Lens mod is a MUST!!

OneZeoN · 8 Jan 2019 at 17:32

Just had my Vive lens mod come in the post today and OMGGGG its brilliant!!

The sweet spot is massive and the lens are crystal clear.
You can instantly see a massive improvement and crazy how HTC dont use better lenses as they are pretty cheap to buy.

Took me 10 minutes to swap them over and so happy with the improvement!

If anyone on the fence then 100% get it done as easy to do and I cant go back

AMB73 · 8 Jan 2019 at 21:35

Agree. My new lenses arrived over Christmas and has breathed new life into my Vive. £35 from Ebay and money well spent.

No idea why HTC don't ship with these clear lenses as the difference is night and day.

danoliver1 · 9 Jan 2019 at 10:48

Can you use these on rift? Got a link? Thanks

AMB73 · 9 Jan 2019 at 11:31

danoliver1 said:
Can you use these on rift? Got a link? Thanks

These are a Vive specific lens mod, i don't think they will fit a rift.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323624791888?ViewItem=&item=323624791888

sgavan · 10 Jan 2019 at 11:02

I just ordered a set for my vive, sounds like it's going to make a good improvement

Digit · 10 Jan 2019 at 12:57

OneZeoN said:
Just had my Vive lens mod come in the post today and OMGGGG its brilliant!!

The sweet spot is massive and the lens are crystal clear.
You can instantly see a massive improvement and crazy how HTC dont use better lenses as they are pretty cheap to buy.

Took me 10 minutes to swap them over and so happy with the improvement!

If anyone on the fence then 100% get it done as easy to do and I cant go back

Did you have to do the ini file tweaks for the distortion at all?

Should be doing the Lens mod myself this weekend

AMB73 · 10 Jan 2019 at 16:38

Digit said:
Did you have to do the ini file tweaks for the distortion at all?

Should be doing the Lens mod myself this weekend

I have not had to do anything other than swap lenses. Fired up Steam VR Home and was amazed at the difference.

I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Digit · 10 Jan 2019 at 16:55

AMB73 said:
I have not had to do anything other than swap lenses. Fired up Steam VR Home and was amazed at the difference.

I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Nice one. Looking forward to it.

OneZeoN · 10 Jan 2019 at 18:08

Digit said:
Did you have to do the ini file tweaks for the distortion at all?

Should be doing the Lens mod myself this weekend

I did...but only as the YouTube guide says to
Was very simple to do and all looks great

GBRusty · 11 Jan 2019 at 07:53

Coming from the beat saber thread to here to say I've also just ordered these. I'll google this distortion fix thing.

Vega · 11 Jan 2019 at 09:21

Ya but the whole point of the Fresnel lens is to magnify and make the world appear larger / more immersive. I'm pretty sure the GearVR lenses make everything appear less immersive in order to gain that clarity.

AMB73 · 11 Jan 2019 at 10:05

Vega said:
Ya but the whole point of the Fresnel lens is to magnify and make the world appear larger / more immersive. I'm pretty sure the GearVR lenses make everything appear less immersive in order to gain that clarity.

I can honestly say i have not felt any less immersed as a result of the lens mod, in fact i feel far more engaged as i am not having to mess with the headset every 2 minutes as the sweet spot has shifted.

GBRusty · 11 Jan 2019 at 11:41

Well, I shall give an honest and unbiased review

Oh and I have the TPCast so I wonder if that will make a difference...

OneZeoN · 11 Jan 2019 at 16:25

Vega said:
Ya but the whole point of the Fresnel lens is to magnify and make the world appear larger / more immersive. I'm pretty sure the GearVR lenses make everything appear less immersive in order to gain that clarity.

Played loads of games with the mod and not noticed anything like that

All I notice is how clear stuff looks now

redkrptonite · 11 Jan 2019 at 20:25

I did the mod to my Vive pro months ago. The difference is night and day compared to the the original lenses. You should definitely do the Vive barrel distortion mod to the steamvr file. The only issue I have with it is that after a long session I have a little eye strain the following day. I also use the Vive wireless adapter and it makes absolutely no difference to the mod. So presume it would be the same with the tp cast.

deuse · 12 Jan 2019 at 05:42

Vega said:
Ya but the whole point of the Fresnel lens is to magnify and make the world appear larger / more immersive. I'm pretty sure the GearVR lenses make everything appear less immersive in order to gain that clarity.

Doing the lens mod makes it much more immersive.

I used the above video to do it.

sgavan · 26 Jan 2019 at 11:06

Just received mine and fitted in a few minutes and as others have said the difference is amazing, so much clearer. Should have been standard on the vive.

kration · 2 Feb 2019 at 21:42

How easy is this to reverse if you don't get on with the new lenses?

And do they affect glasses wearers - I'm short sighted.

sgavan · 3 Feb 2019 at 19:20

kration said:
How easy is this to reverse if you don't get on with the new lenses?

And do they affect glasses wearers - I'm short sighted.

It's really easy to put the old ones back in, just pop them out and slip the originals back in. Not sure how the glasses work though.

GBRusty · 4 Feb 2019 at 07:34

Just picked mine up yesterday from the post office. I'll have a go at installing and testing tonight