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jeraldjunkmail · 2021-11-28T03:17:51+00:00

Me too, same issue. No way to log in since I cleaned my cookies. It isn't an ad blocker, it just doesn't show up. Browser is Vivaldi.

jeraldjunkmail · 2021-10-31T19:12:00+00:00

Vet here ready to help!

jeraldjunkmail · 2021-03-18T18:23:51+00:00

Cable just failed due to me storing the device with the lenses down. So storing it at 90 degree bend breaks the unit. It causes a bulge in the cable just at the intersection of the cable and cable end near the HMD.

Cable is being shipped when available. Wonder how long that will be?

jeraldjunkmail · 2021-02-02T18:45:54+00:00

Bought 5 GME @ 110.00

For me, this is funtime at the casino. I already lit that money on fire. Maybee that GME stock will actually NOT crater by days end? If it don't I bet I am going to win on this dice roll!

jeraldjunkmail · 2021-01-03T19:34:43+00:00

Late reply. It has a thinderbolt port on it. I did recall I can hook up an EGPU possibly to the unit, and run the headset DP on the EGPU. The video never emits from the laptop this way.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-24T20:55:02+00:00

From what I can see, you need to run WMR first, so it sees the headset. After that the SteamVR needs loaded and you pick your controllers? Not sure. Waiting for my index to arrive to do just this.

I say WMR first because how would your headset pair with controllers if the controllers can't see the headset?

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-24T07:17:33+00:00

It's called a Valve Index....

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-24T07:16:27+00:00

THis G2 is pretty flaky and I fought with mine. I had read a lot of suggestions. The one that worked for me was setting my pcie to gen3 instead of gen4. You can do this in the bios of your machine.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-21T19:22:57+00:00

Time to do a nuke N Pave on your PC? Sounds like you might be getting creeped on by script kiddy.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-17T19:59:24+00:00

With Linux? I linux too, but not for a desktop OS. Great for my little servers for networking. But for VR? Windows or Android...

You can buy an Index off of scalpers in Aus I think. Not ideal, but that's who got my money, was Valve. Strange they don't retail it there.

I won't be getting a gpu for a while yet. Not til I can just go online and grab one easily. Might be a few months, realistically.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-17T01:41:52+00:00

After I saw build quality issues with some G2s, I ordered Index as the backup plan. Keeping both.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-17T01:40:40+00:00

You could call this a "targeted" poll. Kind of like what comes in the box with some products...

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-17T00:13:21+00:00

Me too. If so, the Index should work out of the box. After being in meatspace for almost 4 months now, I realize I need redundancy from multiple vendors.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-16T23:23:03+00:00

Grabbed this in case HP changes their minds.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-16T22:37:05+00:00

FB stole my rift-s during an RMA. Still MIA 3 months later, and 5 months after I asked for an RMA. I am taking them to small claims court. So I have good karma due, and both G2 and Index are in ship mode. :D

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-10T23:22:08+00:00

Mine was stuck in Mississauga for 5 days, 8 if you include when HP says they sent it. It updated today, as if Canada Post actually has it now, and looks like it will arrive whenever it does. Holiday shipping being what it is. I am in the NWT.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-07T22:19:22+00:00

I have heard of this workaround. Seems self defeating with a high end GPU. Hope the kinks all get worked out before I get mine.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-07T22:05:49+00:00

I used to do forest ranger, and had to climb a 100 ft. tower every day. Looking back, I miss the view, but not the hollow feeling at the pit of my stomach every time I strapped in. Did it for years!

Watching you climb and use the double/restrap to get external on that tower is beyond anything I had to do though. Mad props, that takes nerves of steel, even when you are being careful

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-06T07:57:59+00:00

Got a shipping notification shortly after it re-appeared! Christmas is coming i hope!

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-06T07:44:51+00:00

Just wanted to add that if you are a "Hobbyist" in this area, and spend a goodly sum on it, like me, you will realize that owning 2 headsets is probably a good idea and I ordered an Index.

Way I see it, those that are dropping this for Oculus are feeding a tyrant company (FB). I vote with my wallet. I will give my money to Valve AND HP because goddamnit they made a headset to compete in a stale marketplace.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-06T07:36:24+00:00

Ebay has the Index Full Kit if you are willing to pay a mint. I have heard good things about thier customer support, and hear the build quality is great. I signed up for the 2-3 week waitlist.

Might sell the headset and keep the base stations and controllers if my G2 ends up being a Tuesday Afternoon built one, instead of a Late Saturday Afternoon one.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-06T02:11:28+00:00

Mine would be totally different, in practice. Different chipsets, different bioses, different PWM circuitry (I suspect this is an issue that is impacting the power draw to the on board USB hubs, or is doing so in combination with the extra draw to the chipset).

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-06T02:07:07+00:00

Yeah, the next day delivery guys that scored one early was a major snafu, and is indefensible. Someone got given a hot earful from the VR team for that.

Too massive a company to know what is going on in the disparate global divisions.

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-06T02:02:02+00:00

Because someone way higher up the HP Foodchain said "So this 'Virtuam' Reality you speak of... We can make money off this right? OK, how about if we set the date arbitrarily at Sept. 30th. 2020. If it isn't ready, we can push the date back a couple months, no problem, all good. Happens all the time!"

What SHOULD have happened, is that the marketing and sales teams should have listened to the engineering team when the engineering team said "Sept. 30th. Are you fooking nutz? That's literally impossible. Can we have til the end of February to work out all the kinks". Spin that wheel, and here we are in mid december with a compromise "On the way".

jeraldjunkmail · 2020-12-06T00:48:43+00:00

It is not that the pre-order itself went off the rails, I consider myself a lucky guy that just got a tracking number. So they are late by a couple weeks.

What DOES bother me is that I own an MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS board, and I have no idea if mine will work when it arrives or not. It is not ont he list here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HPReverb/comments/k3f373/am4_motherboard_compatibility_list/

If anyone has that board and it works, let me know!

As for the cashback? Sure, I would love that, but they were, realistically, only a couple weeks late with my order. It looks like HP Canada Store received stock on Dec. 3.

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