Pure speculation, but my BIG hope is that these price drops may also indicate release of the next-gen of VR headsets maybe not too far off, maybe around black-friday/xmas season this year?
Vive now cutting its price also. $599
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my guess is, we may see a vive 1b, which comes with the new steamVR 2.0 tracking, the new mounting system and perhaps a knuckles based controller....
but other than the budget all in 1 headset from oculus, i am not expecting anything new from oculus for the next 12 months, and i doubt HTC will be bringing out a totally new vive yet.
LGs steamVR HMD offers some improved bits, but i am not 100% sure if this is getting a consumer release or will be for more "industry" stuff... imo if you want new consumer HMDs you probably want to be looking at the new MS certified HMDs with inside out tracking, and a hybrid between vive wands and oculus touch controls.
I agree. Resolution is too low.
I had a DK2 and it was too low resolution. Consumer rift and Vive are only a minor resolution gain.
VR is awesome and I really want a new HMD since my DK2 Camera broke but I only want to buy in again when the perceived resolution is closer to 720p.
LG showed off a 1440 x 1280 per eye VR HMD earlier this year. Resolution may increase for the retail version. Since LG Display actually makes panels (I know Oculus doesn't and I don't think HTC do either) they are well placed to provide a decent VR HMD.
https://youtu.be/re7QgkoQ5Rc
I also hear Samsung have a high PPI HMD in the works but I'm not sure if it's standalone or a PC model.
have you tried the CV1 after your DK2 or just looking at the tech specs of the resolution gain? I agree CV1 is not perfect, but its a huge improvement in perceived resolution over the DK2 mostly due to the SDE being massively reduced. the CV1 makes way better use of more of the screens than DK2 and its lenses are much better - albeit leading to god rays in some instances.
oculus rift and htc vive both use samsung panels, the vive panels are larger offering slightly better FOV, but slightly perceived lower resolution and more SDE
the new samsung VR screens rumoured to be in the next generation of HMDs are really nice, but for now, i think rift and vive VR hmds are in a good place.
AFAIK we do not even know for sure if the new LG HMDs are getting a consumer release yet.
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I'm not sure if we can expect much higher resolution until graphics cards make a significant leap.