Okay people... here comes a big one... Y2K is absolutely right.
I got deep black space all the way back to infinity, vibrant colored nebulae... the backdrop is stunning... gone are the days of washed out color soup. The first thing i tried, was landing on a dark side of the planet. Elite still brightens it up with ambient light a bit, but far less, than before... i actually needed to use lights to see the terrain features i was touching down on... Did i mention, that the dark side was actually deep black on approach from space? Didnt i? Well it is... The extra details you can suddenly see are remarkable, especially in the nebulae. The cockpit shows much more depth and HUD is better to read. And not only in Elite of course... the Oculus shop is already looking much sharper.
Much higher contrast and absolutely brillant colors. People... get this thing.
And you @Y2K, have some +rep... you deserve actually a 1000 more, but hey... this is an honest one... A whole new Rift experience, thanks to you. o7