Pretty much what's in the title, though I'm also interested in knowing what are the complete possibilities and if they depend on the filters used then of what types and characteristics of filters exist.
I just got this used PSVR2, but I noticed that the lenses seemingly have a coating that's heavily worn off.
I tried the headset on and I do in fact see some big heavy smudges in the image. I tried cleaning the lenses with a dry glass microfiber cloth but it didn't solve anything.
Should I return it right now? (Unless it's easy to fix, but I don't think so)
Hi everyone, I'm buying a used PSVR2 and will have 2 days to check its conditions once it arrives.
I wonder if there are any particular things or potential issues I should look for, both generally for VR headsets and specific to the PSVR2.
I know there's the official adapter, 3rd party ones that are as cheap as possible and other ones that aim to be better than Sony's.
I'm gonna get a PSVR2 very soon so I was wondering which adapter would best suit my needs:
- PC I'm gonna use: an ITX desktop PC with an RTX 4070 Super that has 3 DP ports and 1 HDMI, Motherboard has an integrated BT adapter (Realtek I think?) with removable antennas.
- I heard it's possible to get eye tracking data out of the headset for stuff like social VR and foveated rendering, and I would really like to have that work well.
- Budget: I don't really know what the prices are for these, but a lower price is better as long as it works well for my needs, though I'm willing to pay slightly more for something higher quality/more reliable. I wouldn't go above 60€, if there even are such expensive ones.
I noticed that almost all smartwatches/smart bands on the market use OLED displays, which is something that just feels wrong to me;
OLED is of course very nice for deep blacks and vivid colours and all that... but it also is very energy hungry, particularly when it stays on 24/7 and needs to fight against mid-day sun just to remain visible... Which are all characteristics that make it sound like it just doesn't belong on a watch.
Meanwhile, E-paper/transflective LCD display have existed for decades at this point, and I think they just... make more sense on a watch; they can stay always on while remaining perfectly visible even under direct sunlight, all while consuming an incredibly small amount of power.
Of course they don't have OLED's deep blacks and vivid colours, but realistically nobody's watching movies on their smartwatch.
Pictured above is the Pebble Time 2, which is one of the few smartwatches (other than some Garmins, which are less smart and more for sport) that uses an e-paper display capable of reproducing 64 different colours.
Because of its display, other than a few other reasons, it can have a screen that's truly always on while having a battery life that's measured in weeks.
It just feels sad that Apple, Samsung, Huawei and all the rest are using a technology that has trade-offs which don't really belong on a smartwatch, probably just because they need a selling point for the latest generations.
I vividly remember the melody: there's this melody that can loop, and is made by sounds that are kinda crystalline but pretty close to a piano (so likely made with MIDI in a DAW).
Here is a hum/sound that's decently close the melody, though far from the actual instruments.
I think it might be music from a video game, show or trailer, rather than music on its own, but I wouldn't put my finger on it.
For the period I think it is at least 3yo and probably less than 15yo.
Good morning to everyone (no, I don't care if it's 11pm, take a good morning),
I'm thinking of making/finding a way to use 3/4 random cameras with lights next to them and reflective tape as "trackers" to get basically cheap ass "base stations" and basically free passive trackers, this means the system can't tell which tracker is which, but I've looked around and there's some really good FOSS (Open Source) software/models that do tracking with this data in basically real time and really well too.
The only thing is that there isn't a full pipeline from the cameras to the steamVR data yet as far as I know, but all of the various parts of this are already out and FOSS, so they just kinda need to be put together.
Is there anyone that's interested in helping make such thing? Possibly with some coding knowledge, and yes of course I'm (or we) are gonna make it free and open source for anyone to use however they like!
TL, DR:
Find/put together software to make a couple of cameras, lights and some reflective tape work as a VR tracking system that's insanely cheap and as set and forget as it gets; nothing to charge nor calibrate, and zero drift during use.
The only downside could be that it works best in dimly lit rooms, but from what I hear most people do want VR tracking to work in dimly lit rooms.
Hi everyone, I was looking at my watch to know what time it was but noticed that both my desktop and laptop were showing a different time, and then checked the phone too, which was also showing the same minutes as the PCs.
I've never seen any time sync settings in the watch or app settings, am I missing something?
I just noticed that the charger sometimes makes some sparks when connecting or disconnecting it from the watch, and sometimes while charging it also makes a weird electrical buzzing noise, which you can hear in the video if you raise the volume enough.
I doubt this is intended behaviour, so I wonder if it's a design or manufacturing issue.
Either way I ruled out the issue being my chargers or cables, since I tried various combinations including high quality PD setups and normal low power charging and they all present the same behaviour.
...still it's brokenn noww.
I tried rebooting the watch but it didn't change anything, is there a way to roll back to the previous OS version or something?
Hi everyone, I've tried many reminder, to-do and note apps, and their voice to text works pretty well, but sometimes I'm in environments where I can't speak out loud nor reach for the phone, and would like to be able to annotate thoughts and other stuff without having to speak (so likely trough a keyboard of some kind).
I think with the touch capabilities of the PT2 and even the gyroscope it wouldn't be much difficult to use a direct text input method, for those times one might need it.
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As I already said I tried many, many apps, but still haven't found anything that comes close to what I need.
Does anyone know if something like this exists? Even if it doesn't sync with the phone nor do anything fancy it's fine; I'd just like a way to write stuff down without the phone nor having to speak.
Mine seems pretty reasonable, but it isn't quite centered either...
And I'm absolutely amazed by how good its low power display looks! (Particularly in harsh midday light, where other display technologies would struggle or consume loads of energy)
Indoors it has lower contrast but it's still more readable than the normal LCD watch I was using before, and here you can activate the backlight without being forced to press a button, which is nice.
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I also started messing around with apps and settings and I'm shocked by how well the voice to text works, without even needing heavy models to be installed on the phone.
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But I have one doubt; I tried some compass apps and it seems like the compass isn't very accurate/stable; it only seems to kinda work if you're moving very slowly and stay still, which might be an issue for some apps that rely on it.
(I'd like to know how the compass behaves for some of you too)
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And last but not least, a huge thanks to everyone who made this smartwatch possible, in particular to all the fella furs at Core Devices :3