Paraview VR simulation returning nothing but black.

VR/AR
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Hello,

I am currently working on a project that displays California’s terrain. My issue is when I click “Send to OpenVR”, using my oculus Quest2, I can see in the headset that paraview is loading but there is nothing but black in the headset aside from the controllers. When I click on “Show VR View” the terrain appears on my monitor.

I am using version 5.10.1 and have downgraded to 5.9.1 to test that out but no success.

Any questions or possible solutions would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

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@Tiffany_Chhim @martink @Scott_Wittenburg

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Hello @diaz1,

Does it work for other datasets?
For instance, does the same thing happen if you try to visualize a simple sphere in VR?

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@Tiffany_Chhim Yes I’ve tried simpler data sets and I still get the same results. I have not tried a sphere but it was similar in terms of simplicity.

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Hey,
I am having a very similar problem to @diaz1’s. I am using the same PV version but a Vive Pro 2 headset. I’ve tried to visualize very simple objects (e.g. a cone or box created within PV) but they don’t show up in VR, only in the “Show VR View” window.
Has anyone been able to come up with a solution for this?

Thank you!

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Please share the content of the “Help → About” dialog

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From “help” → “about” I get:

Client Information:
Version: 5.10.1
VTK Version: 9.0.20210922
Qt Version: 5.15.2
vtkIdType size: 64bits
Embedded Python: On
Python Library Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\lib
Python Library Version: 3.9.5 (tags/v3.9.5:0a7dcbd, May 3 2021, 17:27:52) [MSC v.1928 64 bit (AMD64)]
Python Numpy Support: On
Python Numpy Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\Lib\site-packages\numpy
Python Numpy Version: 1.21.1
Python Matplotlib Support: On
Python Matplotlib Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.2.1
Python Testing: Off
MPI Enabled: Off
ParaView Build ID: superbuild 6dd132601dbb2a9ebdc0d31825989f5b92595b76 (!969)
Disable Registry: Off
Test Directory:
Data Directory:
SMP Backend: TBB
SMP Max Number of Threads: 20
OpenGL Vendor: Intel
OpenGL Version: 3.2.0 - Build 30.0.101.1298
OpenGL Renderer: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics

Connection Information:
Remote Connection: No

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OpenGL Vendor: Intel
OpenGL Version: 3.2.0 - Build 30.0.101.1298
OpenGL Renderer: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics

This is a CPU chipset, you should use your actual GPU.

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Okay, thank you! I’m very new to working with PV though, how do I change this?

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This is not related to ParaView. You should make sure you GPU driver is correctly installed.

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Here is some background info on setting ParaView up to use your GPU whether it is NVIDIA or AMD: https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/force-app-to-use-dedicated-gpu-windows/ This presumes you have a so-called “discrete” GPU installed on your system, which we are assuming exists (but that may be wrong).

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