User Guide
Table Of Contents
- System requirements
- Headset and headphones
- Headset
- About the VIVE Cosmos Elite headset
- Putting on the VIVE Cosmos Elite headset
- Can I wear prescription glasses while using the headset?
- Adjusting the IPD on the headset
- Flipping up the visor
- Connecting a USB device to VIVE Cosmos Elite
- Removing or reattaching the face cushions
- Removing the front and back pads
- Reattaching the front and back pads to the headset
- Reattaching the headset cable strip to the back pad
- Detaching the top strap from the headset band
- Attaching the top strap to the headset band
- Replacing the front cover
- What does the status light on the headset mean?
- Headphones
- Product care and maintenance
- Common solutions
- Headset
- Converter
- Base stations
- About the VIVE base stations
- Installing the base stations
- Tips for setting up the base stations
- Using the mounting kit
- Updating base station firmware via Bluetooth
- Updating base station firmware via cable connection
- What does the status light on the base stations mean?
- What should I do if a base station is not detected?
- Can Base Station 1.0 be used with SteamVR Base Station 2.0?
- Which VIVE hardware is compatible with my base stations?
- Is accidental base station damage covered by warranty?
- Controllers
- About the VIVE controllers
- Charging the controllers
- Turning the controllers on or off
- Pairing the controllers with the headset
- Attaching the lanyards to the controllers
- Updating controller firmware
- What does the status light on the controllers mean?
- What should I do if a controller is not tracked?
- How do I know which controller is not tracked?
- What can I do if the controller trackpad is oversensitive?
- What should I do if my controller won't turn on?
- The controller automatically turns off. What should I do?
- How do I recover my controller after an interrupted update?
- Play area
- What is the play area?
- Planning your play area
- Choosing the play area
- Setting up VIVE Cosmos Elite for the first time
- Setting up a standing-only play area
- Setting up a room-scale play area
- Verifying your setup
- After setting up, how do I turn the VIVE system on?
- What is the recommended space for the play area?
- Can I include space occupied by furniture for the play area?
- Can seated/standing-only experiences work at room scale?
- How do I fix download errors during VIVE Setup installation?
- I can't complete the room setup. What should I do?
- Settings
- System Dashboard
- Changing the Chaperone settings
- How can I capture screenshots in VR?
- Disabling Volume limit
- Enabling motion compensation
- What is motion compensation?
- Updating the firmware
- Troubleshooting VIVE Cosmos Elite
- Joining the VIVE Cosmos Elite beta program
- Seeing real surroundings
- What do the error codes and messages mean? What can I do?
- Trademarks and copyrights
- Index
Enabling motion compensation
Turning on motion compensation helps keep the frame rate consistently high even if you have
less-than-ideal computer specs.
1. From your computer, open the VIVE Console app.
2. Click , and then select Settings Video.
3. Click the Motion compensation On/Off switch to enable it.
§ Some graphic cards may not support motion compensation.
§ To learn more about motion compensation, see What is motion compensation? on page 75.
What is motion compensation?
Motion compensation is a feature that helps smooth frame rates in VR applications for a
more seamless visual experience. If an app is unable to consistently deliver the needed
frame rate (90 FPS for VIVE Cosmos Elite), motion compensation reduces the frame rate
by half, and then uses advanced prediction algorithms to synthesize the missing frames.
The result is smoother performance without stuttering or lag, while requiring less
processing power to render. This can also help relieve disorientation and motion
sickness caused by VR lag.
Motion compensation can further reduce the frame rate below half, and synthesize
additional frames as needed. However, synthesized frames may have artifacts in some
apps.
Here's how to enable motion compensation:
From VIVE Console, click Settings Video. Then, turn on the Motion
compensation On/Off switch.
Supported graphics cards include:
NVIDIA
®
GeForce
®
GTX1060 or better. AMD
™
GPU support coming soon.
Updating the firmware
Firmware updates for VIVE Cosmos Elite may include improved functionality and bug fixes.
1. From your computer, open the VIVE Console app.
2. If a firmware update is detected for any of the VIVE Cosmos Elite hardware, click
Firmware update. You'll see a list of hardware that has an available firmware update.
3. Click Update.
4. Check that the progress is complete. If the controllers have updated, you may need to turn
them back on.
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