Robert Dyas in the UK are currently selling the bitmore VREYE phone headset for £10. It has IDP but not lens distance. The face padding is OK, but it could do with some padding on the bridge of the nose - once set up there is some leftover stickyback foam that might do the trick if cut up.
I've not tried it with all the bits and bobs with Elite yet - It's OK with VR apps, but limited by how good the apps are, and there's a lot of cruft out there it seems.
Whether phone based VR is as good as dedicated or not, for £10 and a bit of configuring, I'm not about to complain. I'll try to post an update when I (eventually) get round to it. Out of office hours of course - VR's not so fun when the phone keeps ringing and it's strapped to your damn face!
EDIT: Seemed to go ok with the Trinus - had a load of hassle with other screen streaming apps though. I haven't tried any lens shaders yet, and I'd like to try and increase the size of the view - Trinus isn't using as much of the phone screen as it could. Unfortunately I've managed to get a crash to desktop bug, so now can't start the game. Trying to reinstall as I type this.
Some tips: I used 1920x1080 in Elite in Windowed display mode with 3D Side By Side. For some reason Trinus didn't cut the image 50, so I had to zoom it to ~120% in the Trinus settings to display properly. But it was all good enough, I reckoned, I even found most text just about readable, so off I went, into supercruise and... CTD. Bummer.
I've not tried it with all the bits and bobs with Elite yet - It's OK with VR apps, but limited by how good the apps are, and there's a lot of cruft out there it seems.
Whether phone based VR is as good as dedicated or not, for £10 and a bit of configuring, I'm not about to complain. I'll try to post an update when I (eventually) get round to it. Out of office hours of course - VR's not so fun when the phone keeps ringing and it's strapped to your damn face!
EDIT: Seemed to go ok with the Trinus - had a load of hassle with other screen streaming apps though. I haven't tried any lens shaders yet, and I'd like to try and increase the size of the view - Trinus isn't using as much of the phone screen as it could. Unfortunately I've managed to get a crash to desktop bug, so now can't start the game. Trying to reinstall as I type this.
Some tips: I used 1920x1080 in Elite in Windowed display mode with 3D Side By Side. For some reason Trinus didn't cut the image 50, so I had to zoom it to ~120% in the Trinus settings to display properly. But it was all good enough, I reckoned, I even found most text just about readable, so off I went, into supercruise and... CTD. Bummer.
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