Wireless Adapter for HTC VIVE - PC
About this item
- Wireless connection adaptor for HTC Vive
- Easy to Install, No modifications required
- The transmission Resolution is up to 2K and provides an extraordinary virtual reality experience
- Getting rid of the HMD data cables enables full freedom to move around
- Battery Pack provides up to 6 hours of operation
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Product information
ASIN | B074D471C4 |
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Release date | December 29, 2017 |
Customer Reviews |
3.1 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #97,620 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #25,564 in PC Games & Accessories |
Product Dimensions | 22.64 x 8.78 x 13.82 inches; 3.31 Pounds |
Type of item | Video Game |
Item model number | CE-01H |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Item Weight | 3.31 pounds |
Manufacturer | TPCast |
Batteries | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included) |
Date First Available | August 15, 2017 |
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TPCAST Wireless Adaptor for VIVE is an accessory especially developed for HTC VIVE. Users can easily upgrade the HTC Vive HMD to work wirelessly. With highly optimized antenna array and large bandwidth, it ensures the display experience is exactly the same as that with the cable. By dropping the cables, Vive users now can enjoy a perfect Virtual Reality(VR) experience.
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Customers like the appearance of the virtual reality headset, mentioning it's incredible and makes 3D a really nice experience. They also say it works well and makes VR a fantastic experience without that cumbersome cord getting all tangled up. However, some customers have reported issues with lag, battery life, and mic. They differ on ease of setup, performance, and value.
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Customers like the appearance of the virtual reality headset. They say it's incredible and the freedom is a deal maker. They also say it makes 3D a really nice experience and enhances realism in some games.
"...What you get is a sence of freedom, and enhance realism in some games that is so good, it's easy to forget that you're not actually there...." Read more
"...It is absolutely fantastic playing VR without that cumbersome cord getting all tangled up around your feet...." Read more
"...Exploring work around.Otherwise it's incredible, and the freedom is a deal maker. There ain't no strings on me!" Read more
"...Very cool game. Make sure your system will support. Especially your GPU." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of setup of the virtual reality headset. Some mention that it works like a charm with easy installation and no lag. However, others say that the setup isn't straight forward, has no troubleshooting steps in the user guide, and is not plug and play.
"...Setup of the hardware was relatively easy, a little time consuming, but not bad. It does work with the Deluxe audio strap which I have and recommend...." Read more
"...Got everything set up, lights blinking everywhere, the manual totally sucked and didn’t tell you jack! I quickly turned to Utube for help...." Read more
"...But in whole room VR, its huge.I noticed no latency. The battery time is great. Easily four hours...." Read more
"...It's a cool proof of concept, but it's a pain to use and is certainly not ready for the consumer market...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the virtual reality headset. Some mention that it works well, while others say that it didn't perform properly. Some say that the adapter is not reliable and does not recover well.
"...Update: 10-26-18 so the TPCAST is still working great. One small issue. When I first start it up it says that the VIVE has an error 208...." Read more
"The TPCast is a great idea, but horribly executed...." Read more
"*UPDATE* 4/10/19 after nearly a year use.This has been running without fail for a long time now, it seems as if things have matured...." Read more
"...TP-cast Wireless Adapter is a little on the expensive side, but it performs well. Even better than I expected...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the value of the virtual reality headset. Some mention that it is worth the purchase and effort to get it up and running. They say the immersion and usefulness are worth every penny. However, others say that it's a little on the expensive side, too flaky for the price tag, and held back by a cheap component and poor development.
"...The immersion and usefulness are worth every penny...." Read more
"...I think most of the Vive VR stuff is ridiculously overpriced, and this is no exception...." Read more
"...It's a generally inexpensive unit and has worked great for me. I use the OpenTPCast software, but had no issues with the TPCast version either...." Read more
"...In conclusion i believe it is definitely worth the purchase and allows for free movement and plenty of battery life for gaming." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the lag of the virtual reality headset. They mention that it has noticeable lag, and the battery takes a long time to recharge.
"...your household, consider an additional battery because the take a long time to recharge, typically overnight.So to do or not to do...." Read more
"...far before you meet the 2 hour battery life, you will often start to see disruption and lag. Especially if you have any temporary network issue...." Read more
"...port to be gen3 (I think) and still, the HTC/IBM wireless gave a huge amount of lag. It was not usable...." Read more
"...which had a lot of sudden motion (Sparc for example), there was noticeable lag...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the mic of the virtual reality headset. They mention that it's not supported, and the TPCast software is lacking support for the microphone. Some mention that the system would not support voice chat.
"...No camera or mic. These are more than just "nice-to-haves"...." Read more
"...Way to go.BUT, the TPCast software is comically lacking support for the microphone......" Read more
"...The real negative is the loss of the Mic. The camera is not such a big deal, but losing the HTC Mic is a tough hit. Exploring work around...." Read more
"...1. Microphone on the VIVE is not supported.2. Camera on the VIVE is not supported.3...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the color of the virtual reality headset. They mention that there is a green line in the far right of the FOV, a blue line in far left of the left screen, and lines on the outer edges.
"...The green line. I honestly didn't notice it at first...." Read more
"...Green circle out of the corner of your eye...." Read more
"...There is a weird green line/border on one side of the HMD. It only shows up when you are not looking for or at it...." Read more
"...The lines on the outer edges... I see them if trying, but not during normal use...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the tracking of the virtual reality headset. They mention that it's dodgy, and the tracking is lost or experiences jitter.
"...bottleneck, wireless interference, or what, but I noticed my tracking stuttered so much while using the TPCast that I started to measure lost..." Read more
"...In my experience the tracking was not working, the base staions would turn on the of frandomly, the hmd would not be detected 95% of the time......." Read more
"...The problems? For me it loses tracking often and I have scoured the internet for solutions and messed with a lot of things..." Read more
"...2. Camera on the VIVE is not supported.3. You will loose tracking or experience jitter because it streams all tracking over a wireless 5ghz..." Read more
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Update: 10-26-18 so the TPCAST is still working great. One small issue. When I first start it up it says that the VIVE has an error 208. Simply unplug the unit box, USB cables and HDMI cables only. After re connecting them, reboot the VIVE through steam and presto, your back in business. I was able to enter VR games, quit those games and enter other games with no interruption. Now I know this isn’t how things are suppose to work. The playing and selecting should be flawless. Unfortunately that’s not how it works for me and I’m ok with the extra small steps to get it to work over all. This is still a 5 star rating for me. The only mistake I made was getting the laptop because although it’s a powerful machine that can run VR, a desktop is just going to be better because of the upgrade options. So, I bought a desktop lol. Now the other option for it is the intel wireless which should perform much better and consistently than the TPCAST. But, it still works. If it’s not completely broke, don’t fix it lol!
I too shared the same enthusiasm and dropped what came out to about $350 after tax and shipping. While it did technically deliver a wireless VR experience (which was awesome at times), the TPCast does the bare minimum in every other area. The following issues I had with the TPCast are not only common issues that every buyer seems to be having, but they end up overshadowing the novelty of wireless VR very quickly:
1) It cripples your internet. This was the number one deal-breaker for me since I actually like playing a few online VR titles (Bridge Crew, Elite Dangerous, Orbus, etc). Personally, I use LAN for internet since Wi-Fi is much less reliable, and like any reasonable motherboard I have one Ethernet port. Well, the TPCast needs that LAN port apparently (instead of just being able to connect to your existing network...) so I have 2 options:
- Run my internet connection through the TPCast rounter, which is limited to 10Mbs! Christsake TPCast this is 2018!)
- Unplug my LAN port and switch to Wi-Fi every time I want to use VR, which wouldn't be a problem if the TPCast router didn't cause so much Wi-Fi interference that a simple Google search takes 30-120 seconds.
To the apologists saying I should just buy another network card, if that hardware was required it should be included. I am judging this based on how it comes out of the box.
2) The green line. I honestly didn't notice it at first. I have my headset pushed away from my face to fit my glasses, but I was playing with contacts and I noticed it out of the corner of my eye. I searched around to see how to fix this bug but apparently artifacting is just part of the package?
3) Tracking was noticeably worse. I don't know if it's a CPU bottleneck, wireless interference, or what, but I noticed my tracking stuttered so much while using the TPCast that I started to measure lost tracking and re-projection on some more demanding titles. I encountered an average of 12 tracking stutters per hour and 10-20% more reprojection in certain titles versus wired VR (4790K, GTX 1080 if you're curious).
4) No camera or mic. These are more than just "nice-to-haves". The camera and mic are an integral part of the experience for many players and games. The community allegedly has a fix for this through open source firmware updates, which proves that the hardware is capable, but TPCast just couldn't be bothered.
This device is the embodiment of most non-enthusiast's complaints about VR. It's a cool proof of concept, but it's a pain to use and is certainly not ready for the consumer market. I think I'll wait to see how Intel's wireless tracking performs. They have much more R&D and a solid QC reputation for the most part. Either way, I think I'll steer clear of the TPCast 2.0 regardless of what it promises.
I did not try OpenTPCast as it was already a tedious process and I didn’t want to have to mod the crap out of everything just to get it to work properly. I’m honestly wondering why if these open source fixes exist, why they don’t implement them out of the box?
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The Bad: works for about 2months even at first its a troubleshooter and it only gets worse, It comes with a router and a wireless box that connects to the box on your vive headset wirelessly all 3 parts are buggy and as for VRchat users Don't bother this takes more processing power than you think and will lag you HMD out this also happens on other games too and lastly your wireless box that connects to your headset box often bugs out (out of range) even when your stood next to it
Verdict: a Good start well-done product, however a prototype at best, Troubleshoot is required everytime you turn it on
Mir war im Vorherein bewusst das Kamera und Mikrofon nicht funktionieren, da ich die bis jetzt nicht gebraucht habe, ist mir das egal.
Die Hardware war schnell zusammengebaut, den Router habe ich mit einem Ethernet-USB Adapter angeschlossen. Hier gibt es auch andere Möglichkeiten, aber für mich war das die einfachste Lösung.
Die Software muss man von der TPCAST Homepage downloaden, und hier habe ich einen Fehler gemacht.
Die Installation der Software brach bei mir mit einer Fehlermeldung immer ab, ich habe die Anschlüsse mehrmals überprüft, aber keinen Fehler gefunden. Ich war dann schon ziemlich verzweifelt, und habe den TPCAST-Support angeschrieben, und sehr rasch eine Rückmeldung erhalten.
Es gibt zwei Software-Versionen, eine für die chinesische und eine für die europäische Hardware.
Ich hatte die falsche Version installiert, nach Installation der richtigen Software lief alles so wie es sein soll.
Den Empfänger habe ich an der Decke montiert, und es ist ein leiser Pfeifton zuhören.
Zuerst hatte ich den Pfeifton auch in dem Kopfhörer, was sehr nervig war.
Ich habe dann den Kanal gewechselt, die Verbindung neu synchronisiert, und seitdem ist der Pfeifton im Kopfhörer weg.
Ich habe keine Aussetzer oder Ruckler, ich sehe keinen Unterschied zur kabelgebundener Vive.
Etwas aufpassen muss man bei der Spielzeit, der Akku hat keine Warnmeldung ehe er komplett leer ist, das heist mitten im Spiel schaltet sich dann die Vive plötzlich aus.
Das Aufladen des Akku über USB dauert rund einen ganzen Tag, mittlerweile habe ich einen zweiten Akku samt passenden Ladegerät (Ladezeit wesentlich kürzer als über USB) über Amazon gekauft.
Mein Fazit:
Zuerst was ich mir wünschen würde: Auf der Download Seite von TPCAST Hinweise für welche Version die Software ist, damit man nicht wie ich versehentlich die falsche Version installiert. Ebenso würde ich mir einen Warnhinweis (Akustisch oder eine optische Einblendung im HMD) wünschen, ehe der Akku komplett leer ist, damit man Zeit hat das Spiel zu speichern und zu beenden.
Ich bin aber sehr zufrieden, das Spielerlebnis ist ohne Kabel eine völlig neue Erfahrung.
Der Preis ist es mir wert, aber das muss jeder für sich selbst entscheiden.
Von meiner Seite aus eine Kaufempfehlung
Pro: Kabel liessen sich verbinden ... alles benötigte ist anbei
Negativ:
-Zwang den ein quasi offenes WLAN Netz in das eigene Netzwerk zu integrieren
-System anscheinend Störanfällig - selbst wenn man den Router direkt verbindet stockt die App beim Verbinden mit dem Wireless Adapter....
- Passwort für die Anmeldung an der Benutzeroberfläche vom Router steht nirgends.... (Was soll das denn bitte!)
- Router darf nicht angepasst werden - da ja sonst die Installation nicht funktioniert