The School of Computer Science has a Gaming & VR Lab
- Location: HP5151
- Capacity: 22 people
- Access: Gaming stream students & Sr Undergraduate students
Equipment:
- 6 x Alienware PC’s with RTX 4070 GPU’s
- 2 x Lenovo Legion PC’s with RTX 4080 GPU’s for the VR headsets
- 2 x Meta Quest 3 VR headsets (sign-out)
- 1 x laser projector – Instructions
Using VR in the lab
The gaming lab (HP5151) has two dedicated VR areas for you to develop and test out VR applications. Both areas have high-powered PCs for performance intensive VR applications, with a designated section (6ftx6ft) for you to test out and run your applications.
The VR PCs are running Windows 11, and have Unity and Meta’s Quest Link preinstalled.
Note: You will need accounts for both Unity and Meta Quest Link. You will also need to register your Meta account as a developer account to run your applications.
Signing Out a Headset:
You can sign out a Quest 3 headset from the tech staff’s offices (HP5161, HP5163, HP5165, HP5347)
To sign out a headset:
- Fill out this request form
- Come to one of the offices with your student card to grab a headset
You will receive:
- A Meta Quest 3 headset
- 2 Controllers
- A USB Cable for charging and connecting
- A charging port
- A Silicon Face Pad
- A carrying case
Note: You will need a Meta Account to use the headset
Returning a Headset:
Make sure you reset the headset to factory default before returning it: instructions here
Return Checklist:
- A factory reset Meta Quest 3 headset
- 2 Controllers
- A USB Cable for charging and connecting
- A charging port
- A Silicon Face Pad
- A carrying case