I have a very powerful PC with a 4090 for my job, so I figured let's try to get steam VR working. Bottom line it finally works, it's stable, I can play any game I want, colours are best of seen, and it takes advantage of the big res panels of the AVP. Getting there took a while.
For those interested here's a great post on reddit.
Controllers are the next big issue, you can use your hands, but it's very shaky and hard to point at menu items, you can try joycons, still shaky, but you have triggers, (very small). I returned those. I was so close yet, yet so far! So I searched on line for a used HTC vive, they come with 2 base stations, 2 wand controllers, the headset, and you can find them used for about $150. Then you need OpenVR space calibrator to sync the HTC controllers. You can buy 2 dongles to pair the base stations 2 or you can use the Vive headset as a Bluetooth receiver and bypass the dongles. (just make sure to unplug the HDMI from the Vive headset)
I should have read the manual, because setting up the base stations, was the hardest part, They would track, then they wouldn't track, it was a complete waste of time. Long storey short, the base stations need to face each other, at a slight angle. And they need to see your hands, I had them initially facing me, so they could not sync. I do sit down gaming mostly, so that was a bit tricky. And they drift a bit so, be expected to recalibrate every 3 or 4 gaming sessions.
Then to get this working at its peak, you need wifi 6 (has to run at 5GHZ) . I was luck in that my pc has a built in wifi 6E ethernet card, so I turned my PC into a hotspot. So it doesn't have to share the bandwidth with other devices in the house, it goes straight PC to AVP.
If trying to set this up, and are having problems, let me know, Will do best I can to help.
For those interested here's a great post on reddit.
Getting Started with ALVR on Vision Pro
Once you get ALVR working (which is a 10 minute job), you've got access to steam vr, play any game you want.Controllers are the next big issue, you can use your hands, but it's very shaky and hard to point at menu items, you can try joycons, still shaky, but you have triggers, (very small). I returned those. I was so close yet, yet so far! So I searched on line for a used HTC vive, they come with 2 base stations, 2 wand controllers, the headset, and you can find them used for about $150. Then you need OpenVR space calibrator to sync the HTC controllers. You can buy 2 dongles to pair the base stations 2 or you can use the Vive headset as a Bluetooth receiver and bypass the dongles. (just make sure to unplug the HDMI from the Vive headset)
I should have read the manual, because setting up the base stations, was the hardest part, They would track, then they wouldn't track, it was a complete waste of time. Long storey short, the base stations need to face each other, at a slight angle. And they need to see your hands, I had them initially facing me, so they could not sync. I do sit down gaming mostly, so that was a bit tricky. And they drift a bit so, be expected to recalibrate every 3 or 4 gaming sessions.
Then to get this working at its peak, you need wifi 6 (has to run at 5GHZ) . I was luck in that my pc has a built in wifi 6E ethernet card, so I turned my PC into a hotspot. So it doesn't have to share the bandwidth with other devices in the house, it goes straight PC to AVP.
If trying to set this up, and are having problems, let me know, Will do best I can to help.
