Binocular overlap in VR

BS Dave · 5 Oct 2023 at 17:25

This is probably a silly question but in vr goggles do both screens show the same thing (from a different perspective obviously)? In normal vision there's only overlap for maybe the middle third... why can't VR copy that to get a wider FOV?

Or do they do that already?

drakulton · 5 Oct 2023 at 18:07

BS Dave said:
This is probably a silly question but in vr goggles do both screens show the same thing (from a different perspective obviously)? In normal vision there's only overlap for maybe the middle third... why can't VR copy that to get a wider FOV?

Or do they do that already?

Those headsets with two screens can do this to an extent, but the single screen headsets can't.

Ravenger · 5 Oct 2023 at 20:05

Some VR headsets have good binocular overlap, some don't. One of the criticisms of the Quest Pro is it has poor binocular overlap. Not sure how the Quest 3 will be in that regard.

BS Dave · 6 Oct 2023 at 10:12

Ravenger said:
Some VR headsets have good binocular overlap, some don't. One of the criticisms of the Quest Pro is it has poor binocular overlap. Not sure how the Quest 3 will be in that regard.

Surely you don't need it for the whole image, though I suppose it depends on where the image is - in front of or to the side of your eye.