What is the recommended setting for Hidden Area Mask - should it be enabled, or disabled?
usually it should always be enabled.
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I experienced the same decrease when using hidden mask while playing skyrimvr, so your not the only one. Now I leave it unchecked and yes it seems it doesnât work correctly with that game for some reason.
edit; in other words it doesnât give the performance boost you would expect.
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Whats really weird for me is how the frame filling of the Smart Smoothing Algorithm works in the right eye panel. It looks like animated textures are waving around, when panning the hmd. As if some portions of the textures get calculated for filling and some donât. Textures twist and turn. You can observe it very clearly when closing the left eye. Having both eyes open it just looks a little off, as if Parallel Projections is needed.
Exactly. I think @SweViver mentioned it already in one of his early Pimax test vids.
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Is that with smoothing on in 103? Or just normal?
I hope we get a smoothing technique like steamvr smoothing where it doesnât drop to 45 to smooth it out. I have no idea how steamvr does it but it doesnât cut frames in half. Just fills in the little gaps here and thereâŚand also the big gaps. It was really quite good.
Kevin just said on the VR Roundtable interview that the new version of PiTool (.106?) will be released âtoday or tomorrow⌠by the wayâ⌠
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@DrWilken started watching this whole interview for that info. Saved me some time. Thanks!
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Also, do you have your headset yet? If not, you need it soon. Youâre in every thread 
. (I know because Iâm in almost every thread too haha).
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NopeâŚ! 
Pre-ordered (very early - both first day and second day when the site was up again after the crash), but my address info (phone number) wasnât filled out correctly, so itâs delayed⌠
I hope itâs still in UK, ready to be sent (or just sent) as the info has been corrected and confirmed by @anon74848233, but Iâm afraid they might have sent it to someone else and Iâll have to wait for the next 5K+ batch.
I missed the kickstarter but have been following Pimax almost from the start from the sideâŚ
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Ah. Makes sense. Probably the smarter route. I took the risk on the first day of Kickstarter (Early Bird 8K-X headset). Who knows when that will be here, but at least I have the 5K+ for now. Itâs really solid as long as youâre cool with tweaking and understanding how to deal with minor issues, which you probably know by now.
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In hindsigt, yes, but didnât feel that way for a very, very long time untill I started reading about all the issues with especially the early units.
Thatâs more or less what I do if You strike âminorâ⌠Personally and professionallyâŚ
Canât waitâŚ
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Where is the driveerrrrrr
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It happens with smoothing on. I didnât test the modded setup without smoothing yet. For the most part, itâs just the grass mod âVeydosebromâ that acts this way. Smart smoothing works pretty fine with 25-30 FPS shown in FPSVR. I tested the 90Hz mode recently. Without any stutters i played for ~an hour. Its such a sharp and clear picture, and smooth, and seeing my GTX card always filled red with ~40ms frametime, blowing its ventilation song. I canât believe its actually playable this way. Its just awesome.
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Kev, from pimax USA stated today on the live VR round table that the next version of pi tool will be released today or tomorrow
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Itâs killing me to hold off on 103. But in the same breath I donât want it if itâs not ready
May as well just wait for 106 at this point, since it will have been reviewed by GPU partners as well.
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Itâs approved, should appear anytime.
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The 3xcitment is real
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