Pimax 5K+ gaming without any Lighthouses

Pimax 8K Series
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Thanks for the reply Dallas.Hao, but my problem has been resolved.
It was a usb issue, and a simple fix, which is what I was hoping would be the case.

Now I can get on with actually using my 8K.

Merry Christmas to all.

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Merry Christmas~~~~~~~~

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Anyone tried a third party 6dof with its Pimax 5k/8k?

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in Vr Maniac youtube channel, he shows using the 8K with the NOLO controllers.

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With the p4k a few have tried kinect/psmove

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I am looking for head tracking only for now, their controllers donā€™t look very good.

Yes I looked at driver4vr, but it seems like there are settings for each HMD and right now, I donā€™t think the 5k/8k are supported.
I donā€™t know if it would work with the P4K settings, or if the camera of the Kinect 360 looks for the shape of the HMD to do the positional tracking.

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The NOLO system includes head tracking along with controllersā€¦ NOLO has a module you attach to the top of your HMD. But you are correctā€¦ theyā€™re controllers arenā€™t that great.

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You might be able to use Nolovr without motion controllers for just head tracking.

As for driver4vr if i get inet setup & find my 360 kinect might be able to test. Though Greg might have info on un identified headsets.

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Update - I changed my mind. I just bought a lighthouse, so strike my original postā€¦

Summary

Once my headset arrives, Iā€™m going to investigate to see if I can use OpenTrack to provide the missing (positional) 3DOF.

Iā€™m already using OpenTrack to provide z-axis roll for my EDTracker. I think if I connect a webcam, I might be able to add positional data, until I get my lighthouse (which should have significantly better positional accuracy).

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Can someone confirm that we can setup the Pimax with just one base station ?
Or its 2 needed for initial setup ?

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I think @SweViver has tested using 1 base station initial setup.

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Iā€™ve seen at least two successful reports in this forum, but I only found one post. IIRC, there was a minor problem getting the configuration setup, which was mentioned in the other post. (Had to close PiTool and restart Steam VR, or something similar???)

https://community.openmr.ai/t/roomsetup-with-a-single-base-station/11506/2?u=neal_white_iii

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Yep, I did setup my 8k and one lighthouse cube as mentioned above without a problem.

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I am about to buy a Vive bundle for around $350, I ll sell the headset and one base station, so I expect to end up with 2 controllers and one base station for free or close to.

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2 LH are much better than 1.

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i would sell none.
u never know if your pimax becomes faulty and then u gotta wait a looooooooong time,
while watching the others enjoy VR and the upcoming games. just dont.
be happy u can get a vive THAT CHEAP. In germany they cost ~600$

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Keep both base stations. Two are always better than one, and they can fail. I had one replaced more than a year ago because of one suddenly doing very loud motor sound.

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Great test ! This is exactly my case.

Sold my Vive/Odyssey and now i will have to use 3DoF till the single Lighthouse i bought arrives.

HOPEFULLY my Pimax will arrive FIRST than the Lighthouse :thinking:

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I will do more tests tonight here at work without any base stations. Will report if i find any issues.

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If possible, please, test Elite Dangerous.

There are many CMDR jumping in after hearing that the SDE/Clarity/FOV were very enhanced and like myself, donĀ“t have a Lighthouse pair laying around.

Thanks.

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