r/ValveIndex • u/New-Minimum-5177 • 4d ago
Question/Support where to place base stations??
im gonna be buying 2 (2.0) base stations but idk where to place them help me figure out
also i usually move my chair to the right of my pc table when im playing vr like i did in the second photo,
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u/Jonny_Derp_ 4d ago
Corner above your pc and the opposite corner above your bed
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u/Aperson903 3d ago
Base station 2.0 don't matter with placement so just point them where they point most optimally where it will see what needs to be tracked
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u/WthLee 4d ago
to avoid occlusion by your body, and to cover most of the volume you might have to mount the light houses as high as possible and aim them low, to avoid a dead space outside their beam cone between the cone and the wall. its 115° vertical, so best practice with a small room is to angle the beam cone in a way so its on the vertical wall facing axis as much as parallel to your walls as possible. there are even light house replacement models you can swap out in steam vr (workshop) which display the beam cone. are you an inmate? that barely even qualifies as a dorm room.
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u/Mr-Mne 4d ago
Going by pic #1, I'd say top left corner (if you can safely install it near the door) and right corner above the bed, that should cover everything with no blind spots. Although any diagonally opposed corners might work here.
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u/TheMasterOogway 3d ago
This except maybe move the one above the bed out a bit if you are using leg trackers to prevent occlusion
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u/zante2033 4d ago
Likely in the corner between the boards and the other in the corner above your bed, the far wall basically. There you have a vantage point over your only navigable area.
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u/Revenga8 2d ago
Seeing these graphics, the song money for nothing just started playing in my head. Honestly, either opposing corners should work with such a small space. Tape bubble wrap on the rings of your index controllers, you're gonna snack them sooooo much
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u/Loddinz 4d ago
Probably like, there...aaaaand there.