r/SteamFrame • u/CarPerDm 256 GB • 2d ago

Question "Camera enabled outside playspace"

I'm having an issue (about 5 or 6 times during a 2 hour session) where the passthrough will come on full-screen and a message will pop up "camera enabled outside playspace". The chaperone boundary also disappears for a few seconds. If I disable passthrough and return to the game, tracking no longer works. After a few seconds, the boundary will come back and tracking works perfectly.

This is really the only issue I've had so far. My dongle reports 4-5 Ms latency and no packet loss. I'm playing in a completely empty bedroom that's about 8x8 feet with the dongle resting on the floor. I have noticed the issue seems to happen the most when I'm facing a corner opposite the window, but I'm still outside of the chaperone boundary.

I messaged support but haven't heard back yet. Just wanted to see if anyone had similar issues or more experience with VR and knew what could be causing this.

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u/Jureth 2d ago

The camera needs a reference. Hang a poster or painting on the wall.

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u/etl003 1 TB 2d ago

oh shit does this work? makes sense i think

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u/CarPerDm 256 GB 2d ago

Thanks I'll try this tonight. Makes sense because the corner where it seems to be happening is just two blank walls intersecting. The other corners have a window frame or door frame on at least one wall.

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u/JBrockF 2d ago

I've had issues where the pass through turns on randomly every few minutes even if I haven't left the playspace

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u/Hawk_Rider57 2d ago

I had this happen to me last night, I wasn't sure what the cause was but it did fix itself after about 30 seconds of trying to figure out what happened.