VR newbie - advice required please
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Nope, my post simply refers to the "prescription" and is intended to convey the idea that like prescriptions should produce like results. It does not refer to individual experiences which may differ in some circumstances, or YMMV (your mileage may vary) as you suggest.
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thanks!! by the way, if anyone wants me to send out links to what you need to do this, then let me know.
So what new HMD's are on the horizon and am I better waiting for another 6 -12 months? My current setup is pretty sweet, I have an ultra-wide Predator monitor and a TrackIR/Trackclip Pro but as good as it is it's not going to beat the full immersion of VR. I just got back from Florence in Italy celebrating my 50th and had a VR experience there in the DaVinci museum - it was pretty cool (if a little grainy) so I can only imagine what you guys get to see playing ED in VR
I ran a similar setup with three 27 inch monitors in surround and track IR and while it was a pretty cool setup for ED the rift blows that away. VR is much more immersive and the sense of scale blows me away still. I find the Rift very comfortable and I used it for a while with glasses and it wasn't bad but I ordered some lenses from VR labs (https://vr-lens-lab.com/) and i prefer that setup a lot more. Way easier to take the rift on and off with the lenses. If I were buying lenses again I would consider https://widmovr.com/ . A little cheaper and to me the mounting mechanism looks better. I think the current prices of the rift makes it a easy decision for Elite. I got mine about a year ago and I have not played elite outside of VR since.
The standing advice is to try and see if one can not get to try a couple of different devices before buying, so that you can see which feels more comfortable, and looks better to you, but for glasses wearers this may be doubly warranted, because a small number of people can use one or the other without glasses -- it depends on the nature of one's vision deficiency, and the virtual focal lenght of the HMD in question.
As for modifying one's HMD, this is something I have done myself; Shimmed the lenses up a bit, for +1.5 diopters. This worked great, although it did indeed result in some extra distortion (albeit significantly less than what I'd get out of any glasses worn in the headset). The question is, though: How confident are you feeling about going warranty.breaking DIY on your brand new multi-hundred dollar toy? :7
As for modifying one's HMD, this is something I have done myself; Shimmed the lenses up a bit, for +1.5 diopters. This worked great, although it did indeed result in some extra distortion (albeit significantly less than what I'd get out of any glasses worn in the headset). The question is, though: How confident are you feeling about going warranty.breaking DIY on your brand new multi-hundred dollar toy? :7
a bit late to the party ...
what do you mean, full kit? a couple of sensors, a headset and you're good to go. vr controllers are pertty useless in elite anyway.
(dunno about the vive, but for the rift even one single sensor is perfectly fine for elite)
however this struck me:
where did you read that? i wear glasses myself and get along with the rift just fine. i guess it depends on their size (and your head's), so ideally you should test first, but i'd say the same is true for both the vive and the rift.
my new progressive glasses could technically fit but there would be a chance to break them with prolonged use, specially while putting the headset on/off. i also found out progressive glasses are no good at all for vr since you are locked to a single viewing angle, and they interfere with the positional focus.
my old non-progressive glasses otoh fit very well, no problem whatsoever and luckily i can see perfectly with them in the fish tank, at any distance and angle.
what do you mean, full kit? a couple of sensors, a headset and you're good to go. vr controllers are pertty useless in elite anyway.
(dunno about the vive, but for the rift even one single sensor is perfectly fine for elite)
however this struck me:
where did you read that? i wear glasses myself and get along with the rift just fine. i guess it depends on their size (and your head's), so ideally you should test first, but i'd say the same is true for both the vive and the rift.
my new progressive glasses could technically fit but there would be a chance to break them with prolonged use, specially while putting the headset on/off. i also found out progressive glasses are no good at all for vr since you are locked to a single viewing angle, and they interfere with the positional focus.
my old non-progressive glasses otoh fit very well, no problem whatsoever and luckily i can see perfectly with them in the fish tank, at any distance and angle.
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There are quite a number of sites that mention the comfort level of the Vive is better than the rift for glasses wearers - I can only take this at face value seeing as I own neither, but from what others on here have said, the Vive is the poorer choice for playing ED anyway.
As to wearing varifocles, like you say, complete none starter because they work by moving your head in relation to what you are looking at and you can't do that with an hmd.
VR labs have come back to me now - gonna be 128 Euro for the pair plus another 20 for the blueguard coating.
Rift is down to £349 on Amazon (at least while Prime day lasts). Dithering over whether to pull the trigger and see how I get on with my specs but at least its good to know I can get lenses made if I need them.