VR buyers guide?

raok

R
Have been looking these for pretty long time and as ED is pretty much the only serious game that works with these well...

Which VR 2020 ?

Is VR good enough or still difficult to see ships afar?
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
raok said:
Have been looking these for pretty long time and as ED is pretty much the only serious game that works with these well...

Which VR 2020 ?

Is VR good enough or still difficult to see ships afar?
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It's good enough for me, and I have the humble Rift S.
 

Iain L

Iain L
I'm coping fine with my HP VR1000 I got cheap from John Lewis, even if reviews say it's one of the worst. So I wouldn't worry that much. General opinion seems to be that Samsung Odyssey+ is the best of the super-cheap discounted WMR headsets if you can find one, but if you're willing to spend more then either the Oculus Quest (if you've got a setup that can take it), their Rift S (if you haven't) or the Valve Index (if you're super flush, can find one in stock and like the S can put up with the hassle of the lighthouses).
 

Ashnak

Ashnak
For ED? HP Reverb. It is apparently not widely proclaimed as gaming headset, possibly because its inside-out tracking is supposed to be a bit shaky for roomscale applications, but for a stay-in-your-seat game like ED, it works perfect for me. If I neglect the problem of my CPU (i5-4690k@4.9 GHz) struggling to deliver 90 FPS (the GPU, 1080 ti, is fine with it).
 

moogleslam

moogleslam
Depends on your PC specifications. If you have the hardware for it, the best for Elite Dangerous today is the HP Reverb. Pimax 8K X might be better when released in a few months.
 

raok

R
What kind of CPU/GPU required for HP Reverb?

8KX, I was checking this one and not sure if 2080ti can do it. May have to wait for the next generation GPUs. Too expensive to buy if your GPU does not run it butter smooth.
 

moogleslam

moogleslam
WIth my HP Reverb, I have an overclocked i9-9000K & 2080 Ti, and I still can't run all the settings I want. However, it's still the best combination on the market. The great thing about the Reverb is that because the resolution is so high, you can get away with lower super sampling than other headsets, and still have an incredibly sharp image.
 

Kyokushin

Kyokushin
I got better performance on the the Reverb than on Odyssey+... because after supersampling i am rendering to the lower resolution than on O+ and finally have much better visual effect.
 

jojon

J
moogleslam said:
The great thing about the Reverb is that because the resolution is so high, you can get away with lower super sampling than other headsets, and still have an incredibly sharp image.
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This. Having more real physical pixels to put any extra rendered resolution into should always turn out better than averaging it into fewer.

As for HP Reverb and Pimax8kX: Assuming the full widths and heights of the screens are being utilised, the former should still have a slight resolution advantage over the latter, given the those 2160 pixels are spread over 100° vertical in the Pimax, and only 90° in the Reverb. It becomes a similar choice of which tradeoff is preferable to the user, as between the Oculus Rift CV1, and original HTC Vive: Resolution somewhat higher valued than FOV, or the other way around. :7
 
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