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Yes. Extension Cables DO work w/ CV1

cybereality
Grand Champion
Just because I was curious myself, I got some USB 3.0 and HDMI extension cables. I used them with both the sensor and the consumer headset. They're standard 10 foot passive cables. They seem to work with no problem. Cheers.
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cybereality
Grand Champion
So, here were the cables used if anyone is interested.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JJ517VI
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7SA21U

Even though Rift uses HDMI 1.3, it's probably safer to get the 1.4 (4K/3D compatible) cables.

The extension cables were 10 feet each. The headset cable is supposed to be 4 meters (I didn't measure, but sounds right), so total length of the main cable is probably around 22 feet after extension. I'm not actually sure how long the sensor cable is. It may be slightly shorter but enough to place anywhere on an average desk without extension.

Yes, I do recall there being some problems with extension cables and DK2, but I'll keep testing on the setup and report back if there are any issues.

I'm not sure if hubs would work, as they may be bandwidth limited.
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RABID
Expert Protege
22 feet? that's awesome! had planned on running cable to a ceiling mount of some type and now it won't be an issue 8-)

ThreeDeeVision
Superstar
Nice, should be able to do some nice long runs for cameras that need to be away from the PC.
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nightauditor198
Adventurer
That is great news indeed! Thanks for sharing 🙂

VizionVR
Rising Star
Woohoo, technical information! Thank you Cyber! Is this possibly a sign of the NDA lifting, or at least, relaxing a bit?
Not a Rift fanboi. Not a Vive fanboi. I'm a VR fanboi. Get it straight.

cybereality
Grand Champion
No, just me trying to make the forum a little more interesting.
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Jose
Heroic Explorer
You're getting ready for room-scale rifting, I see. Building your holodeck...

FingerMcPokeye
Heroic Explorer
USB 2.0 provides for a maximum cable length of 5 meters for devices running at Hi Speed (480 Mbit/s). The primary reason for this limit is the maximum allowed round-trip delay of about 1.5 μs. If USB host commands are unanswered by the USB device within the allowed time, the host considers the command lost. When adding USB device response time, delays from the maximum number of hubs added to the delays from connecting cables, the maximum acceptable delay per cable amounts to 26 ns.[82] The USB 2.0 specification requires that cable delay be less than 5.2 ns per meter (192 000 km/s, which is close to the maximum achievable transmission speed for standard copper wire).

The USB 3.0 standard does not directly specify a maximum cable length, requiring only that all cables meet an electrical specification: for copper cabling with AWG 26 wires the maximum practical length is 3 meters (9.8 ft).[83]


Also..

http://www.yourcablestore.com/USB-Cable ... _42-1.html

shim2
Adventurer
"cybereality" wrote:
So, here were the cables used if anyone is interested.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JJ517VI
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C7SA21U

Even though Rift uses HDMI 1.3, it's probably safer to get the 1.4 (4K/3D compatible) cables.

The extension cables were 10 feet each. The headset cable is supposed to be 4 meters (I didn't measure, but sounds right), so total length of the main cable is probably around 22 feet after extension. I'm not actually sure how long the sensor cable is. It may be slightly shorter but enough to place anywhere on an average desk without extension.

Yes, I do recall there being some problems with extension cables and DK2, but I'll keep testing on the setup and report back if there are any issues.

I'm not sure if hubs would work, as they may be bandwidth limited.


I bought HDMI 2.0 cables. Should those work?

Specifically this one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GBB ... ge_o00_s00

As well as this active usb 3.0

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DMF ... ge_o00_s00

cybereality
Grand Champion
@shim2: They might. HDMI 2.0 should be fine, though the extra length may or may not be an issue. I purchased that same active USB 3.0 cable, but I haven't tried it yet. I think I might also have a 15 foot HDMI cable. If I get a chance later this week I can check.
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