[chimerax-users] Oculus quest for chimeraX?

[Jared Adolf-Bryfogle]

I have tried my quest using the link cable and found it to be pretty
unstable.

Perhaps I did not meet the requirements, but it was a new PC that I built,
with a SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 5700 XT with AMD RYZEN 7 3700X 8-Core 3.6
GHz cpu and 16gb of RAM.   Maybe AMD cards are not optimized for it?

I can play all games from Steam on high settings, so it's definitely
something else.

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 12:23 PM Tom Goddard <goddard at sonic.net> wrote:

> Hi Escarlet,
>
>   The Quest will not be able to run ChimeraX VR connected to a laptop
> unless it is a very powerful video gaming laptop for instance with nvidia
> gtx 1060 or faster graphics.   I sometimes use ChimeraX VR with an MSI GS65
> Stealth Thin 8RF with Nvidia GTX 1070 MaxQ graphics that works fine but
> that laptop is expensive (~$3000), noisy, and has short battery life (~2
> hours), so I don't recommend using a laptop for VR unless portability is
> important.  I use the laptop to give VR demonstrations outside the lab.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2020, at 10:16 AM, Miriam Díaz Galicia <
> miriam.diazgalicia at kaust.edu.sa> wrote:
>
> 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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