{"id":35625,"date":"2015-06-08T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T20:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=35625"},"modified":"2015-06-08T13:33:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T20:33:30","slug":"how-to-set-up-valves-vive-in-32-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2015\/06\/08\/how-to-set-up-valves-vive-in-32-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up Valve&#8217;s Vive in 32 easy steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Valve and HTC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2015\/03\/01\/the-vive-headset-will-turn-you-into-a-sci-fi-cliche\/\">revealed<\/a> their co-developed Vive headset system, they promised all the pie-in-the-sky VR stuff that skeptical gamers have grown to expect. It&#8217;s transformative! It will put players into the games! It&#8217;s easy and fun to use! Now that some studios are getting their development kits, we can see that it&#8217;s at least fun to set up. 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