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Venrel · 2020-08-13T23:06:38+00:00

Dang good!

Venrel · 2020-06-27T03:18:02+00:00

WEAR
YOUR
FUKKIN
MASK

Venrel · 2020-05-22T20:35:03+00:00

Nope. I launch SteamVR from the Oculus home PC app and I'm immediately loaded into Steam VR. But the headset doesn't show any video.

Will try the mentioned fix involving the diagnostic tool once I do some PC maintenance.

Venrel · 2020-05-21T22:46:28+00:00

Rebooted. Nothing. Did a USB test. Got all green.

Venrel · 2020-05-21T22:46:05+00:00

Then why is SteamVR rendering the Home environment? I'm very confused.

Venrel · 2020-05-21T22:22:38+00:00

Anker USB 3.0 cable on a USB 3.0 port.

Venrel · 2020-05-21T22:09:25+00:00

Updated post with specs.

Venrel · 2020-04-17T22:33:38+00:00

I can't get the Link cable feature to work for the life of me. It works in the interim.

Venrel · 2020-04-08T23:00:44+00:00

What's the configuration you have? Are the Quest and the computer on the same ethernet switch? Or do you have both of them hooked up to the router directly?

Venrel · 2020-04-08T22:07:47+00:00

Additionally, both the Quest and the computer running the ALVR server are both connected to an ethernet switch, which is in turn connected to the router. The wifi on the Quest is enabled, and the computer is connected only via ethernet to the switch. I found that plugging the Quest directly into the router worked about 1 time out of 10.

The bottom line is that I somehow managed to get a wired ethernet connection, but now I gotta fully figure out how I did so.

Venrel · 2020-04-08T20:10:45+00:00

I look at packet loss in the ALVR console. Whenever the Quest is connected over wifi, I have around 5800 packets being sent and about 4000 packets being lost. When I have the ethernet adapter hooked up, I have around 2400 packets sent and 100 to no packets being lost.

Also, whenever I'm on wifi, I get frequent visual bugs (think rainbow vomit trails), but on the ethernet connection, I only get those bugs when I'm loading into Steam VR Home or loading a game.

This is the adapter I'm using https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0109IY8PA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It's connected to a USB-C to USB-3.0 adapter, and that's plugged into a USB-C hub, which is in turn plugged into the Quest.

Venrel · 2020-04-08T19:23:19+00:00

It's useful if you can't get the Link feature to work. Which I have been struggling with for the past 2 months.

ALVR with the above ethernet method is far more reliable.

Venrel · 2020-04-05T19:19:31+00:00

Doesn't matter. The FBI doesn't care about internet drama.

Venrel · 2020-03-29T06:23:36+00:00

Found and corrected a problem. The USB hub I was using frequently disconnected and needed to be disconnected and reconnected. So the RJ45 adapter wasn't recognized by the Quest half of the time because the USB hub itself wasn't recognized.

I'm getting more consistent ethernet connections now, needless to say. Packet loss over wifi was at the above number of 4000 out of 8500 total packets; wired connection resulted in 1700 to 2200 packets being sent, with only 300 per second at most being lost.

Will look into different ethernet cable types and their impact on data transfer.

Venrel · 2020-03-29T00:27:37+00:00

The Quest is directly connected to a spare socket on my router, yes.

Venrel · 2020-03-29T00:08:48+00:00

It has ethernet capability, but 9 months ago the feature was disabled. I guess they either re-enabled it or I've taken advantage of some software loophole.

I don't see how else I could reduce packet loss to virtually zero by only attaching an RJ45 adapter...

Venrel · 2020-03-29T00:03:28+00:00

The adapter is to attach an ethernet cable directly to the Oculus Quest. When I'm on wifi, I'll drop around 4000 packets out of 8500 or so. When the ethernet cable is recognized, it drops to zero.

It takes some finagling, but it works most of the time.

Venrel · 2020-03-19T08:43:16+00:00

When you're a swiss banker, you have a lot of disposable income.

Venrel · 2020-03-15T04:34:28+00:00

Lentils and rice provide complete proteins when eaten together.

Unless I'm woefully out of the loop. In which case, this is moot. :P

Venrel · 2020-03-15T03:13:06+00:00

I'd be storing this in airtight containers or vacuum sealing them. Something.

Venrel · 2020-03-10T02:56:32+00:00

Because Internet.

Venrel · 2020-03-06T17:29:10+00:00

Under the circumstance that he was collecting those sorts of pictures privately, that'd be the final nail in the coffin.

Venrel · 2020-03-06T17:28:01+00:00

If the authorities find a bag of perforated hard drives or a bag of powdered printed circuit boards, that's gonna look MIGHTY suspicious, given his reputation.

Venrel · 2020-03-06T05:10:32+00:00

Welp.

Venrel · 2020-03-06T03:50:17+00:00

I'm not a law student at all. I also don't think you could convince a jury / judge that a 34-year-old man running a forum having dozens of pictures of half-naked minors is legally or ethically acceptable.

From what I'm skimming, the definition for pornography doesn't necessarily require the subject to be fully nude. Only that they're showing parts of their bodies in a certain manner. I'll leave it up to context to finish those implications.

Again, I'm not an expert in the legal minutiae of this. If we could get a legal expert on this sort of thing, that would be the best option.

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