Complete. I am Just Glad they decided to release the original KS Advertised Audio solution.
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Kept clean, thatās ironic. I didnāt know VR n Chill was fans on your head I thought thereād be some juicy piccies in here. I heard of netflix n chill after all.
On the topic, how good is the VR n Chill then? Does it feel worthwhile having it?
Yeah. Thinking about it the bigger the sunroof the greater the airflow
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Thank you Genesis for your excellent post. I have been using Vive DAS on my 5k+ from the beginning. From your post it looks like an easy transfer when I receive my 8KX.
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Has anyone found if using the little headset mounted fans pictured adds to perceived realism in VR games, or would you literally need to hold a hand held fan in your face to feel the breeze?
I was thinking more along the lines of fooling your brain into thinking youāre outdoors in VR in certain scenarios rather than keeping you cool playing beat saber.
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I think you will need a much bigger fan, blowing over your arms and face (at a minimum) to get a genuine feel of breeze and motion.
Iām thinking I may make a cooling mod for my 8KX. Iām worried about the heat trapped by the comfort kitās large face pad and the extra heat given off by the revised circuit board. Iām thinking of carving channels in the foam (top and bottom) and having a fan exhaust the heat and perspiration (humidity) out the top. Assuming I like the results, Iāll post my findings, but for now, Iām just waiting for my 8KX to be shipped. (Hopefully this month.)
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Thanks for the feedback. That sounds like an ambitious plan of yours too trying to embedd cooling, but if it worked would be pretty impressive.
Maybe we can start up a āmodsā section of the forum here or elsewhere and add this thread as the first 8K-X mod and hopefully many more in the future including your project.
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This is the fan Iām considering. Itās designed to be powered by USB. One of the 5-star reviews shows that someone is using it to cool their Index. I think Iāll get 2, because Iām worried that 1 wonāt provide enough airflow. Also, if it works well, Iāll probably paint it black. Iām thinking of using Sugru to fashion any ducting and gap-filling which might be necessary.
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Your going to duct tape case fans to your head? LOL
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Not quite. 
These are 4cm fans. Iām thinking of something like this, but reworked to deal with the comfort kitā¦ [update] Actually, I decided to just go ahead and buy this unit.
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I thought about these as there dirt cheap, and printing My own mount.
Small fans = more noise, bigger less noise
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I always thought the only affective way to cool the headset would be to move air through it and not just blow air on it.
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Iām not going to ājust blow air on itā. Iām planning to move air upwards across my face and forehead, through channels cut in the face-pad, as mentioned earlierā¦
I play in a darkened room, so the channels wonāt be a problem. I know this for certain, since Iāve actually cut channels in the foam of my 8K, but thereās no fan. I think fans will be very helpful with the comfort kit, which has more foam area. Plus, apparently, the 8KX runs a bit hotter than my 8K.
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Cooling your forehead should draw heat from your face, for equilibrium, and because heat tends to rise. Much of this should occur through our existing circulatory system, since cooling the forehead of course inherently cools the blood in any vessels up there, shedding excess heat instead of letting it accumulate (EDIT: ā¦with each circulation).
Somebody who knows a bit about the cardiovascular system might put their expertise to use figuring out whether there exists any good spot to apply a bit of cooling on the artery side, before their blood reaches the face. :7
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on the neck behind the ear lobes.
people put perfume in that spot because there is an artery close to the surface which means it is very warm. alcohol evaporates very quickly there and spreads the scent efficiently.
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Ok, could be worth experimenting with a pair of chilled rags held there, then, and see whether that does anything - opportunity will supposedly serve me a fairly hot weekend here. :7
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lick your finger and rub it there - thereās an immediate cooling effect
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Promising! Letās see whether it can keep an enclosed face dry and comfortable, without causing any other parts of the head to become too cool, or any unpleasant temperature differentials. :7
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Hi can you add this to thingiverse
and also link it here
https://community.openmr.ai/c/ACCESSORIES/Mods3dprinters/61
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