Adapter

USER MANUAL
v1.9.1

Please read this manual carefully before using the software.

Using headphones requires responsible listening!

Last updated: Jan 2024

1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3

2 Overview .................................................................................................................. 4

2.1 Network ...................................................................................................................... 4

2.2 General ....................................................................................................................... 4

3 Head Tracking .......................................................................................................... 5

3.1.1 OSC Headtracker................................................................................................ 5

3.1.2 Spatial Connect .................................................................................................. 5

3.2 Step by step guide for the Supperware Headtracker ................................................. 5

4 Contact .................................................................................................................... 7
1 Introduction
Dear Reality products use the Open Sound Control (short OSC) protocol to communicate the

position of your headphones or SPATIAL CONNECT in the form of Yaw, Pitch and Roll to our

plugins. The protocol needs a sender, which is your OSC-capable headtracking device, and a

receiver, which is the dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter. The Adapter can be installed

together with dearVR products. It then acts as a port to control all dearVR plugins. Thus,

dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter has to run in the background, if you want to make use

of the headtracking feature. Please make sure to open the adapter before your dearVR

plugin.

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2 Overview
Open the user interface by left clicking it or by right-clicking on the logo and choose “Open”.

2.1 Network

Find the Head Rotation port here, as well as the Protocol dropdown menu.

You can choose between two types of protocols in the Adapter: “OSC Headtracker” or

“Spatial Connect”. Use “Spatial Connect”, if you want to connect to dearVR SPATIAL

CONNECT and “OSC Headtracker”, if you want to use your third party headtracker.

Hit “Apply” after choosing a Protocol.

2.2 General

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By toggling the box, you can tell dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter to start at login.

Additional, find the version in this tab. This is helpful to check if upcoming updates are

installed correctly and if you are communicating with our support.

Find this manual by clicking “Open Manual”.

3 Head Tracking
Follow the instructions in order to get started:

3.1.1 OSC Headtracker

Start dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter, set the Head Rotation Port to the port your device

sends the headrotation data and choose the “OSC Headtracker” as Protocol. The logo of the

SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter should state an ongoing connection, if your headtracker is

sending OSC data.

3.1.2 Spatial Connect

Start dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter, set the Head Rotation Port to the port dearVR

SPATIAL CONNECT sends the headrotation data (we recommend 7001) and choose “Spatial

Connect” as Protocol. The logo of the SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter should state an ongoing

connection, if dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT is running. For more information about dearVR

SPATIAL CONNECT, find the manual here.

3.2 Step by step guide for the Supperware Headtracker

We recommend the supperware headtracker and its companion app “Bridgehead” that you

can find here. But you can also use other headtrackers as long as those support OSC with

the right format that is shown below.

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 1. Download and install the Bridgehead application by Supperware, if not already

installed. Use “Bridgehead for Windows (64-bit)” or “Bridgehead for macOS”.

2. Install the dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter. Just re-run the dearVR installer and

choose dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter in the custom install section.

For users with an Apple Silicon computer: If your DAW runs in Rosetta mode, please

make sure to also run your dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter in Rosetta mode.

Use

1. Start Bridgehead, go to “OSC bridge settings” and choose “dearVR” as Profile.

Connect your Supperware headtracker via USB.

2. If the dearVR profile is not available yet, please update your bridgehead application

or add the following to your Profiles.txt:

dearVR
/ypr
yaw,pitch,roll
local 7001

3. Start dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT Adapter, set the Head Rotation Port to 7001 and

choose the “OSC Headtracker” as Protocol. The logo of the SPATIAL CONNECT

Adapter should state an ongoing connection, if your headtracker is sending OSC

data.

4. Open your DAW of choice, insert your plugin and you are all set!

5. The greyed out “HEAD ROTATION” knob should follow your head movement. If you

are looking at the center of your monitor and the value of your “HEAD ROTATION”

knob is not 0, please recalibrate your Supperware headtracker.

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4 Contact

Support
Please let us know if there are any questions concerning the dearVR Plugin.
If you need further assistance, please send an email to:
[email protected]

For the latest news concerning dearVR please visit our website at:
www.dear-reality.com

Dear Reality GmbH

Caution
Using headphones requires responsible listening. Damage to hearing occurs when listen to
loud sounds with headphones over time.

- Set the volume control of your computer to a minimum when connecting your
headphones.
- Set the volume in a quiet environment and select the lowest volume at which you can
hear adequately.
- Do not turn the volume control to high, as this can cause permanent hearing damage.
- Be aware that you can adapt to higher volume settings over time, not realizing that
the higher volume may be harmful to your hearing.

Dear Reality GmbH will in any event not be liable for any damage to hearing caused by loud
sounds.

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