g2 would be psvr2 which other than having OLED it’s a downgrade. I would have been fine with lcd either way but the resolution needs to a bit higher than the psvr2.

Pimax is still having quality control issues and there are some problems with the quest 3. One it’s a pain to find a cable to connect and the device to pc and charge it at the same time with enough power and two it doesn’t have a DisplayPort so graphics may not be spectacular even in pcvr.

Hopefully in the future someone out there makes a pcvr headset with built in cameras and inside out tracking on it. Even though I have a bigscreen beyond I still miss using my reverb g2.

Honestly even if it required them to use fresnel lenses to make it below $1000 I would’ve still been more than happy if someone out there made a new inside out tracked pcvr headset in the future.

For now I’ll stick my quest 3 and wait but gameplay in vr will never be the same for me without the Reverb G2 and you get a tethered headset with a cable instead of a battery so no concern out your headset dying quickly and cameras on it to track your controllers and have a simpler setup.

It was the best combination of vr. I may buy the crystal light and risk it for the biscuit but dear god we need a New star of the show later on in time.

Whilst playing games in VR on my dell vrp100 if the game is taxing enough (Skyrim, blade and sorcery) at random intervals my headset display will freeze frame with a flipped version of said frame behind me, causing my headset to stay frozen until I restart steam VR, if anyone has a solution or an idea it would be appreciated

Thanks

Hi! I bought Acer Windows Mixed Reality and tried to install it on my Windows laptop, but it says the graphics and processor are below the requirements, which would result in a lot of missed experiences! Is there any way to make it work with a MacBook Pro M1 Max?

Recently I came across a guide for the Windows feature that allows you to install and boot Windows on real hardware from VHDX disk images, and didn't think much of it until now. You can make a disk image file on your main drive or wherever you want to store the file, then in the Windows installer mount it as a real drive, and install to it. Each time Windows boots, it will ask which OS to boot. The benefit is that the disk image size dynamically increases as you install/download data to it, so you don't have to allocate and sacrifice disk space that you may not even end up using on your physical drive.

I'm going to be making a Windows 10 VHDX for WMR only, and will upgrade to Windows 11 on the main partition. My library of games is stored on the parent partition, so I won't have to re-download anything to the virtual disk other than Steam.

As for preserving the WMR portal for myself, I'll be installing the WMR portal to the virtual disk with nothing else on it, just Windows and WMR, and making a backup file to another drive so whenever I want to reinstall, all I should theoretically have to do is delete the booting image and replace it with a copy of the backup.

Link to the guide I saw.

While I will remain doing this for now, there will be a point where I'll just upgrade. I bought in kinda late to WMR, 2 years ago, but at least I didn't pay full price. Pancake lenses look tempting... but too bad there's barely any OLED headsets anymore.

hey guys, i need help with cable on my acer ah101. screen sometimes go black, problem is in cable, problematic place is near the end of cable(https://imgur.com/STav4Iw), question is in that can i somehow repair it without opening helmet or can repair it like this https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img921/4904/Z0Tnhs.jpg or i need to give it for repair?

UPDATE : i found out that it's problem of hdmi output of my laptop, i found out it when used hdmi cable.

Has anyone ever had their headset tracking get stuck at a slight angle? A couple weeks ago I started having the tracking on my headset get stuck around 5 degrees off from my actual head position. It happened even with good lighting and returned after resetting the play boundary. I have a HP VR1000 and I've been using it for around 2 years. I've never had this issue until recently.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Does anyone have any advice on how to fix it? It's not a deal breaker, but it is uncomfortable.

I basically put a bootable copy of windows 10 on my external ssd, and partitioned it so I can also store all my games separately. Once I plug it into my laptop via USB-c, it boots into windows 10 from the external ssd. I changed the bios so if it's plugged in, it takes priority. And it runs very well. Actually better than when I run VR on windows 11. I think it's a combination of windows 10 having less background processes, and also not having any programs installed except steam and WMR.

If anyone wants to try this, you should. Let me know if you have any questions.

My SSD is a 1tb WD_Black p40. I partitioned 80gb for windows and the rest for storing games.

I had a great experience with my Samsung. I didnt have reported issues and was generally happy.

i knew the end date was coming and have been researching for a year for a replacement. The Quest 3 always looked like great hardware but i loath facebook. I never had an account. I saw that meta has threr accounts facebook, instagram, and meta. but it yook me forever to finally get it. (i mention this because i think a lot of people here are like me)

but the whole eco system is amazing.

First - it just works. stand alone is awesome. I put it on and thw longest i had to ever wait was 3 seconds. you are instantly in.

Second - Everyone is making peripherals and software for it. You want a new headstrap (which you need) there are so many options. once you do that, the thing is so light, i can wear it for hours

Third - To ise steamvr, i just in stall the steam link app from the meta store and launch it. no issues. some people recomend cirtual desktop for a bwtter experience but i havent had issues yet.

Fourth - mixed reality. i have played vr many years and still love it but mixed reality is so awesome. the oass through on the 2 is really good. i can work in vr for hours because its light and i have access to my keyboard and mouse through mixed reality windows (app called immersed).

i was putting groceries away the other day while watching videos on a floating screen.

TLDR - going from an ecosystem where you wwre an after thpught and going to an ecosystem where everything is made for you feels great

So I'm playing around as the countdown begins, and one of the things I was hoping to test was Forza Horizon 3. Since the demo is no longer available does anyone know if the full PC FH3 also runs with WMR?

I was trying to set a VR racing rig up in Assetto Corsa on SteamVR last night, and it was stressful to say the least!

I sort of had it, albeit somewhat janky - but I kept ending up in that bloody WindowsMR beach house place somehow, with SteamVR displayed on like a giant ‘screen’ in front of me and with my PC crying in pain with the stress of trying to run two competing VR environments simultaneously.

I’ve found a setting in WindowsMR so stop it from automatically running whenever I put the headset on, but is there a way to stop it from running under any circumstances? I went to uninstall it, but that seems to uninstall the headset as well. I just want it to run SteamVR and nothing else.

Any advice? As you can tell I’m not very good with computers. I used to be OK, but as I get older newer technology seems to becoming more and more baffling. Now I know how my parents feel with their iPhones!

Thanks!

I'm seriously trying to get it down to a science here. I'm half ready to load a Windows 10 dual boot to keep this headset usable if necessary.

I'm on 23H2 (upgraded from 21H2 and all of it's glitchiness) and loving my PC feeling modern again. Unfortunately, this hasn't spread to my headset. Any demanding VR title immediately causes SteamVR to freeze. Heck, SteamVR home at the recommended resolution causes the eyes to desync (while somehow displaying good frame times).

Any 23H2 users (or users in general) able to tell me what caused this behavior and what I can do to get my headset working again? I did the hard part of stopping updates only to have this crap happen.

It's kinda disheartening.

[SOLVED] i can only open the action menu using the menu button, i tried every combination with the menu button and it only opens the action menu, i did long pressed quick pressed double pressed on the menu button, nothing, i only managed to open the main menu accidentally, i am using a lenovo explorer

Have you checked Ebay ? A bunch of people are selling their WMR for like £60 with controllers, sweet if you wanna get into VR cheap and don't mind staying on windows 10 I rekon :) I got one just for the controllers as for £60 I'll take a spare set with a HMD tossed in too.

I'm sure somebody will figure out how to add WMR to windows 11 over time, I mean VR people do like to tinker :)

I'd just like to know, as my HP WMR1440 is my one and only VR headset and I can't play beat saber, portal2vr, or literally any of my other VR games otherwise. Is there a workaround? Or any way I could use my headset without downgrading Windows?

I haven't used my vr at all in several months and tried to play tonight but found both joysticks on my controllers had a massive drift, making me move forward and left to basically constantly run in circles

I did a recalibration of the joysticks and they started working fine, but then a few minutes later it would randomly happen again, and again, and again. It definitely feels like a software issue as it would suddenly switch randomly to drifting again. I even increased the dead zone in the controller mapping, and the general controller settings for SteamVR. And neither made any difference, recal stops this effect but it kept coming back after a minute or so

Also tried re-pairing the controllers and checking for driver updates

Can someone please tell me what's going on and how to fix this? Cos it's completely unusable right now and incredibly frustrating

I have the acer ojo 500 headset with the normal controllers windowsMR comes with. The joysticks were not touching or leaning against anything while not being used too, I keep them within the headband for the headset so nothing even goes near them on my desk

I wanna make sure that if I have a partition of windows 10 installed with WMR, I can still use it after they stop support for it. Please let me know, thanks.

Have they changed Film and TV in the Mixed Reality Portal? It used to just let you browse local files and play videos. Now if you open it for me it's just a list of films and things you can buy. I can't find any option to play local files. Has this been removed??

Struggling like everyone else. Plus I work in social care, without great wages. On a budget that wasn't going above £60.

It was super cheap entry to vr, with a PC that is low-mid end, and runs most modern games moderately.

Have had an oculus 2 in the past and a rift 2. Few years ago.

Looks super clean and barely used. And for less than 50 pounds. Am I an idiot?

This headset is a pain in the ass and rarely works with the controllers, trying to develop a game in unity for university for VR but the controllers in the windows mixed reality portal don't always connect, the left one is now, but the right one doesn't. Usually they lose tracking as well after connected but I can't get the right one to connect at all no matter what I do.

How can I fix this? It's not showing in the bluetooth settings, I've tried deleting the cache and all other steps I've found online.