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Setting Up OpenVR

Date: Last modified on 05/02/17
Keywords: OpenVR, Tutorial, Setup

The photo above depicts the what the reader would see when running the “Hello World” demo for OpenVR. This tutorial shows you how to download and run the “Hello World' example for OpenVR.

Motivation and Audience

This tutorial's motivation is to teach readers how to get and use the OpenVR SDK for applications with the HTC Vive. Readers of this tutorial are assumed to have the following background and interests:

*Basic knowledge and experience with c*Interests in using the HTC Vive for research </fc> \\ The rest of this tutorial is presented as follows: *Parts lists and Sources *Downloading OpenVR *Running the "Hello World" code *Final Words ==== Parts Lists and Sources ==== -You will need all of the parts used in the tutorial before this and nothing more. ^Part Name/Description ^Vendor ^Vendor URL ^Qty ^Notes ^ Project) and open it with visual studio.

4. If you aren't shown the main cpp code you can find it by expanding the project tree inside the solution explorer. If you haven't plugged in the HTC Vive into the computer yet please do so now. At the top of the IDE you will see a green play button labeled Local Windows Debugger, by clicking that button you will be able to run the hellovr project code. After clicking it you may be prompted to build the code first before running, build the code.
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5. You will now see a matrix of cubes with the same picture on all 6 sides that you are able to walk through using the Vive.

====Final words==== This tutorial's objective was to teach the reader how to download and run the hello world example for the OpenVR SDK.
The reader can now move on to the next tutorial which will teach the reader how to set up a visual studio environment for development using the OpenVR SDK and how to use the Vive controllers to move a Dynamixel servo.

setting_up_openvr.1493967408.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/05/04 23:56 by keitaronishimura