[chimerax-users] Oculus quest for chimeraX?

[Miriam Díaz Galicia]

Dear Tom
Thank you very much for you reply. I was hoping it would work without the
need of a PC since my laptop is not so good. Anyways, your answer has been
very helpful.
Greetings
Escarlet

On Tue, 18 Aug 2020, 20:12 Tom Goddard, <goddard at sonic.net> wrote:

> Hi Escarlet,
>
>   ChimeraX VR will not run standalone on the Oculus Quest but it will
> probably work with the Quest link cable connected to a PC running Windows
> 10 with a sufficiently powerful graphics card for PC VR (e.g. Geforce GTX
> 1060 or faster).  It will not run on the Quest standalone because the Quest
> uses the Android operating system and ChimeraX only runs on Windows, Mac
> and Linux operating systems.  I have not tried ChimeraX VR with a Quest
> with the link cable because I do not have a Quest, but all headsets that
> work with SteamVR have worked for me, including HTC Vive, Oculus Rift,
> Oculus Rift S, Vive Pro, Samsung Odyssey so I think any SteamVR compatible
> headset will work.  My preferred ChimeraX VR headset is currently Oculus
> Rift S.  But if you will be using the VR for entertainment then the Quest
> is a good choice.  The best performing VR headset for a PC I think is the
> Valve Index (based on reviews, since I do not have one) but the cost is
> high ($1000) and it is back-ordered for at least 8 weeks.
>
> Tom
>
> On Aug 18, 2020, at 6:45 AM, Miriam Díaz Galicia <
> miriam.diazgalicia at kaust.edu.sa> wrote:
>
> Dear chimeraX users
>
> I would like to buy my first VR headset to use with ChimeraX. I am
> considering buying the Oculus quest but I would like to confirm that it
> will properly work for ChimeraX.
> Has anyone used it? or is there a better low-cost VR headset (preferably
> but not limited to all-in-one devices) that you can recommend to me?
>
> Thank you very much in advance,
> Escarlet
>
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