PASSTHROUGH / AR Instructions & Video, Mood Mocap Video (Patreon)
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Watch the vamX.1.34 VIDEO (NSFW)
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or RedGifs (manually enable audio & switch to fullscreen)
See the Passthrough / AR instructions at https://sxvr.com/ar
If you have a Quest 3 headset, you need to try passthrough in Virt-a-Mate.
This allows you to see people in your real environment, lying on your bed, etc.
Follow the general guide to set up passthrough with Virtual Desktop and the Meta Quest 3.
Other headsets that are compatible with Virtual Desktop include the Quest 2/3, Quest Pro, Vive Focus 3, XR Elite, Pico Neo 3 and Pico 4. Not all headsets are equal, for example the Quest 2 AR is a horrible low resolution black-and-white, compared to the almost realistic Quest 3 passthrough. We’ve only tested the Quest 3, and it’s probably currently the best headset for passthrough / AR in Virt-a-Mate as of 12/2023.
Main Guide:
https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/quest-3-passthrough-recording.39622/
There is also an alternate guide:
https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/how-to-use-passthrough-in-vam-vr-mixed-reality.37851/
Important modifications to the guide(s):
- Ignore the guide section on CameraBackgroundColor, vamX handles this automatically unless you want to use a custom color, that isn’t in the vamX Scene options. To use a custom color choose the vamX Black passthrough scene, then use the CameraBackgroundColor plugin as described in the guide.
- In the guide section where you choose the VR Passthrough Configuration color, press the Blue box (set the color to Red: 0, Green: 71, Blue: 187). Or try the suggested 90, 120, 100 for Red, Green & Blue (they also suggest 5% similarity and 0% smoothness, but best settings will vary scene to scene).
- Make sure you DO follow the guide instructions to launch Virt-a-Mate through Virtual Desktop. Basically you should copy the VaM (Desktop Mode).bat file to a new file, name it VaM (Virtual Desktop).bat then edit that with Notepad. For example the file might read:
It should have quotes, and you must change the path to match your own Virt-a-Mate (and Virtual Desktop) locations.
Once you have Virtual Desktop set up:
- Open Virt-a-Mate using the .bat file that runs Virt-a-Mate through Virtual Desktop (not required, but faster framerate).
- Open vamX, click the Scene tab, and press the left arrow in the Scene tab to go to the last page of Scene.
- Choose the first Virtual Desktop Default Blue scene (or choose the Greenish Grey scene, or a different color and match the Virtual Desktop VR Passthrough Configuration color to whatever you select in vamX).
- As of 12/2023 here are some tips on the current version of Virtual Desktop:
a) While in Virtual Desktop, press the left controller’s menu button twice to toggle between VR mode (what Virt-a-Mate is sending) and normal desktop view.
b) Press the left controller’s menu button once to show/hide the Virtual Desktop Menu (for example to configure passthrough colors or smoothing in Streaming -> VR Passthrough).
c) If you see a performance panel overlayed from Virtual Desktop (showing FPS and a bunch of other stats), disable it in the Virtual Desktop menu under Streaming -> Advanced -> Show Performance Overlay (uncheck Performance Overlay).