Hey all, thought this would be a pretty cool little guide for all the VR enthusiasts out there. You can achieve VR with the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

1. You need a decent Android phone. Minimum screen size of 5 inches (no bigger than 6 inches for the headset listed below) with a minimum resolution of 1280x720.

2. Get a decent VR headset, you need to make sure it's comfortable. I've got a few headsets that dig into the bridge of your nose and it's really not comfortable after 10 minutes of use. I have something very similar to this: http://www.amazon.com/VR-Glasses-Head-mounted-Headband-Smartphones/dp/B015SLWJ0E/ref=pd_sim_sbs_504_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=41R2h0bzdpL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=02T7W6N6SPJ8P79MXAMG

3. There's an app called TrinusVR:



Download TrinusVR (Costs $5) on the Playstore to your Android device. Then download the Desktop app for PC. Trinus is the only app that I have come across that uses USB tethering to "stream" the games to your phone with low latency. Using WIFI with TrinusVR has a high latency. It uses the phone's Gyro sensor to mimic mouse movement and it does that job pretty damn well.

If everything runs smoothly, you could actually have a better experience than the DK2 regarding image quality. I had an Oculus DK2 and this method is in some cases far better than what the DK2 could do.

4. Start up Trinus VR server and set it up according to the device/headset you have. This can be a little tedious but once you have it setup you're good to go.

5. With everything setup, start your GameGuru game... My first recommendation is to try out the game called Steve.

If you have any questions, I'd like to help out as much as I can

Landman

Why have I missed all of these incredible threads! Where have I been?!

I am definitely trying this later!

Might even try Steve! Who knows! haha.

Where HAVE you been?

Not sure really.......I don't remember much....

I am going to try the VR setup later tonight.

What headset and phone do you use for this? I have an S6 and Gear VR. Having Gear VR means I will need to download something to stop the Gear VR from starting automatically, but, apparently, it should be ok.

Cheers

Jay.

@Jerry Tremble,

How did you get it working properly? I can get it to appear, but, because it's full screen, it's too close.

I really need it to be in windowed mode.

I don't use Trinus VR, I only piped in on this thread because I saw your post, and hadn't seen you around the forums for quite some time, lol. It's Landman that has used this! I have Oculus DK1 and just recently got my Oculus CV1. My DK1 works on my laptop with UE4 (4.8) and an older OR runtime, and the CV1 works on my desktop (MAME cabinet) with UE4 (also 4.8), even with my current card (specs in my sig). Games that support VR also work pretty well on this old card (GTX 1080 arrives Monday, and I have Tuesday off! Yippy!) What doesn't work well are the video productions that are created for VR. If you've followed Oculus at all, they recommend a GTX 970 or something around those numbers, or better. That really depends on what you are doing with it, so I think they are just covering bases there. My old card runs 2 monitors plus the rift with no lag in games that support it (okay, maybe a little!), but overall, at least in UE4 , it's pretty smooth!

There's a program called DxWind which will allow you to run games in Windowed mode. Download it here. https://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/

I know it's pain and a bit of a work around but it works for me.