How far can you be from the PC?

bazzabear

bazzabear

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I'm considering getting a VR headset. I very much like the idea of using it sitting in place to play things like racers and Elite - but I wouldn't want to miss out on the 'free movement' ideal too.

My PC is in a corner of the living room, so for standing VR experiences there is space in the room, as long as I don't have to be directly in front of the PC. A couple of metres away I guess. Are the sets connected by wire to the PC, or wirelessly?

Does this set-up suggest which of the VR headsets I'd be best with too? I think I say a picture of the Vive solution with small detectors mounted high in opposite corners of the room - I think that would be manageable, albeit a shame to have the power cords trailing down the walls (I think it's only power cords trailing anyway?). Is Rift the same?
 
Thanks!

Are the basestations used for anything you do VR? Or are they only for when you're using the touch controllers? If I'm usually gaming in the corner of the room, but then sometimes standing up in the centre, will I have to move the sensors around too?
 
That sounds very good.

I've emailed Overclockers about getting a demo session and some advice (the online tool for booking a session doesn't seem to work for me - or possibly they have no available sessions for the rest of eternity). But if that's how the Vive basestations can work, it sounds ideal. Opposite room corner to my computer has a power source, and could have a basestation tucked behind the sofa and pulled out only when needed.
 
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