"Made for VR", but still no SLI support?

[Dooguk]

Ahhh, but I keep forgetting about eye-tracking and foveated-rendering, which probably means my current 4yo computer and 1080 will probably be more than enough to handle 4K per eye - no need for SLI or super cards (and a new computer) until you get to 8K/16K. Actually, with the sweet spot so low on current lenses, I'd think they'd could already be rendering the periphery of each screen at a lower resolution and it wouldn't be noticed other than with a higher FPS (I assume they aren't doing this already?).

You're going to have to wait a few more years for that kind of thing to reach us consumers.

 

[Henri]

don' t forget to install a PhysX card

 

[TorTorden_VR]

Ahhh, but I keep forgetting about eye-tracking and foveated-rendering, which probably means my current 4yo computer and 1080 will probably be more than enough to handle 4K per eye - no need for SLI or super cards (and a new computer) until you get to 8K/16K. Actually, with the sweet spot so low on current lenses, I'd think they'd could already be rendering the periphery of each screen at a lower resolution and it wouldn't be noticed other than with a higher FPS (I assume they aren't doing this already?).

And you might as well keep forgetting about it.
Real Foveated rendering isn't happening inside of 10 years.

Even the fastest eye trackers that exist today that require insane levels of stability and calibration aren't quick enough to capture the small, constant movements of the eye that we use to build our perception from.

And we won't have those anytime soon, certainly not small enough to fit inside an HMD.

 

[Dooguk]

And you might as well keep forgetting about it.
Real Foveated rendering isn't happening inside of 10 years.

Even the fastest eye trackers that exist today that require insane levels of stability and calibration aren't quick enough to capture the small, constant movements of the eye that we use to build our perception from.

And we won't have those anytime soon, certainly not small enough to fit inside an HMD.

According to Mike Abrash, Chief Scientist at Oculus 4 years. No offence, but I would rather take his word on these matters.

[video=youtube_share;o7OpS7pZ5ok]https://youtu.be/o7OpS7pZ5ok?t=5437[/video]

Go to 1:30:37 if the link doesn't work

Watch his and John Carmack's presentations in full. You won't be sorry. Open in YouTube for all the links.