Varjo Aero

wickfut · 7 Dec 2023 at 19:56

Have you swapped out the face gasket thing yet? I've just switched it with my Pico4 AMVR gasket and it's much better than the stiff thing which comes with it.

ImMrChris · 7 Dec 2023 at 22:49

i've not had a problem with the stock interface to be fair :S

wickfut · 8 Dec 2023 at 10:19

Had a good play in AMS2 last night, looked amazing. Couple of weird things I've noticed and want to know if others get it before I do a PC wipe to be sure.
AMS2 takes about 3x longer to load a track with the Varjo than it did with the Reverb.
Also I get little moments of stutters every minute or so, as if my FPS is dropping from a stable 90 to 75 or so, it lasts for a second or two then returns to normal. fpsVR monitor shows my frames being stable 90fps throughout?

anyone else get this before I spend half a day doing a PC reset?

glenimp617 · 8 Dec 2023 at 10:48

wickfut said:
Had a good play in AMS2 last night, looked amazing. Couple of weird things I've noticed and want to know if others get it before I do a PC wipe to be sure.
AMS2 takes about 3x longer to load a track with the Varjo than it did with the Reverb.
Also I get little moments of stutters every minute or so, as if my FPS is dropping from a stable 90 to 75 or so, it lasts for a second or two then returns to normal. fpsVR monitor shows my frames being stable 90fps throughout?

anyone else get this before I spend half a day doing a PC reset?

I had that same issue on iRacing. I'd get random stutters (maybe 1 or 2 per race) but fpsVR held a steady 90fps. My CPU was also well under its limit.
Despite this, I just lowered settings till it went away.

glenimp617 · 8 Dec 2023 at 11:24

also experiment with this setting

wickfut · 8 Dec 2023 at 13:36

yeah that's a possibility. never thought about pre-render frames not sure how much latency they'll add? 11ms? There's an option in the game settings to do it too.
I've just wiped the PC. Read on Varjo discord that it's best to use Nvidia drivers 532.03 with the Aero due to recent drivers causing juddering so going to try that first.

ImMrChris · 8 Dec 2023 at 17:02

Littlenose said:
make sure you use the redshift patch each time you boot it up... makes a nice difference to visuals

omg this fixed so many issues for me it looks amazing now!

sgavan · 8 Dec 2023 at 18:39

Littlenose said:
make sure you use the redshift patch each time you boot it up... makes a nice difference to visuals

i have added this to the first page for ease of access. Thanks

kevman · 8 Dec 2023 at 18:57

Do you really need to do this patch every time you use it?

ImMrChris · 8 Dec 2023 at 19:43

kevman said:
Do you really need to do this patch every time you use it?

Yes I think so! Seems a bit weird it’s not standard as it fixes lots of issues for my eyeballs

Littlenose · 11 Dec 2023 at 08:51

Yes, I have it as a batch file on my desktop, and just click it when firing up the Aero.
An extra step, but worth it.

I believe that Varjo intend to incorporate it into the Varjo Base software, but it's not there yet. I've seen something posted somewhere for why, but I can't remember what the reasoning for it not being there yet.

sgavan · 11 Dec 2023 at 10:30

In the link there's also a link to a GUI interface so you can test the different levels to find one that suites best

Littlenose · 11 Dec 2023 at 10:43

sgavan said:
In the link there's also a link to a GUI interface so you can test the different levels to find one that suites best

yes, I've not used that, once settled on a value, pop it in the config file, then there is no need to change it.

wickfut · 11 Dec 2023 at 12:00

FYI. Varjo recommends to use 4x Base Stations on their website so I decided to buy a 3rd Base Station only to discover that it confuses the **** out of SteamVR. You can only use two Base Station 1.0.
Oh well. Now I have a spare.

Littlenose · 11 Dec 2023 at 12:54

That's quite frustrating... can you not return the 3rd one ?

wickfut · 11 Dec 2023 at 15:29

nah , bought it from cash converters for 50 quid, not too fussed. I have a spare controller too.
Might set it up as a dedicated one facing sim rig (go kart thing which sort of resembles a kids toy with a load of bass shakers stuck to it) which runs with the other two on the walls switched off.

Littlenose · 11 Dec 2023 at 15:32

Cool solution - I like it.
Wish I had space for a sim-rig... I share my space with my work desk :eek:

wickfut · 12 Dec 2023 at 00:25

Anyone come across some games running at ultra-low resolutions, like 640p or something. Even when SteamVR has them showing at running at 4k x 3.5k?
This demo is one if someone could test it?

Surge on Steam

Surge is a short VR music video made by Arjan van Meerten and produced at House of Secrets.

store.steampowered.com

ImMrChris · 12 Dec 2023 at 10:57

I'll check it out later and report back! i find the Aero very hit n miss tbh i may just send it back :S

Littlenose · 12 Dec 2023 at 11:01

wickfut said:
Anyone come across some games running at ultra-low resolutions, like 640p or something. Even when SteamVR has them showing at running at 4k x 3.5k?
This demo is one if someone could test it?

Surge on Steam

Surge is a short VR music video made by Arjan van Meerten and produced at House of Secrets.

store.steampowered.com

I've not noticed anythign like that, but I haven't tried many different games in VR