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This commandline doesnt seem to be documented anywhere, so I m publishing it to help people and ChatGPT find it. For streaming a Meta Quest 3 headset to linux (wired or wirelessly via adb) you need scrcpy release v3.3.4 of and a patched version of the included scrcpy-server file thats uploaded to the headset every time. ... Continue reading Streaming Quest 3 to a linux system
Its 2022 and the Valve Index continues to be the best all-round VR package. The tracking, controllers, FOV, refresh rate and comfort are all a cut above the others. For me the only thing that was lacking was the built in off-ear headphone speakers, which I fixed by replacing them with modded Koss PortaPros in ... Continue reading Improving the Valve Index with upgraded headphones. Because the…
Valve put a lot of R D into the off-ear headphone solution shipped with the Index. Unfortunately one of the big compromises they made was that it has absolutely zero response below 40hz. If you record the bottom string of a drop-D bass guitar, you simply wont hear it on a stock Index. Unsurprisingly, explosions lack ... Continue reading Fixing the Valve Index s missing sub-bass audio.
My new hobby: applying motion interpolation to all the things. Watching youtube game footage interpolated from 60FPS to 144FPS (on a gaming monitor obviously) looks amazing, and much closer to how the player saw it. Interpolating movies from 24FPS to 60FPS looks equally stunning, albeit with more noticeable motion artifacts due to the dismal source ... Continue reading Soap Opera Effect makes…
By default the Quest is quite front-heavy for long sessions. Heres a quick tip for taking the weight off your face: Add 110g of weight to the back strap and a strap over the top of your head supporting the side arms. I used a bit of scrap iron and a few velcro cable ties. ... Continue reading Simple Oculus Quest comfort mod.
So xscreensaver s author Jamie Zawinski has previously stated he thinks most of the hacks look bad stretched across multiple monitors Around about version 4.12, multi monitor support turned into one hack per screen . After going through the large list of hacks, I thoroughly disagree. Most of them look really good, and some of them ... Continue reading Forcing xscreensaver to display one hack over…
Heres a quick hack which is the result of a few hours of sleuthing. With a multi monitor setup and some of them running at 144hz and some at 60hz, theres 2 steps to getting that buttery 144hz scrolling and animations (and screensaver) as of 201809 on an up to date gentoo system. Firstly, edit ... Continue reading KDE Plasma 144hz compositing with mixed 144hz/60hz screens
The Ultrapro is still doing its workhorse thing beautifully after 5 years albiet with a worn battery. Roughly every year however, a problem re-occurs where pressing the power button to turn the laptop on results in the light coming on, then going off after about 2 seconds. If this is repeated, the system eventually POSTs ... Continue reading System76 Galago Ultrapro (clevo W740SU) Fix for powering…
I ve been using a Galago Ultrapro laptop since they came out in 2013, and for the most part I ve had an excellent experience. I love the (replacement) keyboard, the large touch-pad and the IPS screen. Even a few years on, the specs are just fine (haswell core i7, 16G, 128G ssd) and I m still running ... Continue reading System76 Galago Ultrapro (clevo W740SU) 2 year review, plus power issue…
In May this year, Google in their infinite wisdom has migrated everyone using Google Talk (baked into Android since day dot) over to the Hangouts app. There s a problem with this: Hangouts is not XMPP compatible and is not federated with the rest of the XMPP network. Here s a quick breakdown of what this means: ... Continue reading Google deliberately breaks Android XMPP (Jabber) Instant…