System Requirements

Before you install and run FirstStage, you will need to get setup.

FirstStage license

Currently, the tool is only available to successful Closed Beta phase applicants, so if you’re interested, please apply here, and we’ll soon get back to you.

Gaming computer

  • Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or faster

  • Processor - Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or faster

  • Memory - 4 GB RAM or more

  • Video Output - HDMI 1.4 or DisplayPort 1.2 (required for VIVE Pro) or newer

  • USB - 1x USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 (recommended)

  • OS - Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 (recommended) or newer

HTC VIVE Room-Scale VR

We support any HTC VIVE series headset, VIVE Controllers and up to three additional VIVE trackers for feet and waist for full body mocap, plus the Valve Index Headset and Valve Index Controllers. In detail ...
 
Base Stations
For small rooms and a maximum of 2 Base Stations  
  • HTC Vive, running Base Station or SteamVR 1.0
For larger areas and more than 2 Base Stations  
  • HTC Vive Pro, running SteamVR 2.0
     
  • Valve Index, running SteamVR 2.0
Headsets
  • HTC VIVE (NB - Not compatible with SteamVR 2.0)
  • Valve Index 
  • HTC VIVE Pro or 2018
  • HTC VIVE Pro Eye
  • HTC VIVE Cosmos with VIVE Cosmos External Tracking Faceplate
  • HTC VIVE Cosmos Elite (NB - Not compatible with Cosmos controllers)
Controllers
  • HTC VIVE (NB - Not compatible with SteamVR 2.0)
  • Valve Index
  • HTC VIVE Pro or 2018
  • HTC VIVE Cosmos
  • HTC VIVE Cosmos Elite (NB - For support, contact us)
Trackers
We support up to three VIVE trackers (waist and both feet) for full body mocap.
  • HTC VIVE Tracker 1.0 (NB - Not compatible with SteamVR 2.0)  
  • HTC VIVE Tracker 2.0 or 2018
  • HTC VIVE Tracker 3.0

SteamVR

FirstStage requires SteamVR 1.0 or 2.0 to run. You can register for an account here.

SteamVR is usually installed when you first set up your Vive or Index. However if you move to a separate computer, you will also need to install Steam on that as well. You can get it here.

Space to move

We recommend a minimum of 2m x 2m space with clear sight lines for the Base Stations