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The trouble with #BeatSaber is that it's decpetively hard on shoulders/upper back and wrists. In my case, it's also hard on my foot as I shift my weight about to help in reaching far notes and dodging walls. (The Index is set up in Standing Only config as my place is too small for moving around.) It is possible to play sitting down on an armless chair, but it's actually harder that way and strains the torso more. It's one hell of a reminder that I'm not a teenager with infinite muscle endurance any more.

All this means I can't just stand there and play it for 12 hours straight 😢

Got the chance to play about with K's new(ish) Valve Index VR rig on my PC today. Been wanting to give #BeatSaber a go since forever so I grabbed it off Steam (with the Monstercat DLC). We played until the controllers ran out of juice.

Next plan is to see if my gaming laptop can handle it so we can take the setup round to friends' places before K flies home with the Index.

VNyan 1.6 composited into Beat Sabre via LIVs RL camera support instead of using VRM. This allows for Unity 2022 models with full physics, all redeems working etc.

Need to tweak tracker offsets, but I'm very happy with this first test. Guide coming soon!

TLDR guide: Point VNyan camera in roughly the correct direction, install my "Extras" plugin and call the function to rip the VNyan camera co-ordinates.
Set up LIV as if you were a fleshtuber with a greenscreen using a real camera, but point it at a virtual camera running your VNyan (I used OBS + sprout capture + a green background). In the advanced section of the LIV camera settings there's an option to paste in camera values, use the values you got from my plugin. Enable the "meta quest offsets" option as for some reason it doesn't work otherwise

Then do final adjustments to tracker offsets, which I haven't bothered to do in this video

Found a new #beatsaber song that I like and wanna master on expert!

Meanwhile I’m gonna continue drilling Tempo-Katana on Expert+ but like…50% speed in practice mode. Even at a slower speed, I can feel how the higher you go in difficulty, the more play feels like drumming.

Long time since my last #BeatSaber session (more than a year maybe?) and I haven't lost coordination. Finished all new (for me) VI and VII songs on normal at first try with S or SS rank, and still can beat Ghost on hard. But man I'm out of shape, got to pause and rest after 3 songs, and took a shower when done (I sweat so much 💦).

BTW I enjoyed the session sooooo much. I missed playing a lot, but real life sucks and I get so little time for #VR.