how far apart can sensors be?

reefy86 · March 2017

decorating my living room soon and going to put some usb sockets in the walls right next to the sensors to hide cables. i was going to put the sensors on the arch way which is 8ft wide so the sensors would be 8ft apart would this be fine? also what do you guys use to extend your usb 3's? i brought a 5 meter extender cable but they dont work as anything over 5 meters do not power but im seeing people use 10 meters.

cheers

Techy111 · March 2017

I have 2 in London and the 3rd with Oculus in Eindhoven. Works a treat

seriously though, my max is 3 feet apart as I have a tiny.......shut it......play area.

elboffor · March 2017

Mines much bigger than techys small southern size.
Mine are about 8 feet apart at the front and abkut 11 to the rear

Techy111 · March 2017

Tis true. Northern people all wear glasses and everything is magnified x 8

kojack · March 2017

reefy86 said:

i was going to put the sensors on the arch way which is 8ft wide so the sensors would be 8ft apart would this be fine?

My sensors range from 8.5 to 11.7 feet apart.

dburne · March 2017

I just use my two sensors on my desktop, they are probably around 3.5 ft apart. I will say I seem to get very good tracking with them.

TickTock · March 2017

I have mine on three corners of a 14' square (on the ceiling). Works pretty well. Occasionally see minor glitches but don't use them for brain surgery and you'll be fine.

danknugz · March 2017

my front 2 are about 12 apart, the back 2 are about 16 ft (front is usually facing left here)

Fredd32 · March 2017

I have only 2 at the moment at 12 feet apart and about 7 feet high. Working just fine for me so far. I will be adding a 3rd soon for full 360 though, about 10 ft from my front left sensor should work out nicely I believe for about a 10' × 8' area to run around in.

HiThere_ · March 2017

It depends if you're setting up for front facing, 360° or room scale VR.

Also if it hasn't changed, Oculus VR recommends using USB2 for the third sensor, so for that one a USB2 extension cable will do, even if you're plugging it into a USB3 port.

reefy86 · March 2017

thanks guys, my play area is only 8ft x 6ft and yes will be going 360 because im sick of lifting my headset up to see if im still facing the right way when i get too carried away on robo recall lol

TickTock · March 2017

reefy86 said:

thanks guys, my play area is only 8ft x 6ft and yes will be going 360 because im sick of lifting my headset up to see if im still facing the right way when i get too carried away on robo recall lol

Until they fix the teleportation bug, you will still have to. :-(

HiThere_ · March 2017

The perfect minimum VR space would be around 7ftx7ft, so you have enough space to stretch out your arms (as long as you don't bend over to extend your reach).

So the thing about 360° VS room scale VR, is that in room scale each sensor has to cover the whole VR space, while in 360° you are meant to stay in the center, so each sensor only needs to cover the VR space from the sensor to the middle of the VR space where you're standing (the sensors don't need to see each over), allowing you to create a wider VR space.

What I would do with a 8x6ft VR space (assuming I can't change it into a 7x7ft VR space), is create a 6x6ft space in it, and leave 2ft of empty space preferably between your VR space and your monitor, as a safety margin, specially for guests.

The difference between a 7x7ft and 6x6ft space, is that depending on your arm span you'll have to be more careful not to stretch out your arms to their full length, specially with fast movements such as throwing a ball or thrusting a sword.

In my case I started around 7x6ft, and I swapped out my huge desk for a smaller one to achieve my 7x7ft VR space.

Also as a hint, when playing front facing sensor games you can stand with your back closer to a corner with no camera, so you are then facing both cameras in the right and left corners in front of you. This way you get dual front facing cameras (with more room to stretch out your arms then you need), without having to move or reconfigure your sensors : I use that on games like Dead and Buried to improve the hand tracking and throw dynamite sticks.

reefy86 · March 2017

thank you, as for arms i do have more room like 10x10 as the 8x6 is only because my fireplace has a 2ft harth and then my corner sofa, so its my feet that only has 8x6 but arms have 10x10

Fredd32 · March 2017

A trick I have been using to differentiate front and rear is to put make a Wavy line on the rear of the guardian boundaries during setup. This way you can tell wich way you are facing when you see the boundaries pop up (smooth straight line up front and wavy line in rear).

how far apart can sensors be?

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