New valve vr hmd

danoliver1 · 30 Mar 2019 at 00:23

https://uploadvr.com/valve-teases-index-vr-headset-for-may/
Looking forward to this especially if it comes with knuckles controllers and bundled with those valve vr games they have been working on. Cough HL3 Cough.

danoliver1 · 31 Mar 2019 at 20:05

CuriousTomCat said:
If it is 2160x2160, can you select a lower resolution?

You can downsample just as you can upsample on the other hmds might look poo though.

danoliver1 · 31 Mar 2019 at 20:07

Previous leak seems to be legit.
https://uploadvr.com/valve-135-vr-headset-half-life/

"We’ve also heard the field of view will be 135° with “Vive Pro resolution.” It may also come bundled with ‘Knuckles’ controllers as well as a Half-Life based VR game that could be a prequel rather than the much-anticipated Half-Life 3."

danoliver1 · 20 May 2019 at 14:36

melmac said:
I might have jumped on board this if it had been priced at £750 but it's too expensive for me at £919.

Same here, for the price of this I can get a rift s and some heuskelveld pedals.

danoliver1 · 20 May 2019 at 16:38

melmac said:
Good plan. Did you consider the Reverb at all?

Yes but lack of availability and i still play a lot of none sim games so wanted the better tracking and controllers of the rift s. Might pick one up in a few months depending on the reviews for my cockpit based games.

danoliver1 · 28 May 2019 at 18:36

danoliver1 · 28 May 2019 at 21:57

silvagti said:
Based on my experience I wouldn't recommend a Windows reality mixed headset to anyone. The game support is a bit patchy and the software janky. Maybe ok if you can get one cheaply but you'd be mental to spend HP Reverb money on one IMO.

I can't help but wonder if Microsoft will ditch it in the near future as they really don't seem to be putting much effort into supporting the platform anymore.

Looks like their concentrating on hololens 2 rather than wmr.

danoliver1 · 29 May 2019 at 13:28

lokiss said:
Reading through the initial previews, it's looking good.

It uses the same lenses as the vive/vive pro! Not sure what valve were thinking when they decided that was a good idea.

danoliver1 · 29 May 2019 at 15:37

Ravenger said:
I thought it used new stacked lenses, not the same ones as the Vive, is that not the case?

According to the tested video.

danoliver1 · 30 May 2019 at 10:12

hyperseven said:
Uploadvr journalist took several headsets for his family to try for the weekend. Out of the S, index, reverb and quest the Index became commonly known as 'the expensive one'.

Fixed

danoliver1 · 30 May 2019 at 12:44

Borsch said:
Sobering review:/ Worse stereo overlap (@5:28 ), sweetspot like on the original Vive, prominant godrays, generally "meh" optics (@11:05 ).

Other vr sites are reporting much more positively about the lenses. https://uploadvr.com/valve-index-hardware-preview/
Not sure who to believe now.