HP's Reverb VR Pro Headset

Cool. Although still an issue if yours is affected. Hopefully, they send one out to all of us since mine came directly from HP. :-) It appears the zip tie mod relieved me of seeing any problems. The bleeding edge of technology. lol

 

IMO that thick, heavy, and stiff cable is too much. They don't need that even if there is a lot of data steaming. It must be for heavy arcade use but the connector is a weak point. Then they could skip the connector (but I guess they need it for the backpack). I think they supplied that from a welding distributor. :-) It could be that flexing on the connector ruins it.

 

 

 

 

I have the zip ties like this. I could support the connection itself I guess.

 

Bend the cable back and zip tie it between the other two ties, but at 45 degrees. It's not perfect science, it's suck it and see. Disconnects are cable issues, flickers are power issues.

Reverb Measurements,

Hey Guys,

I can't seem to track down a good set of measurements for the Reverb. Their website states 7.9 inches wide but I don't know if that refers to the face only or total width. If anyone could let me know, reference thew pic below it would be great.

Thanks,

Miles

Hey Guys,

I can't seem to track down a good set of measurements for the Reverb. Their website states 7.9 inches wide but I don't know if that refers to the face only or total width. If anyone could let me know, reference thew pic below it would be great.

 

Thanks,

Miles

 

According to my measurements :

W = 165 mm

D = 93 mm

H = 80 mm

According to my measurements :

 

W = 165 mm

D = 93 mm

H = 80 mm

Thank you Sohei,

I can get going on the PointCTRL Reverb mount now.

Miles

Btw. here is example of this issue:

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Found in the net.

It Works!!!!

Very early days yet, but....

Finally up and running. 1 hr with no flickers and no disconnects. With my revised cable mod, the cable is no longer an issue and you cannot tell it is there at all, albeit my mast and retractable dog lead is taking the weight, but you can no longer feel any stiffness when you turn the head and the cable does not catch on the headset. It almost feels like a wireless setup.

Been setting up my control preferences in the F14 mainly, but making other alterations.

Main ones are:

Steam VR: Custom resolution set to 155% - I did not think the small performance hit running 188 was worth the small increase in clarity.

DCS settings mainly high, all shadows flat only, traffic low, mirrors off, MSAA off. Once again, running 2x MSAA did not make enough of a difference to shimmers to warrant the performance hit.

Quite happy now, but still a lot of work to be done. I have to find a way to get Voicemeeter to supply my buttkicker yet. I have no idea why it is not working as before.

As for WMR, since Steam VR updated, everything seems to work much more smoothly. No janky starts and dropped cursors. I think Oculus running automatically was a big cause of those issues too.

 

Been setting up my control preferences in the F14 mainly, but making other alterations.

 

Main ones are:

 

Steam VR: Custom resolution set to 155% - I did not think the small performance hit running 188 was worth the small increase in clarity.

 

DCS settings mainly high, all shadows flat only, traffic low, mirrors off, MSAA off. Once again, running 2x MSAA did not make enough of a difference to shimmers to warrant the performance hit.

 

Quite happy now, but still a lot of work to be done. I have to find a way to get Voicemeeter to supply my buttkicker yet. I have no idea why it is not working as before.

Interesting how people's experiences/perceptions can be so different.

I had my Reverb @ 300% Steam SS, PD 1.0 and MSAA x2 and was getting a pretty steady 45 fps.

Personally, I find MSAA to be essential. Just do the Vegas tour IA mission or fly low over densely populated areas with MSAA on and off. Chalk and cheese, IMO.

Glad you got your cable sorted out!

 

I have added a further mod to the cable tie trick as I was still getting the odd disconnect. Figured even with two cable ties holding the cable at the exit end, it could possibly still twist past the cable ties slightly due to the ridiculous rigidity of the cable.

 

So I made an inch loop and brought it back on itself, then added another cable tie so it now exits starboard rear. The loop should take care of any slight twisting that gets past the new tie and stabilise the connector further.

 

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Got a pic ?

Still playing around with graphics settings, but I'm really liking the much higher resolution compared to my CV1. Flew the weapons practice mission in NTTR last night, and at first I thought there was something wrong with the Mavericks. I could clearly distinguish 3 targets on the MAV screen, but the range bar wasn't coming up. That was when I looked at the TGP and saw that the point I had everything slaved to was still 15 miles away. Couldn't do that on the CV1. :D

As for the cable issues, I have noticed that mine gets pretty warm at the HMD connector, so there's definitely not a solid connection. The weight of the cable doesn't bother me though. In fact it adds to the immersion for me, since I drape it over my left shoulder. Just feels like the headset cable I'd normally have resting on my left shoulder IRL. Not crazy about the idea of tying mine off with ty-raps, since I'd rather not be connecting and disconnecting a display port cable from my $1500.00 GPU. Hopefully the shorter, higher quality display port extender cable I have coming will work and I can go back to plugging the HMD in that way. Until then, I'm unplugging the cable at the connector on the HMD.

Preventive i did the cable mod. :D Better prevent it before wierd things could happen. :D

Anyone compared Reverb to Rift S yet?

Got a rather large update coming in for Windows 1903, something about Microsoft holographic among other stuff. Wonder if this is the patch for the WMR blurry issues?

Well, I spent all day just about in that headset, just setting up control binds ect. Not one real glitch, no flickers and no disconnects.

Burned 10,000lbs of fuel off in the Tomcat, got hypoxia because I forgot the Oxygen...tunnel vision and everything going grey round the edges. Wondered what the hell it was at first, I thought I was about to see my third 2080TI go up in smoke.

The latest DCS patch really makes things butter smooth with the reverb, so much so I have banged the resolution back up to 180%.

Only real fly in the ointment is the WMR portal. The mouse cursor sometimes tends to still think it is confined to window after DCS is shut down and the only way to clear it is a restart.

Overall I'm happy now, I was getting worried and was seriously thinking about sending it back yesterday. Glad I persevered with it a bit longer.

Got a rather large update coming in for Windows 1903, something about Microsoft holographic among other stuff. Wonder if this is the patch for the WMR blurry issues?

 

Well, I spent all day just about in that headset, just setting up control binds ect. Not one real glitch, no flickers and no disconnects.]

 

There are many warnings not to update to 1903 as your resolution in the Reverb will cut in half.

Got a rather large update coming in for Windows 1903, something about Microsoft holographic among other stuff. Wonder if this is the patch for the WMR blurry issues?

 

Well, I spent all day just about in that headset, just setting up control binds ect. Not one real glitch, no flickers and no disconnects.]

 

There are many warnings not to update to 1903 as your resolution in the Reverb will cut in half.

 

 

I already have 1903.... This is an update for it. Edit....However you have given me pause. I just got everything working, so I stopped the download and am doing a full system image backup onto a removable drive.

 

Thanks for making me think again. Windows updates are a pain for breaking things.

Anyone compared Reverb to Rift S yet?

Hey Don, No i don’t have the rift s, but when the rift s is equal to Cv1 1.5 then is the reverb a real cv1 2.0! Strange thing i would mention. I have nearly same framerate as in the cv1....and the 50 percent VR boost isn’t aint there yet! It was only a long road to get the best settings. Yeah Don just as you i come from the rift too. Look a few Posts back. It was absolutely worth it! :D

After three days tweaking settings, space warping, smoothing the reverb pro! Yes, HP Reverb is KING! :D

 

It was a big journey if you come from the rift cv1!

 

Windows mixed portal, steamVR, Advanced settings openvr, WMR for steam, but the journey ended far beyond expectations. Almost Max. settings DCS and hitting 45 FPS straight with overwhelming crisp 3d DCS. WOW!!

 

Just the VR BOOST and i don't have to build a new rig anymore! :D

boe - can you post your settings (including how your using reprojection) as running a pretty similar setup to yours (except have the 2080ti) - getting a stable 60fps when running fw190 and spit over europe - but struggling with the f14 (getting 30-40!)……….……………...

 

 

I already have 1903.... This is an update for it. Edit....However you have given me pause. I just got everything working, so I stopped the download and am doing a full system image backup onto a removable drive.

 

Thanks for making me think again. Windows updates are a pain for breaking things.

 

The recent update to 1903 didn’t resolve the apparent resolution bug in WMR.

Hey Don, No i don’t have the rift s, but when the rift s is equal to Cv1 1.5 then is the reverb a real cv1 2.0! Strange thing i would mention. I have nearly same framerate as in the cv1....and the 50 percent VR boost isn’t aint there yet! It was only a long road to get the best settings. Yeah Don just as you i come from the rift too. Look a few Posts back. It was absolutely worth it! :D

Yeah I have the same performance with the Rift S as I was getting with CV1, with much better image clarity. Which is why I am curious how it and the Reverb stack up in comparison to each other.

boe - can you post your settings (including how your using reprojection) as running a pretty similar setup to yours (except have the 2080ti) - getting a stable 60fps when running fw190 and spit over europe - but struggling with the f14 (getting 30-40!)……….……………...

Tomorrow i post the settings. First work. In 24 hours i post it all here. :D

Tomorrow i post the settings. First work. In 24 hours i post it all here. :D

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Tomorrow i post the settings. First work. In 24 hours i post it all here. :D

Hi everyone, i have purchased DCS without steam, is it possible to use hp reverb without steam? Thanks :)

Hi everyone, i have purchased DCS without steam, is it possible to use hp reverb without steam? Thanks :)

You'll need steamVR, but you DON'T need DCS purchased within Steam. I run the DCS openBeta and it's fine. You just need to make sure that steamVR is running.

You'll need steamVR, but you DON'T need DCS purchased within Steam. I run the DCS openBeta and it's fine. You just need to make sure that steamVR is running.

Thank you for your answer :)