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We have a VR system set up in our living room. I don't even want to talk about how long it took me to figure out the receivers were making a steady, high pitched noise. There are 4 of them and they are situated near the ceiling.
I hear it from a lot of things when it's quiet enough. Clock radios, tvs, monitors, my pugmill, heaters. There was a noisy power strip with a flashing one-off switch that I'm still convinced was going to kill someone.
I DON'T know anything about electricity - so mostly it makes me anxious that my house is going to burn down. I have bad enough hearing loss that I have to use closed captions on my TV - but it IS mostly because deep voices are extremely muddled. I'm surprised a bit by how many "not really" answers I see.
I still don't get why the lighthouses can't be turned on/off via SteamVR. There's no reason they should stay running if I'm not actively in VR, and with the amount of noise they create, I have to imagine it's negatively impacting their lifespan.
One of these days, I'll get a smart plug for them, but I really shouldn't need to imo.
You can.
You have to enable Bluetooth in the SteamVR Settings, and they'll automatically turn off when you quit VR, and back in when you start it up again. Only downside is (at least for me) when you don't use it for a longer time the connection seems to drop, and they won't turn on automatically anymore. But nothing that can't be fixed with a quick un- and replug
Whaaaaaa? I'll have to look into this.
There's an app I use on my phone to turn mine off through Bluetooth as well. I noticed they will turn back on if the power ever goes out here so it's nice having the ability to turn them off without having to turn on my pc and go through steam.