# Paraview VR simulation returning nothing but black.
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833
**Category:** VR/AR
**Created:** [June 17, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833 "2022-06-17T02:09:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@diaz1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/diaz1)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/1 "2022-06-17T02:09:48Z")
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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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/2 "2022-06-17T10:18:58Z")
@Tiffany_Chhim @martink @Scott_Wittenburg
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### Author:  [@Tiffany\_Chhim](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Tiffany_Chhim)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/3 "2022-06-17T12:23:32Z")
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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### Author:  [@diaz1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/diaz1)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/4 "2022-06-17T16:58:14Z")
@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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### Author:  [@\_sarah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_sarah)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/5 "2022-06-20T12:58:52Z")
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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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/6 "2022-06-20T12:59:47Z")
Please share the content of the “Help → About” dialog
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### Author:  [@\_sarah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_sarah)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/7 "2022-06-20T13:05:17Z")
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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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/8 "2022-06-20T13:09:35Z")
```auto
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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### Author:  [@\_sarah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_sarah)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/9 "2022-06-20T13:13:47Z")
Okay, thank you! I’m very new to working with PV though, how do I change this?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/10 "2022-06-20T13:24:21Z")
This is not related to ParaView. You should make sure you GPU driver is correctly installed.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vr-simulation-returning-nothing-but-black/9833/11 "2022-06-20T15:58:48Z")
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/](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).