Prescription eye adaptors for VR

Madeddie · 19 Mar 2016 at 11:32

Those of you who wear glasses may want to keep an eye on these, No pun intended

andybird123 · 19 Mar 2016 at 13:28

Having a gear VR and no issues with wearing glasses, I can't see these being a big seller unless you wear dame ednas

theMilitant · 19 Mar 2016 at 21:53

Very nice. Just hope they'll be reasonably priced. I'd be worried that Oculus/HTC won't keep the lens dimensions the same between successive iterations of their HMDs though, so that a new lens would be required each time you upgrade your headset.

ps3ud0 · 19 Mar 2016 at 22:00

Actually considering something like this - have a decent astigmatism so unsure how comfortable VR might be for me - mainly when not having a perfect IPD setup I guess.

ps3ud0 :cool:

Deleted User 234324 · 21 Mar 2016 at 08:39

Glasses are perfectly fine with Vive, the only device that would benefit from this is the Rift which has no adjustment for glasses.

Surfer · 21 Mar 2016 at 17:29

MadMossy said:
Glasses are perfectly fine with Vive, the only device that would benefit from this is the Rift which has no adjustment for glasses.

you mean IPD adjustment?

Nismo · 21 Mar 2016 at 17:49

Surfer said:
you mean IPD adjustment?

No, he means being able to move the lenses closer or away from your eyes, not the distance between them.

Both the Vive and PSVR allow this (at the expense of some FOV).

Surfer · 21 Mar 2016 at 19:12

uhmm ok but you can do that in the dk2 already. admittedly not sure about cv1...dammit oculus wtf? they took it out?

Deleted User 234324 · 21 Mar 2016 at 20:26

Yep that appears to be the case, Rift still has IPD adjustment (a slider on the HMD) but no longer has adjustment for the distance from your eyes to the lens.

Also the IPD adjustment is different on the Vive, you get a onscreen display showing you what it is so you know exactly what it is. The Rift its a guess until right by moving the slider.

andybird123 · 21 Mar 2016 at 20:40

Diopter adjustment helps people who normally wear glasses to use the headset without glasses, but that assumes they have no astigmatism, which everyone I know who wears glasses doesn't just have a straight Diopter change... the Rift has a better fit for glasses wearers so no longer needs Diopter adjustment

This was just added to the Oculus FAQ:
What size glasses fit in the headset?

To use glasses with your Rift headset, they must fit within the following specifications:

A frame width of 142mm or less
A frame height of 50mm or less