Oculus User Guide
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1. o e 1 Introduction Thank you for downloading the Oculus Runtime package This document describes how to install the drivers and other software components required to operate the Oculus Rift 1 1 Oculus Rift hardware setup For instructions on setting up the DK1 and DK2 hardware please see the setup guides that came in the box These are also available on the Oculus website e The DK1 manual is at developer oculusvr com dk1 manual pdf e The DK2 manual is at developer oculusvr com dk2 manual pdf In the event that you own a DK1 and a DK2 do not plug them in simultaneously This will result in the Rift enabled apps not functioning correctly 2 Installing the Runtime Package If you do not have it yet download the Oculus Runtime Installer from the Oculus website This will install the following components Oculus Display Driver Windows Only e Oculus Positional Tracking Sensor Driver e Oculus Service Application Oculus System Tray Application and Configuration Utility 2 1 Windows To install the Runtime package perform these steps 1 In the Windows Control Panel visit Programs gt Programs and Features and uninstall any existing components 2 Run the install executable found in this package This will install all the components described above and ask if you wish to restart your computer 3 Reboot your computer 2 2 MacOS To install the Runtime package run the installer applicatio2. latency and simplifies use of the HMD Currently only supported under Windows Extend Desktop to the HMD Oculus Rift will be a part of the desktop Users may need to manually orient the display to be horizontal before running any games Use this mode if you experience problems with Oculus display driver C DK1 Legacy App Support Ifenabled this option will allow legacy applications built with Oculus SDK 0 3 or earlier to run on DK1 Rift DK1 will operate in Extended Desktop mode while DK2 will honor the display mode selection setting Figure 1 Rift Display Mode dialog Figure shows the Rift Display Mode dialog This has two main settings e Direct HMD Access from Apps This is the recommended mode Rifts connected to the PC will not appear as additional monitors and will be automatically used by Rift enabled applications e Extend Desktop to the HMD This is provided for debugging purposes in the event that there are problems with the Direct HMD Access mode The dialog also features a checkbox labelled DKI Legacy App Support This permits DK1 owners to run Rift enabled applications built with the Oculus SDK 0 3 1 or earlier It does not permit these applications to 4 run on DK2 devices If you have a DK1 configure the Rift and monitors as you are accustomed This is only valid for older Rift enabled applications You will need to switch it off to run Rift enabled apps built with Oculus SDK 0 4 1 or newer This pa
3. lt gt Oculus VR OCULUS VR LLC Oculus User Guide Runtime Version 0 4 1 Rev 1 Date August 7 2014 2014 Oculus VR LLC All rights reserved Oculus VR LLC Irvine CA Except as otherwise permitted by Oculus VR LLC this publication or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form by any method for any purpose Certain materials included in this publication are reprinted with the permission of the copyright holder All brand names product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders Disclaimer THIS PUBLICATION AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS MADE AVAILABLE BY OCULUS VR LLC AS IS OCULUS VR LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABIL ITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THESE MATERIALS Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 Oculus Rift hardware setup 2 2 ee 2 Installing the Runtime Package 3 Oculus System Tray 3 1 Rift Display Mode dialog soi ai pate a a ak el ia a toe Me ete 3 2 Oculus Configuration Utility 2 0 0 0 0000000000200 0 0000 3 3 Getting started ee ce ee A ee ee 3 3 1 DEVICE SEtIN GS oi ausa aa eI eh no db wi he ales Gea ek ed he 3 3 2 User setings ia od eae Ra Ae oh Gr B S ea Gr Bk Be es Pay BA 33 3 DEMO SEDE 00 io ge Bs ee Boe 3 3 4 Advanced Seti gs ito ee di rd de Bat hy 3 3 5 Updating the DK2 headset firmware
4. open a file chooser Open the new firmware file e g Firmware DK2 DK2Firmware_2_11 ovrf After a successful firmware update the Oculus Configuration Utility will need to be shut down and restarted You can relaunch the Oculus Configuration Utility by opening it from the Tools directory where you installed the Oculus Runtime package or by doing a system restart
5. the setting where the lenses are closest to your eyes and out refers to setting where they are farthest 3 3 2 User settings User settings describe your physical characteristics These are used to configure your VR experience and it s important to set them correctly Carefully tuning these values will increase the comfort of the VR experience and can lead to a better sense of presence Gender This is an optional parameter that is used to adjust various body size parameters based on population statistics Applications may also use this parameter to set the gender of the player avatar Player Height This is the height of the real life user The height can be specified in either metric or standard units by selecting or clearing the Metric check box Applications are encouraged to use this value to set the player avatar to the same height as the user s real body height They also set the height of the application cameras to the appropriate eye height which is derived from the player height This leads to a familiar sense of size and embodiment when in VR 3 3 3 Demo scene After you have configured your user profile you can view a sample VR scene set up with these parameters Click Show Demo Scene and put on the headset Initially you should be presented with a menu rendered directly in front of you If that s not the case then it may mean that your real world forward direction isn t aligned with the forward direction in the scene i
6. The settings are automatically saved 3 3 1 Device settings Device settings are part of each user profile They describe a user s preferred hardware settings while wearing the headset The following settings can be changed Eye Cups These are the lenses that ship with the Oculus Rift each having a different height and focal length The number of lenses included varies depending on the model of Rift that you re using DK1 ships with three different types A B and C whilst DK2 ships with just A and B In each case the A cup is pre installed at the factory and is designed for people with normal vision Nearsighted users may find that the B or C cup offers a clearer image The Oculus Configuration Utility should be set to the user s preferred and installed eye cup Oculus recommends the use of the A cups unless the other cups give you a clearer image and better experience Eye Relief This is the distance between surface of the lens and the user s eye cornea The Rift headset has a dial on either side of it that can be adjusted with a coin to lengthen or shorten this distance Each user should experiment with this setting to find a distance that is comfortable The Eye Relief slider in the Oculus Configuration Utility should be adjusted to match the dial setting on the hardware The wheel and face plate icons depict the right hand side of a headset that is facing to the right The slider control can be used to turn the wheel In refers to
7. een the pupils of each eye This value can be measured by an optometrist or by hand and set directly Eye Relief The eye relief is the distance between the headset lens and the cornea This distance is defined both by the facial structure of the user as well as the eye relief dial on the side of the headset Adjusting the Eye Relief control on the main window will change this value Measure This is a visual tool that is used to estimate the exact position of each eye and calculate the IPD and Eye Relief values It requires that the user put on the headset and move vertical green lines to find the edge of their visible field of view It measures each eye independently It can detect and handle asymmetries in eye position Personalized Rendering Many of the profile settings are designed to modify aspects of the rendering and provide a personalized visual experience You can disable this feature by clearing the Enable Personalized Rendering check box When disabled several of the profile settings will be ignored and a default generic rendering mode is used instead 3 3 5 Updating the DK2 headset firmware Note the DK2 headset ships with firmware version 2 10 and requires updating to firmware version 2 11 Instructions are provided below To update the headset firmware connect your DK2 and make sure that it shows up as connected in the Oculus Configuration Utility Then select Tools gt Advanced gt Update Firmware from the menu which will
8. evice Measure a IPD 62 0mm l Eye Relief V Enable Personalized Rendering For This Eye Position Close Figure 4 Advanced Settings Advanced settings can greatly improve the quality of the VR experience but they are a bit more subtle than the basic settings and require a deeper level of understanding and patience to set properly Eye To Neck Distance The Oculus SDK implements a neck model to simulate positional movement of the eyes as you turn your head while wearing a DK1 For example if you nod your head up and down the center of rotation of the eyes is not at a point on your nose but at a point in your spine called the neck pivot The vector between the neck pivot and the center of your eyes is defined by a vertical and horizontal distance The vertical distance is approximately the distance from the corner of your eye to the bottom of your jaw The horizontal distance is approximately the distance from the corner of your eye to the middle of your ear These can serve as decent starting points but each person is different and you should experiment in VR with different lengths to find values that feel correct Since DK2 uses positional tracking these parameters are not relevant for DK2 users Eye Position This is the position of each eye with respect to the lens of the current device type it is maintained separately for DK1 and DK2 should you own both IPD The interpupillary distance IPD is the lateral distance betw
9. n found inside the package This will install all components described above for the current user only The installer will need to be rerun for every user that wishes to use the rift Since MacOS does not currently support direct rendering adjusting your display settings to rotate the Rift s dis play by 90 degrees is necessary for the DK2 The display settings are locatedin System Preferences gt Displays It may be convienent to also disable display mirroring via the Mirror Displays checkbox on the display adjustment tab It is possible to remove the Runtime package for the current user at any time Use either the provided Uninstaller App or execute the uninstallAgent sh shell script inside the Agent subdirectory created by the installer 3 Oculus System Tray NOTE MacOS does not support a status icon yet All of the functionality described below is accessible through the Oculus Configuration Utility installed in the Applications Oculus Tools folder The Oculus System Tray settings can be accessed by clicking on the Oculus icon found in the system tray It accesses two panels the Rift Display Mode dialog and the Oculus Configuration Utility These are described in more detail below 3 1 Rift Display Mode dialog Display Mode Direct HMD Access from Apps Direct Display mode allows Oculus Rift to be accessed directly by applications without becoming a part of the Windows desktop through the Oculus display driver This reduces
10. n which case you can press the space bar to reset the forward direction When presented with the menu you should click the Start button with the mouse to proceed and display the demo scene The scene consists of a single room with some familiar objects to give the user a sense of familiarity and scale You should sit comfortably and either press the space bar or click Recenter with the mouse This will adjust the scene for your nominal position Then click Show Camera Bounds This will display black lines showing the range and field of view of the Positional Tracking Sensor Adjust the sensor so the red line in the center is almed at your face Click Recenter or press space bar again until you are comfortably sitting in the center of the Sensor field of view Then turn the camera bounds off You can adjust the VR view to a standing height by clicking Stand If this scene does not feel natural or the scale of objects seems incorrect then you should consider using the Advanced settings described below If you need to adjust the height the controls in the Configuration Utility are duplicated in the Demo Scene and hence you do not need to exit the scene to change the configured height When you are done viewing this scene press the Escape key to close the scene Figure 3 Demo Scene 3 3 4 Advanced settings r Advanced Configuration nese Eye To Neck Distance Horizontal 80 0mm Vertical 120 0 mm Eye Position For The Current D
11. nel is also available from within the Oculus Configuration Utility under the Tools menu NOTE MacOS currently runs in extended mode and the options for direct and extended mode are disabled 3 2 Oculus Configuration Utility The Oculus Configuration Utility is used to configure Oculus headsets and to generate device and user profiles Profiles allow the user to tune and personalize the VR experience across all Rift enabled applications for added comfort performance and immersion While a reasonable default experience is supplied by the Oculus SDK users are strongly encouraged to access the Oculus Configuration Utility to fine tune their own personal experience 3 3 Getting started File Tools Help Device Model Oculus Rift DK2 Firmware 2 11 Sensor Serial 2013E106VSJQ Camera Serial 2113E106VSJQ Eye Cups gt Eye Relief in g out O ir User se 208 Player Height Figure 2 Oculus Configuration Utility Figure 2 shows the main screen of the Oculus Configuration Utility The top section contains Device settings and the bottom section contains User settings Plug in your device and turn 1t on You should see an image of your product in a moment The first time you run the Oculus Configuration Utility you should create and configure a user profile To create a user profile click the button and then type a user name Then set the displayed values appropriately
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