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10 VR Tips No One Told You

When you buy a VR Glasses you will always receive a manual with it. This manual explains exactly how to connect the VR Glasses, how to charge it and turn it on/off and in some cases how to download the correct software. But often it is not stated how best to hang up your VR cables, or which applications are useful to download as extra. In this blog we therefore list a number of handy tips for you so that you can get started well prepared with your new VR glasses!

Tip 1: When putting on the VR Glasses, put the front against the face first

A common mistake when putting on a VR Glasses is that the user does not loosen the straps of the glasses and puts the glasses directly on the head. Firstly, this ensures that the VR Glasses is not comfortable on the head, but can also cause the glasses to break or the lenses to get dirty (for example, when the lenses touch your hair). It is therefore recommended to open all the tapes of the VR Glasses first. Then you put the front of the VR Glasses against your face (and immediately check whether the lenses are correctly placed in front of the eyes). You can do this by holding the VR Glasses in front of your face like binoculars. When you have the VR Glasses at the right height against the face, you can pull the top strap over the head. The back of the Headset should be in a straight line from the front of the goggles.

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Tip 2: Add a tape to the Controllers

Most Controllers of VR Glasses have a strap that allows you to fasten the Controller around your wrist. This prevents you from throwing the Controller across the room during a too fanatical game of Beat Saber. It is always recommended to fasten this strap around the wrist, but did you know that there are also extra straps that allow you to secure the Controllers against the back of your hand? The Controllers of the Valve Index are already provided with this option anyway, but you can also add this tape to the Meta Quest 2 controllers, for example. This not only provides more safety, but also makes it easier to rest the Controller in your hand without having to hold it firmly all the time.

Tip 3: Hang the cables on with a VR cable management system

Hanging your cables with a cable management system sounds like a logical step, but there are still plenty of people who don't do this yet. Of course it is not possible or useful in all situations to stick your cables with stickers to the ceiling (for example when you have a very high ceiling, or when you want to use the VR Glasses in different places), but if you do use the VR Glasses in a standard location then hanging your VR cables is strongly recommended. This prevents the cable from twisting around you while playing. And if anything takes you out of the VR experience, that's it. Extra Tip: you can use the cable management system by just hanging it on the ceiling and running the VR cable through it, but you can also put it on this way to do.

Would you rather not hang the cable from the ceiling? Then you can also with clip the cable to your pants. For example, attach a carabiner to your belt and then run the Headset cable through the carabiner to the ground. Make sure you leave enough cable length to the Headset so that you can move around freely.

Tip 4: Keep the VR Glasses out of the sun

Keep your VR Glasses out of the sun at all times. Or rather: keep the lenses out of the sun. A VR Glasses can withstand sunlight very well (although in some cases it can have a negative impact on the tracking), but with lenses in particular are very sensitive to sunlight. The lenses of a VR Glasses work like a magnifying glass. Even if you keep the lenses in sunlight for only a few seconds, the screen can burn in behind the lenses. This results in a dark spot in the lenses and is almost always outside the warranty of the VR Glasses. It is therefore advisable not to use the VR Glasses outside anyway, but do this anyway; make sure that you never place the glasses with with the lenses facing the sun.

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Tip 5: Make yourself a VR space that you can safely move around in

Nothing is more annoying than accidentally hitting a wall or a chair while playing in VR. Therefore, create a separate play area for yourself where you can be sure that there is nothing in the way that you can bump into. It can also be useful, for example, to put down a rug so that you can feel exactly where you are walking in the room. When you step off the rug you know that you are out of your playing field and so you have to be careful with where you walk. Extra Tip: in the virtual room you can also set your guardian. You tend to make this space as big as possible, but try to keep at least about half a meter of space "left" so that you have a safe margin if you accidentally end up just outside your guardian.

Tip 6: Start with an easy VR game or experience

If you haven't done anything with VR before, it's best to start with with a simple game. This way you can gradually discover the VR Glasses and how the Controllers works, without being scared off by difficult controls or a game where you don't understand the movements. Some fun games to start with are: Beat Saber, The Lab, Tukt Brush, Space Pirate Trainer etc. These games are made in such a way that you don't have to press many different buttons to play the game. They are therefore fun games to show to someone who is playing a VR game for the first time.

Extra Tip: Read our blog 10 best VR multiplayer games check it out to find some fun VR games that with friends can play.

Tip 7: Close your eyes if you feel nauseous while playing

A common problem with VR is that it can make you feel sick. This nausea is called 'motion sickness'. Your brain sees something happening in virtual reality, while your body does not move. This can happen, for example, when you are in a Virtual Reality roller coaster, or when you fall down in Virtual Reality as in the popular game Richie's Plank Experience. You really have the feeling that you are falling, while your body is just standing still. In case you can't stand this feeling, it is advisable to just close your eyes. When you do this, you immediately notice that you no longer suffer from anything.

Tip 8: Prevent fogging on the lenses

with especially when you're actively playing, you'll notice that some fog can build up around the lenses. Often this is due to breathing or sweat - the principle works the same as when your glasses or sunglasses fog up. Most VR Glasses nowadays have active cooling in the glasses themselves, which ensures that there is less condensation on the lenses. But do you notice that your lenses still fog up? Then take the VR Glasses off for a while and try to with set it up a bit more open space at the nose. This allows more air to get between the glasses, which helps to prevent a layer of condensation. Extra Tip: Do you want to wipe the lenses clean? Then never do this to with a toilet roll or with your t-shirt. Use a microfiber cloth in combination with with and the VR lens cleaner spray.

Tip 9: Set the IPD right from the start

IPD stands for 'Inter-Pupillary Distance' - or the distance between the eyes. This can be set for almost every VR Glasses. The IPD setting ensures that the lenses sit well in front of your eyes. Because everyone has a different distance between the eyes (some eyes are close together, while others are further apart), so it is important that this is properly adjusted for anyone who with plays the Headset.

Tip 10: Casting your screen to a television

Playing alone with a VR Glasses is fun, but when you with do this with in a group it's even more fun! Did you know that the screen of your VR Glasses can also cast to a mobile phone or to a television screen? With most new smartphones you can cast as standard (for example via the Oculus app), but with a TV screen you often need an extra Chromecast. You connect this via a USB connection with to the television. You can then choose to stream to a screen in the VR Glasses setting.

When you use a PC VR Glasses and you have connected the HDMI cable adapter to a PC screen, others can of course already watch the Computer. But would you rather stream it to another TV screen? Then you can still do this with a Chromecast.

Diederik Hermsen- XR Product Specialist

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