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--- misc:which_hmd [2023/05/02 10:42] – created agiri
+++ misc:which_hmd [2025/06/07 21:01] (current) – natalie
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 ====== Overview ======
 This page won't actually tell you which VR hardware to buy. Instead, it will give an overview of the different types, the pros and cons of each, and compatibility notes to keep in mind.
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
+**DISREGARD ALL OF THIS INFO, the situation has changed in the years since it was written. Happy to discuss options with you if you are interested, just hit me up wherever**
 ====== Tracking methods ======
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   * Low cost.
 ==== Cons ====
-  * Typically a closed system. For example, you can't use non-Meta controllers with a Quest 2.
+  * Typically a closed system. For example, you can't easily use non-Meta controllers with a Quest 2.
   * Doesn't work in a dark room.
   * Occlusion is a big problem with controller tracking (since it's all relative to the headset). It's very common on Quest2 when standing and holding controllers at your sides for them to lose tracking.
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   * **September 2021:** Added 3x VIVE 3.0 trackers for FBT.
   * **Sometime in late 2021:** Upgraded GPU from a GTX 970 to an RX6700XT.
-  * **November 2021:** One of two lighthouses "died". Weak laser, but it causes SteamVR to ignore it so it may as well be dead.
+  * **November 2021:** One of two lighthouses "died". Only a weak laser, but it causes SteamVR to ignore it so it may as well be dead.
   * **Later November 2021:** Did firmware config hacks on the bad lighthouse to prevent it from being seen as bad. Laser still weak, but back in business, kinda.
   * **May 2022:** Replaced headset with a Pimax 5K Super
   * **June 2022:** Replaced the bad lighthouse after having some weird tracking issues. FWIW partner has been using the bad one without any problems, so it was probably unrelated.
   * **July 2022:** Replaced vive wands with index controllers.
+  * **June 2023:** Replaced Ryzen 5 2600 with Ryzen 7 5800X3D
+  * **December 2024:** Replaced RX6700XT with RX7900XTX
 A bit of a ship of theseus.