Disappointed in the rift

[gronbek]

Hi,

Got my rift yesterday but its been mostly a huge disappointment.

I bougt it for elite.
First the detail on objects at medium and far distance is extremely poor. Like playing a 640x400 game. Close up its sharp and ok.

Focus is bad. Nothing is really sharp like on a standard HD screen.
Screen door is pretty bad. Diagonal lines, no real solid colors.
Then the field of view sucks big time. Like looking down a toilet paper tube.
Then the comfort is poor. The padding is thin and radious of headset is too small for my face so it presses on the sides.
Looking around cockpit with eyes only everyting lack focus and text is almost unreadable.

This is with 2.0 set in the debug tool and 1.0 ss in game. Everything on max/ultra.

There Re of course some positives as well.
Mainly the scale of everything. Cockpit is large and you can walk around in it looking at stuff never seen before.
The feeling of being in the cockpit is very immersive even though the fov is bad.
Motion is very smooth, no judder or ghosting.

So due to the big disappointment i decided to sell it today.

And i am now asking myself or you if the vive is better?

 

[gronbek]

Alright, done some more testing in the weekend. And if the FOV was a bit better and it was fitting better to my head then I would really keep it and enjoy Elite. The rest I could live with in Exchange for the great immersion and scale.

So then I read that the Vive really has better FOV and thicker foam that can be changed to fit two types of skull SHAPEs . The FOV is approx. 10* better on the vive according to some test.

Perhaps I will be satisfied with it.

But then I read on the elite forum that it has a problem with scale and Everything is too small scale compared to rift. And that it is a problem with the coding in elite.

Well, I am going to get the Vive demoed at the local shop and if FOV is really better and Frontier fixes the scale I will get it instead.

 

[gronbek]

tried to take away the padding, which was easy.

Sure increased to fov and sharpness, but I think edge of oled screen is now visible instead since I see a vertival line on the edge of the lenses.

 

[gronbek]

No it's not, VR is fabulous. The limitations are more than made up by the sense of scale and of "being there."

I don't understand these threads. People know the resolution before they buy, what do they think 1200p is going to look like with your eyes less than 1" away from the screen

I really did not know that it would look like 640x400 when the lenses simulate same distance to dashboard in Elite as on a 2d screen.

Also the very limted FOV of rift is probably the main thing that kills immersion for me. Hard to test these things Before purchase because it is not available for testing.

Tempted to get the Vive despite all its limitations in Elite. Here I can buy it at local store and test it at home and if I dont like it we are backed up by laws that say you can return it if not to liking. Even after testing.

Some have also replaced the padding of the Vive with some sleeping mask to get really big FOV and better focus as well.

I have Heard good things about SS and vive, since I have a 1080 that ill be no problem.

 

[gronbek]

Well if everyone listened to your recommendation we won't ever have the technology. CV1/Vive 1 needs to succeed to pave the way for the next gen.

These VR sets will for sure not "succeed" at the price they are at now. For that poor image quality only making up for immersion of being in the game. Most people will not spend that cash for just immersion.
This is not aimed at the general consumer market.

 

[gronbek]

Trust me, the Vive isn't the answer to your problems. The screen isn't as sharp, the focus sweet spot is even narrower, and the headset isn't as comfortable as the Rift.

You can do the same with the Rift in terms of the mask...it really does open up the FOV (I hear you on that one, although it doesn't generally bother me)...I'm hoping it won't be long before we have a third party solution to replace the mask.

Hmm... regarding FOV Vive VS Rift this photo show a whole 10 degrees more for the Vive. If this is right, then I would certainly appreciate the Vive more.

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