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Running KeyVR requires following:
OS | Windows 7 / Windows 10 |
GPU | Recent Nvidia or AMD graphics card (Nvidia GTX 1080 or AMD Vega 64 recommended) |
HMD | HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Rift |
GPU
Making Nvidia the preferred graphics card for KeyVR
Some PC's have several graphics cards - most noticably laptops with an integrated intel card and an nvidia GPU.
An nvidia GPU can be made the preferred graphics card for KeyVR like this
- Right-click Desktop and select Nvidia Control Panel
- Go to "Manage 3D settings"
- Go to the Program Settings tab
- Select KeyVR from the drop-down
- If KeyVR is not available in the drop-down, Click Add and and point to the KeyVR.exe
- Select your NVidia graphics card under "preferred graphics processor"
- Click "Apply" and restart KeyVR
Securing the FPS with AMD graphics cards
AMD graphics cards will by default match the FPS of the monitor, which may force the HMD to run at a lover FPS than desirable.
To make the graphics card match the HMD's max FPS or exceed it
- Right-click on desktop and select the AMD Radeon Settings
- Go to the "Gaming" Tab
Image Added - Click "Add" in the upper right corner
Image Added - Browse to the KeyVR installation folder and ad the KeyVR.exe - Usually located at in one of the following locations:
- C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\KeyVR8\bin\KeyVR.exe
- C:\Program Files\KeyVR8\bin\KeyVR.exe
- After adding the applications Profile in the AMD Radon Settings, edit the KeyVR Profile
Image Added - Set "Wait For vertical Refresh" to "Always Off"
Image Added - Restart KeyVR and the HMD Application
HMD
HTC Vive
- Install SteamVR.
- Set up base stations and connect them and the HMD to the PC.
- Run SteamVR, once SteamVR has detected the HMD, base stations and controllers you can launch KeyVR.
Windows mixed reality
- Install SteamVR + SteamVR Mixed Reality Portal
- Connect the HDM to the PC and add the controllers by Bluetooth
- Run SteamVR, once SteamVR has detected the HMD and controllers you can launch KeyVR.
Oculus Rift
- Install the Oculus Application.
- Connect the HMD and sensors to the PC
- Run the Oculus app, once the HMD, sensors and controllers appear under Devices, you can launch KeyVR
Note: You may need to enter the Oculus Settings and enable "unknown Sources", in order to run KeyVR.
- Launch the Oculus application.
- Go to the Settings menu.
- Go to the General tab.
- Enable Unknown Sources.
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