SteamVR (PC VR)

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Guidance on calibrating your Oculus Rift and launching your application

How to quickly launch your app and troubleshoot common issues

Guidance on installing software for your new VR Computer

Getting Started

Downloading and Setting Up

A step-by-step walkthrough to showing how to download and prepare your Equal Reality application.

ProTip: This video should be watched prior to downloading the .zip file that contains your application.

How to install your VR software

A step-by-step guide to installing your VR Software

Click here to install Steam

Click here to install Oculus

How to setup your Oculus Rift and VR computer

A step-by-step guide to setting up your hardware

ProTip: This video walks you through Step 1 of 2, on how to setup to begin putting participants into your Virtual Reality training application. Please see Calibrating Your Oculus Rift for Step 2.

Calibrating Your Oculus Rift

A step-by-step guide to calibrating your Oculus Rift - at the end of this video, you'll be ready to start putting people into your Equal Reality application.

ProTip: This video walks you through Step 2 of 2, on how to setup to begin putting participants into your Virtual Reality training application. Please see How to setup your Oculus Rift and VR computer for Step 1.

For more information, click through to Equal Reality's Implementation Guide

Troubleshooting Common Issues

Black Headset Screen and Visible Lag

In this video, we review how to troubleshoot the following issues:

  • "Help! When I put on my headset, I just see a black screen."
  • "Help! My application is running slow, glitchy, and there is a visible lag."

Incorrect Mirror Height

Buttons Not Working

In this video, we review how to troubleshoot the following issues:

  • "Help! The mirrors in my application are at the wrong height."
  • "Help! The buttons in my application are not working correctly."