VR technologies today allow you to fully immerse yourself in the amazing and exciting world of digital technologies. The image quality is currently ahead of the boldest ideas of past years. Sometimes you can forget about real reality, immersing yourself in the virtual one. How to connect VR to a PC – we will tell you in our article below.

Benefits of Virtual Reality Gaming

How to connect VR glasses and see with your own eyes volumetric dragons and special effects of your favorite games? First of all, VR gives you the opportunity not only to fully immerse yourself in the image of familiar and favorite games, but also to interact with it. This is not just an introductory tour – you will be able to do everything that you can do on a keyboard and mouse, it’s just that the system of interaction with the surrounding world of games will be slightly different. How to connect virtual reality glasses and what is needed for this – further in the article.

The features of VR glasses or helmets for PC are:

• Availability of additional switching. Virtual reality glasses or helmets, which are designed specifically for computers, are equipped with the necessary cords and cables for connection.
• Equipped with user location sensors. If you want to play a game, the game needs to know where your character is. That’s why VR systems for personal computers come with additional sensors or even special fences, within which you can imagine dragons and zombies, moving almost freely.

Benefits of VR headsets for PC:

• The widest range of games. Seriously, you can shoot zombies or run with a herd of ponies in 3D. In 2018, the number of virtual entertainments is growing rapidly, and there are also long-known games coming out – for example, Skyrim VR.
• Suitable for viewing videos and photos.
• They open up opportunities for conferences, classmates’ meetings… Or even children’s birthdays, if the children also have VR headsets. With the advent of virtual reality, VR communication on the Internet has become, for many, a daily activity – and once these were science fiction films of poor quality.

Let’s look at the most common models of headsets and how to connect a VIA to a computer

• PlayStation VR . The name speaks for itself – this is one of the best options for home immersion in your favorite games. To connect, you will need, in fact, the PS4 console, a PlayStation VR virtual reality helmet and a gaming station in the form of a powerful gaming PC or laptop. First, connect the console to the network. Then connect the virtual reality helmet from the monitor screen via an HDMI cable. Using USB connectors, connect the console to the computer. Find on the Internet and download a special application for configuring virtual reality parameters – PC PS VR Framework. Then just turn on the VR headset, and if everything is connected correctly, proceed to choosing a game. By the way, there are methods for connecting to virtual reality from Sony without a gaming console, but this is practically experimental software bordering on piracy. Use at your own risk. How to connect VR to a PC and not break both – about this in other articles.

• HTC Vive . Another popular virtual reality helmet from a well-known company that is fighting for the palm in the VR industry with such giants as Playstation and Oculus. To start setting up, connect the HTC Vive communication module to the network. Then, using an HDMI cable, connect the module to your PC. You will also need a similar connection of the communication module and the computer via USB – different types of data are transmitted through different connectors. After that, connect the virtual reality helmet itself to the module. If everything is connected correctly – and HTC has a relatively simple connection model for gaming on a PC – you can use the HTC Vive for games.

• Google Cardboard . A popular “homemade” version of VR glasses among users, which can be easily assembled from a cardboard box and your smartphone. However, Google Cardboard can provide access to a wide range of games, so you can also use it for virtual entertainment. To connect, you will need your smartphone and HDMI and USB cables for a serial connection PC → Smartphone. Also, you will need the VR Trinus program to automatically configure the display settings for games on the PC on the phone display – after all, the phone acts as a VR display in Google Cardboard. If everything is connected correctly, you will be able to immerse yourself in the exciting world of virtual reality right with a helmet made of cardboard boxes – and at the same time, you will not lose much to many budget headsets.

We have told you how to connect VR glasses to a computer, now all that remains is a small matter – collect money (or cardboard boxes) and connect to the amazing virtual world.