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For me this is a backward step. In VR (Pico 4 render resolution 3270), objects appear as large blobs when they fade to a set distance, or come within a set distance. You can see what happens in the video below. The flight of F14's bank left after take-off, so I get a view of them broadside. While the AC fades in the video (due to limited pico recording resolution, I can see a feint object in VR throughout. At 51s you can see the 'popup' of the AC to a black blob, much larger than when it was fading away to that distance. The other ac do the same. Same happens with the ships, and I'm guessing other objects. This is more pronounced in VR than you can see in the 2d, but still obvious in the video. Something is clearly wrong here. Tested the same replay in 2D, and everything looks fine. Maybe its to facilitate lower resolutions, but I would like higher resolutions to be facilitated also, as this is the direction headsets are going. options.lua

Sebastian of MRTV says Pico for PCVR has slightly better resolution, and much better Binocular overlap than Q3. So agree no point in upgrading for PCVR alone.

Not much now on the forums about this headset since the launch of Quest 3. However i believe given the specs of the Q3, its going to behave in a similar way to the Pico 4 for PCVR, and DCS. So I though i'd give my experience with 2.9 and all the new setting options. First I'll give a little context. Up to now I have settled (and am very happy) with 72Hz and with a few settings medium, (MSAA 2x, view distance medium), VD in godlike mode, H.264+ codec and SSW off. This gives me sharp pit, objects, and only very occasionally frame drops below 72, (never below 66, and over very densely populated cities). Note this is only on single player and not too many objects on the map. Also note that I'm using Nvidia 537.58 drivers from 10th Oct, as I experienced some poor quality textures and frame rates with 545.84. Render resolution in steam is set to 3270x3270. So with a pre-recorded scenario, i fired up DCS 2.9, and without changing any of the other in game, or steam VR settings, I did a brief test of each of the new options in turn with 0 and 100% sharpening. My goal was to focus on getting at least as good a quality as I have now, then to establish if I get better FPS with those settings. Conclusion . For the following settings, TAA (had not tried this before), DLAA, DLSS, FSR, NIC, (with both 0 and 1.0 sharpening), I get noticeable degradation in quality, with the overall image looking more blurred, or more jagged lines with some shimmering. I am getting better performance and image using 90Hz, with SSW from VD (though i don't like using this mode, as i get the ghosting). System, RTX 4090, intel 13700k, (throttled to 250w), 32gb 3200Mhz DDR4. VD wireless to Wifi 6 router with fairly solid 1200Mb/sec bandwidth. Would like to hear others experience.

This has been posted above, but here is what works for me, Make sure you have Virtual desktop on the pico and on your computer Copy your DCS shortcut to the C:\ folder. From inside virtual desktop in VR, right click the virtual desktop Icon (orange color) on the taskbar, and choose 'launch game', Click Ok (ignore) to the warning message, Navigate to your shortcut, (mine defaults to the C:\), select it and press OK.

Hi RealDCSPilot, I've come to this thread late, and actually had the Pico 4 purchased before reading this. Having had it for nearly 4 weeks, I agree with your sentiments of of this head set, and coming from a HP VR1000 (G1), its like night and day (once you include the Virtual desktop along with the package!) Visuals are stunning because of the very large pancake lens, and I can see everything clearly in the pit, MFD's etc. Turning you head to see a wingman or enemy in dogfight, the wide lens means you don't have to turn you head to get the target in the center, and you can scan the scene with your eyes for the attacker more easily without having to move your head. Same applies for getting to the back switches in the pit. Tracking is excellent, and no loss of tracking in all my time using it, once the room is adequately illuminated. Does not need windows mixed reality, which i found problematic with the G1, which has very poor tracking. Pass through is amazing, allowing me to quickly find something on my desk quickly, and a double tap on the headset gets me back in the pit. double click of the left controller menu button takes me back to desktop if i need to check/change anything (eg. forgot to start voice attack), Can be done with the controller leaving the mouse with the focus in DCS. Then double click to get back to DCS. Headset is well balanced and light, but not perfectly comfortable for long sessions (there's accessories available to solve this), but much better that the old HP G1. Wonderful headset for other stuff, and virtual desktop is easy to navigate (me (and family) having a blast with Half Life Alyx. Screen door is not gone but to be honest once you can see the MFD stuff, you don't really notice it. Wireless is great, but for simming i'll plug into a USB socket for charging. You will need to monitor it, since even socket charging does not keep up with the power usage. Won't be beaten on price. A year ago cancelled my order for the Varjo, and decided to put my money into a new rig, (from a 8700@5ghz & RTX2090ti, to a 13700K & 4090), I had a punt on this head set as an intermediate headset (as it wont be my last), and at the price it was worth trying out. Well i'm blown away with what it can do, and I havn't been back to 2D since I got it. I can't seem to stop just flying around in DCS, or dogfighting in BMS (where you can get an amazing stutter free experience). And finally a note of caution. It does perform excellent with a very high end system, and will stand up to or be even better than others with the same resolution (Pancake over Fresnel any day), but with systems less than this there's going to be a bit of a dance to get the best from it. But VR has never been quite quite plug and play, so you should expect a little dancing.

Anybody using the original reverb with the 4090? Asking, because I could not get the 3090Ti to work with the HP reverb. Thanks

Few clips from a super ultrawide. Taken from a 5120x1440 monitor, but rendered at 4096x1152 by shadowplay

Bump Anyone here using Opentrack with DCS ?

Thanks Tried that, Also I confirm TIR works but Opentrack does not with my DCS. Just confirmed Opentrack works fine in the following games without issue BMS, MSFS2020, XPlane 11 Eurotruck sim. project cars. Be interested in hearing from someone who is using Opentrack in DCS, so i might compare notes. Cheers

EDIT SOLVED Updated to latest version of Opentrack, 2022.3.2, and works out of the box with DCS 2.8 Hi all, After some time away, im trying out DCS 2.8. Am trying to use opentrack with DCS, and profile is activated correctly in Opentrack, and I can see the head movement, and can center/reset etc in the opentrack software. In DCS can see the 'TrackIr' axes are displaying in the system/controls/axis commands section. However, in game the view is fixed and won't move. Version of opentrack is 2021.1.2 Is this the correct version of opentrack for DCS or are there other settings i must change in the game. UPDATE just tried it with TIR and same result. TIR working from camera but game not seeing it. Guessing its a DCS setting i'm missing. Working with TIR Thanks

If you're budget will stretch and your hardware will run it, might consider a 34" WQHD (3440x1440) monitor. (pixels are 2.4 times as HD monitor fyi). ive had a dell for years, but lots of options now with that format (curved is best IMHO) Note that your monitor will probably outlast all your other components.

I'm getting weird masking when i get into the 3d in VR. Also mirrored on the screen. Any ideas how to fix it ?

Since this poll sits deep down in input devices/ VR sub forum, Its unlikely most people who don't have VR or are not interested in it will see it, so not a valid reflection of total DCS users IMHO.

Ok. Removing the Opencomposite.ini file, sorted the 'line 2' error, but i'm still getting no Thanks again, removed the opencomposite.ini file and got rid of the config file error, but now back to image not rendering in the headset. I can see image is tracking because the screen mirror is displaying VR correctly. (only happens when the OpenComposite_DCS (DCS.exe) option is ticked in the toolkit. EDIT Solved. Working after restarting everything. Thanks for all the help.

Here's my experience with the different dll's I have downloaded. composite ini file is now removed from DCS bin folder. For now i'm gonna stick with no Toolkit, just OpenXR. OPENXR TOOLKIT v 1.1.0 DCS 2.7.12.23362 Open Beta OPEN XR DEVELOPER TOOLS : 110.220.4.7007.0 HP REVERB G1.

Thanks, details below. Note that DCS works whether this file is in the DCS/BIN folder on not!. Would appreciate a link to where i can get the latest version of this file. cheers

Wrong image, Updated. Also files are as specified in the bin folder. In fact DCS works in OpenXR even without the DLL in the bin folder. But once i tick the DCS in the toolkit, it crashes. I also confirmed that the toolkit works fine by testing in MSFS.

DCS crashes with the OpenXR toolkit running. I Followed the guide, and have DCS working for some time with OPEN XR, and getting great performance. However, when i tried running the toolkit, DCS crashes on start up. I have now followed the updated guide, using the OpenComposite Runtime tool, and i still get the error when i run the toolkit and i select the OpenComposite_DCS (DCS.exe) option in the 'Enable OpenXR Toolkit selectively for each application. Also noticed I don't see the DCS World icon in the OpenComposite App configuration window, as you do in your guide above.

Anyone else having the mouse cursor constantly visible? Normally gets hidden after a few seconds.

Very positive experience for me also.. What i like/notice. Can have significantly better frames or better image quality, or balance of both. Can run now without motion smoothing, so getting the benefit of higher frames. No strobing of the image during the loading (now reverts to black, much less irritating). No STEAM VR needed (and it frequent updating of steam). Much faster load up. Overall much better VR experience with DCS and my G1 (still some life in the old yet!)

I posted on this above also. What i did, not sure which resolved it, 1. Removed, and re-installed OpenXR Developer Tools for Windows Mixed reality, from the Microsoft APP store. 2. Re-booted machine, 3. Made sure WMR is not running when i start DCS. Note i followed only the 3 key instructions (no additional addons etc). Dropped the 3 recommended files (from the OCXR_WMR_ACC package) into the BIN folder, Set WMR not to start steam, Installed the OpenXR dev tools.

Thanks for your reply, I already did a meticulous repair before undertaking this test. I tried what you suggested, but still getting the same error.

Apologies for this repost. (inadvertently delete it! Getting this error when i try start DCS with OPENXR. Seems to be looking for the open-composite-acc folder. I choose the option to manually install the 3 files, and did nothing with the openn-composite-acc package. Is this correct. Any help welcome.

Great idea. Yes got it working by creating the new saved games folder, and now copying back in the stuff I need. Have not found the offending file/files, but not that important actually. The F6 view is really fun in VR.