Christmas came early, received the HTC Vive dev kit! Yes it’s relatively late compared to when other studios got them, but its infinitely better to have it than to not.
upon first opening
upon first opening
typical Valve humor on their manuals
the Vive headset is contained in the box branded HTC
it’s interesting to see the effort spent in packaging the HMD despite its developer status
nice smooth bag wrapping the HMD
Vive controllers in box 1
the lighthouses are in box 2
here’s everything together
seems like there were adhesive mounting pads, but I rather not risk it
Vive controllers, lighthouses, and the HMD
Lighthouse closeup
just to make sure everything works, I mounetd it on a light stand first, with a ballhead tripod head from my Gorillapod
next came actually mounting it on the wall to ensure stability
the mounting bracket
the ball socket is locked in the mounting bracket and tightened with a hex key.
since the power cable to the lighthouses are short, to protect the plugs, I made sure the weight hung off something else rather than the plug itself
a similar potentially cord-damaging design was the upwards pointing of the HDMI, USB and power plugs. To prevent all the weight of the long cord hanging on the plugs, I tied it to the side strap and let it bear the weight instead.
