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Running KeyVR requires following:OSWindows 7 / Windows 10GPURecent Nvidia or AMD graphics card (Nvidia GTX 1080 or AMD Vega 64 recommended)HMD

HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Rift

On this page you can find tips on how to make KeyVR work with your hardware.

On this page:

Table of Contents

GPU

Making

Nvidia

NVIDIA the preferred graphics card for KeyVR

Some

PC's

PCs have several graphics cards - most

noticably

noticeably, laptops with both an integrated

intel card

and

an nvidia

a dedicated GPU.

An nvidia

A dedicated NVIDIA GPU can be made the preferred graphics card for KeyVR

like this

as follows:

  • Right-click the Desktop and select

Nvidia Control Panel
  • Go to "Manage 3D settings"
  • Go to the Program Settings tab
    • Select KeyVR from the drop-downIf KeyVR is not available in the drop-down, Click Add and and point to

    • Display Settings.

    • Scroll to the bottom and click on Graphic Settings.

    • Click Browse, find the KeyVR.exe

  • Select your NVidia graphics card under "preferred graphics processor"
  • Click "Apply" and restart KeyVR

    • HMD

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    • 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

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    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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    • and click Add.

    • Select KeyVR from the list and click on Options.

    • Select High Performance and click Save.

    Improving performance with AMD graphics cards

    AMD graphics cards will by default match the FPS of the monitor, which may force the headset to run at a lower FPS than desirable. To make the graphics card match the headset’s maximum FPS or exceed it:

    • Right-click on desktop and select the AMD Radeon Settings

    • Go to the "Gaming" Tab

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    • Click "Add" in the upper right corner

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    • 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\KeyVR\bin\KeyVR.exe

      • C:\Program Files\KeyVR\bin\KeyVR.exe

    • After adding the applications Profile in the AMD Radon Settings, edit the KeyVR Profile

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    • Set "Wait For vertical Refresh" to "Always Off"

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    • Restart KeyVR