Hello, congratulations on purchasing your new VR hardware! This page is a step by step guide to help you with:
Setting up a brand new computer
This is to ensure the laptop won't die while being setup.
We would recommend setting up a dedicated email address for all VR-related registrations and logins. You will use this email address to set up the dedicated VR computer/laptop.
A VR-dedicated email address makes remembering logins and passwords easier, and it also removes the risk of an email access being lost when a person leaves an organisation.
Create the account now, and we will user it later in the setup process.
Once you are logged in, you will want the latest drivers to run your VR hardware.
1 - Open the "GeForce Experience" application. This can be done in the search menu, by searching for "GeForce Experience".
2 - Login to Nvidia using your new e-mail account.
3 - Click the driver tab at the top.
4- Click the “Check for updates” button on the top right.
5 - Install any updates if available.
I recommend 7-Zip (https://www.7-zip.org/).
On the video library, the video titled “How to install your VR software” goes through the steps and provides the links to Steam and Oculus.
When Steam, SteamVR and Oculus are installed, your computer is ready to go.
I recommend placing shortcuts to Oculus and SteamVR on your desktop for easy access.
When you first install Oculus you will need to allow Unkown Sources so our application can run.
Pairing your computer with your VR device
The videos on the video library titled “How to setup your Oculus Rift and VR computer” and “Calibrating your Oculus Rift” follow these steps
This will vary slightly depending on the VR hardware you are using and the configuration of ports on your laptop.
If you are not using Oculus hardware, skip these steps relating to Oculus
OR
1. Open SteamVR directly. This can be done in the search menu, by searching for "SteamVR".
Your VR hardware is now ready to go.
Downloading and setting up the Equal Reality VR applications
The video on the video library titled “Downloading and Setting up” follows these steps
This will be where all your VR applications and supporting documentation will live.
It is important to keep all the files in this folder together, or the application will not run correctly.