Have you guys heard of this upcoming HMD, promising wide panoramic horizontal FOV of staggering 210 degrees??
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NEW HMD with 210deg FOV
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If you can't even game with acceptable framerates on 3x4k monitors with 4 x Titan X's - then a HMD with superfluid 5K will be quite a challenge 
[video=youtube_share;5tAa0qbAYK4]https://youtu.be/5tAa0qbAYK4?t=5[/video]
[video=youtube_share;5tAa0qbAYK4]https://youtu.be/5tAa0qbAYK4?t=5[/video]
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Don't hold your breath. The affordable machine capable of 5120x1440 (5K) ( or 2*2560x1440 ) @ 75Hz+ has not been, nor will be in the near future invented.
This. Pixel-dense displays are doable with current tech, but the GPU chops to drive them properly with a game like ED as it stands* is probably at least two generations away.
*Future seasons of ED will probably be more graphically taxing, as atmospheric effects such as raindrops on your cockpit will need computation.
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i think 5 years from now this will be something like the spec of VR, ie around VIVE 3 or CV3.... but if you look at the percentage of people capable of running a Rift CV1 or VIVE optimally, then for now the starVR is something to look forward to in the future.
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Haven't you been listening to the noises nvidia have been making about their Pascal chipset cards coming out this year? Then later in the future the Volta cards?
Old article (11 months ago)
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-gpu-gtc-2015/
Recent article (within the last week)
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/feature/...-uk-release-date-price-specs-rumours-3634003/
Don't hold your breath for 10x performance, but certainly double performance at the very least. So a single Pascal card should be equivalent to 2 Maxwell cards.
With that gfx grunt, it suddenly doesn't seem so unrealistic to throw around 2x 2560x1440 screens @ 75Hz. It will still take a beast PC to run well, but not impossible.
Old article (11 months ago)
http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-gpu-gtc-2015/
Recent article (within the last week)
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/feature/...-uk-release-date-price-specs-rumours-3634003/
Don't hold your breath for 10x performance, but certainly double performance at the very least. So a single Pascal card should be equivalent to 2 Maxwell cards.
With that gfx grunt, it suddenly doesn't seem so unrealistic to throw around 2x 2560x1440 screens @ 75Hz. It will still take a beast PC to run well, but not impossible.
Dont forget that they are going to use eye tracked Foveated rendering which will reduce the required horsepower needed.
http://www.roadtovr.com/starvr-210-degree-vr-headset-to-receive-eye-tracking-support-courtesy-of-tobii/
That might make this a much more realistic proposition!
http://www.roadtovr.com/starvr-210-degree-vr-headset-to-receive-eye-tracking-support-courtesy-of-tobii/
That might make this a much more realistic proposition!
Dont forget that they are going to use eye tracked Foveated rendering which will reduce the required horsepower needed.
http://www.roadtovr.com/starvr-210-degree-vr-headset-to-receive-eye-tracking-support-courtesy-of-tobii/
That might make this a much more realistic proposition!
Also have a look at Fove VR and possibly VRvana. That uses the same foveated rendering, which I think will be the future of VR as it will reduce the GPU overhead.
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They have them at the Walking Dead Experience. Runs at 60fps. I heard as long as head movements are too quick, it's OK.
That's just it though - quick head movements are natural, and if the hardware can't keep up it can get very messy indeed.
IT does look promising, but it's just that - promises!. IT's still quite a way from a release consumer version. Oculus is still leading in reality! By the time any of the other promised better versions come out I'm sure oculus will already have had the same improvements out sooner already just becuase they are already ahead in the race.
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I figure that by the time our computers can handle higher pixel counts, the Rift 2 and the Vive 2 will also be knocking at our doors. But it will be wonderful if there are many to choose from. Hopefully Google, Apple, and others will also join in for the second generation. That will keep the price down.
Don't hold your breath. The affordable machine capable of 5120x1440 (5K) ( or 2*2560x1440 ) @ 75Hz+ has not been, nor will be in the near future invented.
Above quoted 5120x1440 = 7.37M-ish
4k UHD = 3840x2160 = 8.29M-ish
So the total pixel count is lower than 4k. I don't know how easy it is to keep a minimum 75fps at 4k, but it doesn't sound too far a stretch.
Bear in mind, HDMI2.0 barely has the bandwidth for 4K video at 60Hz. We need a method for compressing the data to run pixel densities that high at faster framerates.