{"id":7379,"date":"2019-08-30T17:41:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T21:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/general\/?p=7379"},"modified":"2019-08-31T14:47:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T18:47:58","slug":"complications-to-getting-a-vive-my-options-as-of-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/general\/2019\/08\/30\/complications-to-getting-a-vive-my-options-as-of-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Complications to getting a Vive.. my options as of now"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not going to mention that I also had to get up early in the morning today because of the cat, but I had placed the order for the Vive, and it was<\/em> going to come by next week.
\nThis is no longer the case, and has a chance to never be one… all because of an overlooked technicality.
\nHas nothing to do with my computer, though; but the wall-mounting brackets for the
\nsensors (both are called a ‘base station’). I thought they had special tape or glue on them that you can take off the protective cover and place it on the wall.
\nInstead, looking it up (some time after already placing the order)…
\n
\nFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUU—!!! And when I told my parents that don’t understand what VR is (let alone even know what the hell I’m talking about if I was to explain it to them), they were NOT<\/em> happy to hear what I would have to do (and said “no holes”).
\nI canceled the order.. what stung is it said “Your order is being prepared for shipment.” Luckily, I was able to get a full refund– but I’m going to have to wait ’till tomorrow or maybe Monday until the $533.93 is returned to the bank, before I can try again. \ud83d\ude16
\n–
\nSo, this sucks, and I felt I was going to be stuck with WindowsMR for the rest of my life.
\nHowever, I had forgotten there is an alternate<\/span> mounting method for the base
\nstations;
\n
\nThese (or something similar to them)! “Skip wall mounting your HTC VIVE Base Station”
\nThese will WORK! \ud83d\udc4d And what I saw in the bank, I actually have more than I thought. So when I get the money back, I can re-order the Vive, and these.
\nA question still stands though; where am I going to put them? With War at work right now, he can’t really help me figure that out (or even if my room could handle a Vive in the first place).
\nIf my room can’t even handle a Vive, then canceling that order was a good move. Because I could take that money and purchase the Samsung Odyssey+<\/a> instead, which is on sale for $300 right now ($320.99 with tax) (typically $500, the price of the Vive).
\nAs of right now, all I can do is wait for Nigh to get back from work or whatever he’s doing right now.<\/p>\n

EDIT: Several hours later I was in a call with him. We went over my options to get myself back into VR (or WMR -VS- Vive). He tried everything he could think of to help me with trying alternatives to put the base stations.
\nAnd after two hours of that, the results are in– I’m going back to WindowsMR. Mainly because he feels there’s just too much risk involved that I’m not going to get full
\ntracking (especially whenever I decide to go for full body).
\n–
\nSo, I’m going to get the Samsung Odyssey+ the moment the money has returned to my bank. *sigh*… But in the back of my mind, I keep thinking of the issues I had with my old headset. I still have ZERO idea what is causing this ‘low power state’. But it seems to be linked to the ‘headset image freezing’ issue (as it behaves similar).
\nI still feel it’s the headset, as I had other devices plugged into that same VR Ready port and they showed no issues.
\nI can only pray this newer, better designed one, doesn’t have the same if not worse issues. It at least would show me, solid proof it’s not (or is) an issue with the motherboard. ..I pray not<\/em>. Hell, why not also get one of those powered USB 3.0 extension cards as well? Maybe ask Jusper if he’s free, see if he has any recommendations.
\nBut, at least the buttons on the new motion controllers will be very familiar to me, and I won’t have to change any hand gesture binds in Unity (neither would I have to change anything in Playspace Mover). So that’s a win-win right there.<\/p>\n

EDIT: …Is there a God? Maybe, because fortune has smiled upon me moments as I was about to head to bed. Had checked to see if they put the money back in the bank.
\nOhh.. fuck THAT, because I just got September’s check! YES!! I can order the Odyssey+ now! \ud83e\udd38
\n
\nThough I still do have a bad idea about going back to WMR. I saw something that very much troubles me, yet also gives me hope at the same time that the issues with my current headset may not be my fault.
\nI’ll write a blog post later. For now, I’m going to bed. It’s been a long<\/span><\/em> day.<\/p>\n

EDIT2: *grumble sounds*..<\/em> Was woken up at 8:40 in the morning by a panicked (for
\nme) mother, telling me how I got my check, but “$299.99 was taken out by Amazon!” I calmed her down explaining the entire thing, assuring her I would have enough to survive the month.
\nTried to go back to sleep after that. Almost did, then I’m hearing Discord pings coming from my phone. Reach over and grab it, and it’s a few messages from Jusper.
\n…And he’s telling me what I was fearing I would see; “don’t get the Odyssey+”, saying the screen door effect is worse than the original Odyssey. Well fuck. Hopefully I still have time to cancel the ord–
\n
\nF***K!!! \ud83e\udd2c Welp, I guess I’m stuck with it. Or do what it says and refuse delivery, then wait to get the original Odyssey. Maybe I’ll talk to Ruffy later on this morning and see if he can either confirm or deny Jusper’s words.
\nGoing back to Jusper, I asked him if he had a recommendation for a USB 3.0 extension card, and he does. Said for me to get this<\/a>… which, looks exactly<\/strong> like the one Wuffer was offering me a discount for.
\n
\nOy vey. \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f
\nAnyway, he suggested that I either get that, or get this<\/a>; a USB 3.0 hub. I’ve decided to go with the internal USB route and got the card instead (and it will arrive in the same time frame as the Odyssey+<\/span>), installation is as ‘simple’ as that Ethernet card for mother’s computer (that father totally didn’t install for me as he got impatient).
\nClose inspection, the card has the ‘Fresco’ chip; the chip that was recommended to work well with WMR.
\nI just feel an internal has a higher chance of working to fix the issue, as it would put less strain on the motherboard (according to Zagro). The power would be coming directly from the PSU. Plus if it doesn’t work, then I got the Odyssey+ to look forward to.
\n–
\nAt one time, Jusper had also suggested that I get this<\/a> instead; feeling confident it would fix the ‘USB_SPEED_TOO_SLOW’ issue. But this forced me to get out of bed and look up my motherboard, just to verify if it has a USB Type-C. Sure enough, it doesn’t<\/span>.
\nGood call, me. So he said all I can try is the internal or external mode of extending my USB 3.0 ports.<\/p>\n

Finally, when I was telling him about how I can’t even set up stands for the Vive’s base stations, he said “Waist level works. As long as they arent really close to you”.
\nStrange, that’s not what Nigh told me yesterday. Plus, didn’t I read that they “have” to be at least 6′ high? Maybe that’s only for room scale, and it seems so after I asked him.
\nHmmm… still would be kind of risky as I could knock them off by accident (or them still not giving me full tracking).
\nAnd also spoke to Ruffy about what Jusper said about the Odyssey+, who says “your friend has no idea what he’s talking about”. Said you can adjust the lenses so it’s not blurry, while also fanboy level defending the Odyssey+ saying there’s “literally NOTHING wrong” with it.
\nThat’s good, since I’m going to be stuck with it either way. Heh. Good thing it didn’t let me fully cancel though.<\/p>\n

EDIT3:
\n
\nIt’s coming TOMORROW! I’m both happy and terrified at the same time. Assume the USB 3.0 card should also be shipped today, which should hopefully curb my fears (that it’s not<\/em> a fucking motherboard I have to replace).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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