Can you address the issue of extension cables with the Rift. I bought an active USB 3.0 cable and an Ethernet HDMI cable, but I still don't get a picture, but also no error message. Apparently this is quite a problem with the Rift with the extension cables. Any help would be appreciated.

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Have already looked into the issue and dealt with active extensions. Conclusion. Definitely not, because the HDMI cable transmits more information than an ordinary video signal. Assume that the tracking data also runs over it. I.e. proprietary protocol. There is a wireless set for the HTC Vive, the TP-Cast. But it looks pretty dodgy. 
Greetings Andre

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Depending on how you set up your Oculus Rift at home, you have to extend the cable. It is well known that this is not easy...

What do we want to extend:

Our goal was to hang the sensors on the ceiling in the corners and the cables to the Oculus Rift. 

2 x USB 3 for the sensors
1 x USB 3 for Oculus Rift glasses
1 x HDMI cable for Oculus glasses

Experiment - DVI to HDMI -> HDMI -> 3m HDMI -> Repeater -> Oculus glasses
This test worked for us.

Unfortunately, it looks like these findings are not transferable. There are reports on reddit that the same cables work for some and not others. There seem to be other things at play. 

For HDMI, if in doubt, you can put active amplifiers between two cables.

With USB cables, it's one thing. USB 3.0 is ideally usable up to 0.5m with normal shielding. After that, the bit rate goes down to 2.0 level.

But if the sensors don't need a 3.0 data rate anyway, then it doesn't really matter to buy such expensive 3.0 extensions. Otherwise you would have to actively amplify here as well. 

It worked for me with this HDMI repeater:
[Delock HDMI Repeater, 4K up to 60hz up to 30m](https://www.digitec.ch/de/s1/product/delock-hdmi-repeater-4k-bis-60hz-bis-30m-video-konverter-6341838)

Important is 4k / 60hz

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Can you address the issue of extension cables with the Rift. I bought an active USB 3.0 cable and an Ethernet HDMI cable, but I still don't get a picture, but also no error message. Apparently this is quite a problem with the Rift with the extension cables. Any help would be appreciated.

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