Hey r/SteamVR !

I've been working on Refract, a free and open-source tool that lets you play Meta Quest games on your PC. You can play them either in PCVR through SteamVR, or flat on your monitor using a mouse and keyboard.

I just released a working testing version!

• GitHub Repository: https://github.com/MIXIDtheSilly/Refract

• Latest Test Release: https://github.com/MIXIDtheSilly/Refract/releases/tag/test-3

What about the performance?
It's incredible! On my setup:

• Assassin's Creed Nexus runs at 140 fps

• Some smaller games hit around 150 fps

• North Star and Batman: Arkham Shadow run at 72 fps (still working on improving optimization for these!)

Check it out, test your favorite games, and let me know how it runs on your hardware. I'd love to get your feedback!

The SSH-XR research group at the University of Helsinki is inviting VR users to take part in a short anonymous survey about VR use and its impact on day-to-day social life and social perceptions.

We are looking for participants who:

• are 18 years or older.

• and have used VR.

Survey link: https://www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.8/survey?s=924LP 

Estimated time: 20-25 minutes

Full study information, privacy details, and participants’ rights are provided on the first page of the survey.

Thank you for considering participation. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

I tried to make a post on /r/vive linking to a Pimax 8K update post, and the subreddit's automod took it down, saying this:

Posts related to Pimax currently are required to be presented as a text post and not as a simple link submission. Typically, it is useful to see some commentary, context or click-saving quotes. This additional requirement should help start a discussion on /r/vive and be seen as an opportunity to address the community here.

Their reason being that this will "help start a discussion on /r/vive and be seen as an opportunity to address the community here." Which is fair enough, but personally I've seen that posts will get more attention there if they just directly link to the content.

So, I messaged the mod team explaining that this doesn't actually encourage discussion, it infact stops it. hoping they would either change the rule or give a better explanation or evidence that the rule works and helps the community.

Instead, they reply with:

good

So, clearly the mod team of that sub is actively stopping and dissuading conversation about Pimax from happening on the sub. they just admitted that they're glad that conversation is being dissuaded :/

So, I made a post explaining this on /r/vive. And the the moderators banned me from the sub and took down the post.

I hate to say this, but maybe /r/vive isn't the best or a good subreddit to discuss Pimax and all things SteamVR anymore. Perhaps the community who want to talk about the wider SteamVR headsets and not just Vive should move discussion about them here, or /r/virtualreality.

With so many multiplayer and social VR experiences out there, do you think there's still demand for solid single-player adventures? Or is VR better suited for shared experiences?

Let’s hear your thoughts!

Not long ago I was downvoted for saying that I've had Alyx in my library for several years and still haven't touched it, because I haven't played Half life 2 and I am absolutely not playing the pancake version.

Now those people can collectively lick my balls, because the absolute legend, the hero of VR known as fholger, has his fingers in many pies apparently and one of which is HL2VR.

More from the man himself

Edit: Replies are off now, had enough toxic mouth-frothers for one day. You cannot bully me into doing things your way and I'm not interested in conversing with any cunts that try. What is it with this particular sub and personal choice dictators? Thank you to the very few of you who are capable of staying on topic and not being absolute shit-bags.

Via the Steam Community:

SteamVR Input:

• Improved CPU usage when using the new input system.

• Changed handed controllers (Windows MR, Oculus Touch, Knuckles) so they are detected as left/right hand immediately instead of waiting for them to start tracking.

• Fixed a rare vrserver crash when Steam is closing.

• Fixed issue that prevented local bindings from showing up when Steam is offline.

• Fixed deadlock that could occur in legacy games with particular call patterns.

Here is a great deal on the Oculus Rift S ( https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/accessories-and-monitors/consumer-electronics/ar-vr/Oculus-Rift-S-3D-virtual-reality-headset/p/78011328). You have to sign up for ebates, but it is worth the $58 in savings.

Step 1: Ebates/Rakuten, a popular cashback website, is offering %12 cashback for all purchases on Lenovo.com. You will need to create an account and ensure that you have the cashback active during your "shopping trip". You can get a chrome add-on that visually lets you know if your cashback is active.

Here is a link to sign up for Ebates/Rakuten: https://www.rakuten.com/r/CLAWSO259?eeid=28187

Step 2: Ensure that your shopping trip is active and navigate to the item on Lenovo.com by searching Oculus in the search bar.

If you follow these two easy steps, you should be able to get the Oculus Rift S for $341 ($48 Cashback + $10 Ebates sign up bonus)

** You can save an additional $20 if you are a student/teacher/or military.

Disclamer - I used my generated links in the steps for the cashback/promos. Feel free to search these sites/promos out on your own if you would like. Your cashback of $58 should appear in your Ebates account within a few days after your item ships.

What should I do with this?

Hello fellow VR Gamers.

I found something i like to share. After using a cable directly for a power pack, even after going through the comfort headband to take tension of the port, i still thought it might break the port after a while. I will probably always have a battery connected to the headset.
I still had one of the mag connectors around and it fits well. I think this will prevent me from damaging my USB charge port. Like leaning my head into the couch with a cable attached or accidently ripping on the cable if it every get tangles up somewhere. It was only five bucks too. Maybe six now.

Edit: ppl seem very cautious :D . Do have to post a picture with it in my Steam Frame? I mean you all commenting here have one right/have a vr headset?

https://videocardz.com/newz/__trashed-22

I see thie NVIDIA's state-of-the-art technology upscaling the graphics can be a phenomenal feature.

Will this work really good on PC VR games?

What do you think?

I was really hyped when it was announced, but now I just feel meh. The specs seem outdated for 2026, underpowered for standalone games and no new games to launch on the platform.

Maybe my expectations were a little ambitious as I was hoping it would replace both my quest 3 and handheld. But it doesn’t have enough power to run my standalone games and doesn’t do much more for PCVR.

It seems like a half arsed effort and little to be excited about. If a few new PCVR games were released at launch, maybe it would have been a better sell.

I hate to say it, but I think I’ll sit this one out and wait to see what Meta releases next year.