Varjo Aero: Общее руководство для новых владельцев

[Supmua]

Have to say discord isn’t my cup of tea, more of a quick chat platform.  Maybe I’m too old school.

Seems like a few people experienced similar stuttering issues when turning side to side, I wonder if this is universal or is it something in lieu of the blur issue that doesn’t happen with everybody.

Edited October 13, 2022 by Supmua

[Supmua]

The latest NVIDIA driver 522.25 seems to cause slight tearing in yaw axis on my system (turning head side to side), prior to the update this only occurs with rolling or rapid movement in lateral axis.  This is with OpenVR, will test OpenXR tomorrow as well as other games to see if this is reproducible.

On a positive note, Newegg shipped my Asus TUF 4090 so I’ll get to mess around soon and see what’s going on with the current complaints on the Varjo discord.

Edited October 14, 2022 by Supmua

[ShawnJohn24]

Has anybody encountered the "Headset Configuration has Changed Error" with the Aero, I am constantly getting this error after the Aero keeps starting and restarting. I have contacted Varjo Support and the sent me out another headset and I am still having the same issue. They are saying it has something to do with my PC but my Quest 2 and G2 works just fine with my PC. Any helpful feedback will be much appreciated I got this headset in May and I have not had a chance to enjoy it at all.

HP Omen 30L

8 core

AMD Ryzen 7

RAM: 32GB

RTX3090 FE

4 TB mem

 

 

[Supmua]

24 minutes ago, ShawnJohn24 said:

Has anybody encountered the "Headset Configuration has Changed Error" with the Aero, I am constantly getting this error after the Aero keeps starting and restarting. I have contacted Varjo Support and the sent me out another headset and I am still having the same issue. They are saying it has something to do with my PC but my Quest 2 and G2 works just fine with my PC. Any helpful feedback will be much appreciated I got this headset in May and I have not had a chance to enjoy it at all.

HP Omen 30L

8 core

AMD Ryzen 7

RAM: 32GB

RTX3090 FE

4 TB mem

 

 

 

This is usually due to disconnection or loose connection of the USB C cable, more often the side that goes into the headset itself. Unplug it (pull diagonally from the headset’s left upper compartment and reinsert, sometimes flipping the cable 180 degree can also make it tighter). 

[ShawnJohn24]

1 hour ago, Supmua said:

This is usually due to disconnection or loose connection of the USB C cable, more often the side that goes into the headset itself. Unplug it (pull diagonally from the headset’s left upper compartment and reinsert, sometimes flipping the cable 180 degree can also make it tighter). 

Thanks for the feedback, I have noticed that the port on the headset moves forward and back and I asked Varjo support if this was normal and they didn't respond to that part of the many questions I asked. I will try this today, thanks again!

[Gunnars Driver]

Im trying to get the debug tool to appear but it doesnt. 

I had it appearing a long time ago, but no joy now.  I'm about to set up for the Steam OpenVR settings. The cross eye issue is there so I need to adjust.

[dburne]

2 minutes ago, Gunnars Driver said:

Im trying to get the debug tool to appear but it doesnt. 

I had it appearing a long time ago, but no joy now.  I'm about to set up for the Steam OpenVR settings. The cross eye issue is there so I need to adjust.

Delete the hedy.lua file in your DCS saved games directory, then launch DCS and it should re-appear.

[Gunnars Driver]

4 minutes ago, dburne said:

Delete the hedy.lua file in your DCS saved games directory, then launch DCS and it should re-appear.

That did it, Thank You very much!

[dburne]

1 minute ago, Gunnars Driver said:

That did it, Thank You very much!

You are most welcome have fun!

[vladimir-bondarenko]

People, greetings. Please tell me, at the moment, whether it was possible to programmatically correct the aberration and distortion at the edges of the lenses. And in general, is it worth switching from G2 to Aero?

[zildac]

15 minutes ago, vladimir-bondarenko said:

People, greetings. Please tell me, at the moment, whether it was possible to programmatically correct the aberration and distortion at the edges of the lenses. And in general, is it worth switching from G2 to Aero?

Personally, I don't see the CA that some people describe. In regard to the G2 versus the Aero there is no competition in terms of clarity (even with the CA issues) the G2 sweet spot is very small by comparison. The only downside of the Aero, visuals wise is that the Vertical FOV is a little smaller than the G2.  But given your specs as in the sig you're likely not going to see great performance using the Aero, or you'll have to drop the resolution so much that the G2 may be a better place to stay.

Edited November 8, 2022 by zildac

[vladimir-bondarenko]

4 минуты назад, zildac сказал:

 Но имейте в виду, что, учитывая ваши характеристики, как в sig, вы, скорее всего, не увидите высокой производительности при использовании Aero, или вам придется снизить разрешение настолько, что G2 может оказаться лучшим местом для отдыха.

Thanks for the reply. That information about the system in my signature is outdated. The actual one is 12900KF, 4090 WF, 64GB and 2 TB ssd, water-cooled Kraken Z73.

[vladimir-bondarenko]

If you take the quality of perception of virtual reality, how would you distribute it in simulators, between G2 and Aero, if you take 100% for the maximum?

[Supmua]

1 hour ago, vladimir-bondarenko said:

People, greetings. Please tell me, at the moment, whether it was possible to programmatically correct the aberration and distortion at the edges of the lenses. And in general, is it worth switching from G2 to Aero?

The distortion has mostly been fixed with the latest software.  CA or color fringe is still there if you use it for web browsing, more pronounced with eye glasses or lens inserts, but can be minimized by optimal positioning of the headset and using correct IPD.  These shortcomings from aspheric lens are actually the major strength of the Aero because the edge to edge clarity is unlike anything else out there.  You can glance to the side, up and down to look around without turning your head in VR and everything still remains sharp and in focus.  The hi-res panels also help with image quality, when you render at 3.3K horizontal pixel per screen or more it looks just like a monitor in terms of clarity.

As for the second question, considering your current setup, yes if you’re willing to spend.  Keep in mind that Pimax Crystal is also coming out in the near future.  It is a bit cheaper and is a direct competitor to the Aero.

Edited November 8, 2022 by Supmua

[vladimir-bondarenko]

Yes, when I saw the news for the new Pimax, I immediately started searching for information about the date of postings to stores, but the last information was about deliveries in October. There is silence on the official website so far. There didn't seem to be any deliveries yet. And again, there are a lot of fixes and updates for Aero, as well as reviews, plus information from you, as from real users. Also Pimax, a Chinese brand for the masses, and Varjo is still a professional helmet. Yes, the price at which I am now being offered a new one is about 4.5 thousand dollars, well, what can I do because of the current situation.  In short, taking Varjo, as I understand it, I will not regret that I will change my G2 to Aero.

Edited November 8, 2022 by vladimir-bondarenko

[Supmua]

1 hour ago, vladimir-bondarenko said:

Yes, when I saw the news for the new Pimax, I immediately started searching for information about the date of postings to stores, but the last information was about deliveries in October. There is silence on the official website so far. There didn't seem to be any deliveries yet. And again, there are a lot of fixes and updates for Aero, as well as reviews, plus information from you, as from real users. Also Pimax, a Chinese brand for the masses, and Varjo is still a professional helmet. Yes, the price at which I am now being offered a new one is about 4.5 thousand dollars, well, what can I do because of the current situation.  In short, taking Varjo, as I understand it, I will not regret that I will change my G2 to Aero.

 

You can’t go wrong picking the Aero unless you’re super picky about some QOL aspects of the headset which is not perfect by any means. The Pimax headset may offer more in terms of specs and flexibility but they are lacking when it comes to transparency to the public. 

Varjo on the other hand have a great Discord channel and very active and involving user community who all want their headsets to do well.  They’re also quite straight forward and operate by-the-book in terms of identifying, fixing issues and planned software updates (which occurs on a monthly basis).  No ambiguity or guess work when you deal with this company. 

[Gordy]

New version of Varjo Base released; waiting for download/install now 

Varjo Base, release version 3.7.2

November 8, 2022

This release includes improvements and bug fixes to existing features.

• Fixed an issue that caused image stuttering when using NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card.
• Fixed an issue that caused a horizontal line artifact in the video pass-through image when the application was using eye reprojection. (XR-3)

Varjo Reality Cloud:

• Fixed an issue where fps (frames per second) was incorrectly displayed in the Remote application FPS graph in Analytics window under Performance tools.
• Improvements to the technical details given in the error messages in the event of a failed server connection.

[Gordy]

confirmed significantly improved.  I'm getting 80-90 fps in single player F18 caucasus free flight instant action, at "Very high" resolution... also getting that at "highest" (4148x3556), if I leave terrain object shadows off and view distance to "ultra".   If I turn terrain object shadows to default and visibility range to "extreme", my frames range from 68-85 or so. 

[vladimir-bondarenko]

Это в DCS с OpenXR?

[Gordy]

yes, in DCS with OpenXR

[dburne]

5 hours ago, Supmua said:

You can’t go wrong picking the Aero unless you’re super picky about some QOL aspects of the headset which is not perfect by any means. The Pimax headset may offer more in terms of specs and flexibility but they are lacking when it comes to transparency to the public. 

Varjo on the other hand have a great Discord channel and very active and involving user community who all want their headsets to do well.  They’re also quite straight forward and operate by-the-book in terms of identifying, fixing issues and planned software updates (which occurs on a monthly basis).  No ambiguity or guess work when you deal with this company. 

 

My experience with Varjo has been supreme from the get-go when I first go the Aero in late Jan. I am very pleased with both the headset and the company behind it. Hoping we will see Motion Reprojection by the end of the year. They claim it is going to be really good and I tend to believe them these days.  Believe me to date my headset has gotten a ton of hours of use. 

[Gordy]

where is the varjo discord, btw?  I can't find it

[Supmua]

5 minutes ago, Gordy said:

where is the varjo discord, btw?  I can't find it

https://discord.gg/ZsK6NrdH

[Supmua]

Apparently, now you can use OpenXR mod via SteamVR (Varjo Aero).  I just tested this by turning off Varjo's OpenXR and use SteamVR's OpenXR instead.  fpsVR also works in this mode but the reported API is OpenComposite rather than OpenVR, OXRTK also works in this mode but the frametime numbers don't really correlate with fpsVR's so no idea which one is correct.  Unfortunately, the performance is actually worse than SteamVR or native OpenXR with significant variance in GPU frametime numbers.  CPU frametimes on the other hand are quite similar to other modes.

This means that now OpenXR mod might also work with nonnative headsets such as HTC Vive Pro or Valve Index, I have yet to test these though.

Edited November 9, 2022 by Supmua

[vladimir-bondarenko]

Please tell me, when you turn off the computer, does the helmet also need to be turned off? I have a backlight visible in my lenses after switching off. It's not good, is it?