How to roll your own Vive cooling solution when playing VR
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Heavy VR sessions causing you to sweat? Make your own Vive cooling solution! In the summer months, my office starts to become a sweltering hot mess where it would be easy to confuse it for a hot yoga studio. I`ve been playing around with my HTC Vive in that same room and sweat can be an issue. Luckily, there are already cooling solutions on the market like the Vive-n-Chill that attaches to the top of your VR headset and powers two small fans to cool your forehead whilst gaming in VR. If you have a tendency to sweat, you don`t want that sweat to get into your precious VR headset electronics. So something like the Vive-n-chill is a good option for $32. Or, you can roll your own for about $7 using some off-the-shelf PC fans, some double-sided tape, and some unused USB cable you have lying around. Here`s how I made mine! Gather your parts Assemble the cooling system Avoid the warranty horror stories Final comments Gather your parts For my first iteration, I used two 12-volt one inch ...