From an Elite Dangerous use case perspective LCD panels are not great because of the backlight bleed. I would continue to use an OLED panel HMD for Elite.
For other use cases it sounds pretty exciting. Decent resolution, no sensors, very lightweight (if original Rift is any kind of benchmark) plus Touch, Spacewarp, Dash and Store are all best in class.
I will definitely be adding one to the collection.
I'm playing using a Pimax 5k+ with LCD panels. It is not as bad you think it will be.
I have a 5k+ and while I agree it's not the end of the world it looks a lot better in my Vive Pro.
Apart from the periperal vision which is missing which can mess with the sense of speed and scale. If the vive pro had the Pimax FOV I would be interested in it, but it doesn't. I like having the FOV of the 5k+ and I find the colours and blacks of the 5k+ perfectly exceptable, not the best, but that is the trade off which I am willing to make.
It was a trade off I considered but the nail in the coffin was the performance.
If I could get 90fps in Large or Normal FOV at a reasonable render target then I would certainly use the Max for Elite, colour be damned.
I have tried on several occasions and the combination of downsampling, off blacks and poor frame rate just make the experience, for me at least, not worth it.
On the flip side the Max with Assetto has completely redefined immersion for me. I cannot use any other HMD for racing sims now.
It was a trade off I considered but the nail in the coffin was the performance.
If I could get 90fps in Large or Normal FOV at a reasonable render target then I would certainly use the Max for Elite, colour be damned.
I have tried on several occasions and the combination of downsampling, off blacks and poor frame rate just make the experience, for me at least, not worth it.
On the flip side the Max with Assetto has completely redefined immersion for me. I cannot use any other HMD for racing sims now.
I don't get why people, when talking about performance and settings, don't include their system specs. Saying something like having trouble hitting 90fps on a 5k+ in Large FOV, has less to do with the HMD itself, and everything to do with the hardware it's running on.
I don't get why people, when talking about performance and settings, don't include their system specs. Saying something like having trouble hitting 90fps on a 5k+ in Large FOV, has less to do with the HMD itself, and everything to do with the hardware it's running on.
I don't get why people, when talking about performance and settings, don't include their system specs. Saying something like having trouble hitting 90fps on a 5k+ in Large FOV, has less to do with the HMD itself, and everything to do with the hardware it's running on.
With recent improvements to Brain warp software is a bit of reprojection okay on the pimax for Elite?I will assume that's targeted at me so fill yer boots.
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