Quest 3 passthrough - mixed reality. Sharing my settings for best results using Virtual Desktop

[pujolwesley]

I will not go into detail on how to setup passthrough for the quest 3 with virtual desktop. There already really good guides out there. This is my settings for best results. I have spent more time tweaking settings then I would like to admit but I believe I nailed it. If you have some settings you would like to share or suggest i would love to hear them. that being said here's my settings.

In virtual desktop set VR passthrough environment to [red-0, green-71, blue-0]

Set [similarity] to 7%

Set [Smoothness to 3%

Set [Gamma] to 0.97

Select [medium quality]. (Higher quality uses a lot of gpu power for minimal to no gain is clarity)

Select [snapdragon super resolution]

Select [increase color vibrance]

Select [increase video normal range]

Sharpening set to 0 ( 10 to 20 max. Personally I find it makes skin look smeared)

Use VDRX

Use H.264 Plus codec

Bit rate 300-500. (My router is wifi 6E 2400mbs an 2.5 gig lan to the PC)

Turn off [automatically adjust bitrate] ( you do you)

In the quest itself go to settings /Visual/ accessibility/ contrast. set it to %50. so the slider should be in ther middle.

Now make your way to [advanced] and select [content adaptive brightness control]

Now in Steam VR set resolution to auto. should show up as %150.

Turn off [advanced super sample filtering]

Ok now lets jump into VAM

Set you in game resolution percentage to %150. this should match your Steam VR resolution.

Download and add the plugin [Camera Backgroung Color] https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/camera-background-color.24185/overview-panel

Set the color to match your Virtual desktop color. so set it to [red-0, green-71, blue-0]

Select [render (control-R) (experimental)]. this shoud remove everything except any persons. if you want something like a atom or whatever just select it from the menu

Download the plug-in [focus on me] https://hub.virtamate.com/resources/focusonme.35993/overview-panel

Inside focus on me plug-in select [ toggle scene light] you want to turn off the scene light

Now load my personal light profile from the focus on me plug-in.

ENJOY! contact me if you have any questions or if i wasn't clear on something. ill add screenshots if needed.

 

[zadish2000]

Hi. Thanks for sharing. I do find that the passthrough colors of 0-71-0 creates a bright green thin aura around the model. I get better results with 100-120-100. Although hair and eyes sometimes still have slight transparency. But your light profile does help adjust the lighting. Thanks!

 

[pujolwesley]

Hi. Thanks for sharing. I do find that the passthrough colors of 0-71-0 creates a bright green thin aura around the model. I get better results with 100-120-100. Although hair and eyes sometimes still have slight transparency. But your light profile does help adjust the lighting. Thanks!

I have had issues with a aura that surrounds the character. Then when you get rid of it you can have bleed through in some eyes or clothes. BUT! I have found 0,80,0 so all 0 except for green set to 80. So simple but fixed all issues. I will be plugging in your suggestions though. Im just a guy playing with settings. Also a side note there are some sub scene lights i have tried that can make a huge difference in realism. Find one you like an steal there light settings an plug it into the "light me up" plug in

 

[pujolwesley]

Hi. Thanks for sharing. I do find that the passthrough colors of 0-71-0 creates a bright green thin aura around the model. I get better results with 100-120-100. Although hair and eyes sometimes still have slight transparency. But your light profile does help adjust the lighting. Thanks!

Try playing with the "similarity" and "gamma" settings in virtual desktop. I have had luck removing the aura outline fine tuning thouse. It should help with outline issues and bleed through. Also you should check out vamx. There's a light section that allows you to change the lighting with one click. This is great for bleed though. Simply change or increase brightness and is fixes it most of the time. Any way ill for sure be pluggingin your settings an checki it out. If find anything else helpful please share. I'd really appreciate it.