VR Headsets General

Which headset do you have? Why don't you have one yet? Waiting for the next generation or until prices go down? The Oculus Rift is now at $349 for a limited time and the Playstation VR is at $200.

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have chinese one for phone, waiting for oculus go specs

Isn't the Oculus go just like the Gear VR?

Why not deal with the real world, soyboys? Maybe grow up and stop playing video games.

I'm waiting for the next generation.

Can the real world take you to fantasy worlds or deep in outer-space where you can fight pirates? No, unless you do hard hallucinogenic drugs, or lucid dream. VR allows us to go into our favorite games instead of looking at them from a large monitor.

Decided to abscond from vr just yet.

Instead I settled for buying a Sony HMZ-T2 head mounted TV.

It's closer to the full dive shit because I can hook up anything with a hdmi and lie naked in my bed in the dark barely moving my hands in a kb+M or controller

I've ascended folks.

How is it for long sessions? Feel like you'd get yourself some neck issues.

got the vive just when the price dropped
love it
currently playing Gorn
good game if anyone is looking

I was thinking of maybe buying Gorn, but I recently bought Super Hot and I feel like I'm actually in The Matrix, dodging bullets, and punching bad guys in the nuts.

either psvr or waiting a couple of years for next gen are decent options, everything else is kinda retarded

great game superhot is the first title I paid for when I got the thing set up

Not really. PSVR has terrible motion tracking, even if it is the least expensive for premium VR. The best option is Oculus Rift and an additional sensor. You get room scale and you don't get the screen door effect you get on the Vive.

If you absolutely want VR for the lowest price, then I would say get a PSVR, but that is if you don't mind bad motion tracking. The best options are, if you are willing to pay $350 is the Oculus Rift and spend extra to get the additional sensor. If you want something that is easy to set up then buy the Vive.

There is also Mixed Reality that don't require additional sensors, but they have the least amount of supported software. There is also Gear VR and Day Dream if you have a cellphone, but they eat up batteries like crazy.

No neck issues to speak of. The only gripe I have is you can get a lot of pressure put on the bridge of your nose. The silicon nosepiece isn't soft enough. But nothing a band aid didn't fix

Got the rift because of the price and for Medium, really pleased with it the controllers are so nice.

I bought the Rift and it is fantastique. It is much better than the Playstation VR.

Gearvr and daydream aren't really comparable to give or occulus. It's like saying a gameboy advance is like a ps4. In every way it's a significantly less impressive offering.

I finally got RiftCat, and SteamVR setup for my phone, but then I realized that there isn't any good free games to play.

They might not be comparable, but they are very inexpensive compared to the premium options. Great for getting your feet wet before deciding on buying a premium model. If you want something better then the Play Station VR is a better choice as it is only 200 bucks.

This. Playstation VR is by far the best designed, and has the best support from real software companies. In a couple of years it will look retro-cool, while occulus and vibe will look retro-shitty

Most games require a motion controller now, so you are stuck. You could try Subnautica as that is a keyboard and mouse game. You could even do a racing simulator. The best free game is Rec Room, but that requires a motion controller.

It is the best looking and very comfortable, but the motion controllers are very outdated. You are using Playstation Move controllers from the PS3 era. The Playstation VR tracking is all done from a camera that detects the light from the headset and the motion controllers. It uses very outdated tracking methods where the other headsets use infrared tracking and are more precise.

Yeah, I thought I could get away with the Xbox360 controller, but meh...

I'll probably get a Windows MR when those inevitably drop in price, as 2nd gen headsets hit the market, no point spending $735 USD HTC fucking wants for the Vive in my country atm

If you know how to get the Oculus Store to work with Riftcat, then you can play a few games like Lucky's Tale with the Xbox controller.

Buy Oculus now or wait for Vive?

Thinking about picking up the Lenovo mixed reality headsets. From what I tried the inside-out tracking works pretty good plus they're cheap and hook into Steam. Fuck wiring sensors around my room.

Got this recently, it's good for porn actually can house phones up to 6" or about 150mm X 80mm
The lenses aren't as good as more premium VR sets, but at least it's glass.
The remote control have only the basic of basics.
Nice thing it have a camera window for future AR.
But for 20$ that good enough.

I have the new Samsung odyssey. It's pretty nice but I can still see the screendoor effect and it's pretty heavy. Also the tracking is just decent and the controllers eat batteries( 4 hours?).

If you want a sneak peek at the future, grab a vr set now but you will generally feel disappointed on the few quality game titles and software out for it right now.

Windows clip house is pretty dogshit and runs in the background when playing games eating up resources and gpu cycles. It feels like the Windows dev team just pushed this out while its still beta.

Watching movies in VR is a meme right now with the current headsets res levels. It's like watching 480p videos on a giant screen with a screendoor effect over it, aka shit but neat for 5 mins.

Most of the games have lego tier graphics, almost zero depth and horrible controls.

Porn is pretty good, worth it for that alone.

Overall wait till next generation unless you have lots of money.

What's the minimum recommended res for the phones to be used in VR headset?

+ inside out tracking,

there won't be any 2nd gen vr in the near future. If you buy oculus you need to buy a 3rd sensor for 360 tracking.

Oculus store is heavily competing with steam and dropping prices for games like crazy.

rift + touch + sensor is pretty much the same price as the vive. So it comes down to personal preference.

Hmz is shit tier, you'd be better off buying an obsolete dk1, let alone modern VR.

There don't be gen 2 period. The only thing you can really upgrade from current VR is by making a brain interface but that won't be a VR HMD altogether. Also it's gen 4 already:
>70's science VR, shit tracking, CRT screens
>90's shitty "VR", still CRT, most have no tracking
>10's shitty but better VR, 3 DOF tracking, attempts at 6 DOF tracking
>consumer ready quality VR

>increasing fov
>lower prices
>eye tracking
>inside out tracking similar to hololens
>mix of vr/non-vr players in games and its effects on game design

would be what I consider gen 2 or your gen 5

Got a PSVR for Christmas and I want to talk about it since it's pretty fucking cool. Played some of the demo games, Eve: Valkyrie, and DOOM VFR so far and I've noticed 3 things, and I was wondering what anyone else has to say about them.

1. I don't seem to be getting any kind of motion sickness whatsoever, even when I went balls deep with DOOM VFR (Left stick for character movement, right stick for smooth camera control)
2. It's really weird, but after getting things adjusted I think I see better with the VR headset than IRL, mostly because with the headset I'm having no problems with double-vision. It's fucking trippy, I feel like I can see forever, and I know my depth perception is a hell of a lot better with the headset than it normally is
3. The headset is so fucking comfy, like it doesn't take much to forget you're even wearing it. Only issue on that note I have is that I have to keep my glasses on and the headset pushes them close enough to my face that my long-ass eyelashes brush against my glasses lens and dirty them up. Annoying

Vive is the best choice at the moment and they currently have a sale on their site that includes the deluxe audio strap, $50 steam card, and fallout vr for free. Tho oculus is cheaper if you are a poorfag.

Is Fallout VR the only proper vr game?

Just got me a daydream view, using it on my v30. Shits comfy and the control is decent. How can I go about using this for pc/steamvr?

you can't seriously consider buying anything right now when we are so close to CES

we might not be getting dates, but I'm certain there will be new tech unveiled

No, because it's not a proper VR game. It's just Fallout 4 where you can shoot using motion controls. Everything else is still just controlled by pointing and clicking and/or menus.

I want to get one just to fuck around in VRchat.

I've read stuff about being able to use the PSVR with your PC. If any of you have tried integrating it, how was it? I've considered getting a VR headset for my PC and that seemed like my cheapest option.

How bad is the screendoor effect anyways? I've only tried out the psvr and it's pretty clear to me. Unless that headset also has the screen door effect and I just don't notice it?

I have a CHINESE ebay headset that runs Nibiru 3.0 and has OLED @ 2k res, it's very decent and the OS is slick. Bummed that I can't run Netflix on it though. If I try it in browser it says dl the app, but no app is listed for the Nibiru OS. Real cool device though.

>the winter deal is not applicable for anyone living outside of state
And it still costs $999 AUD here.

Fuck me.

I work in a lab with Vives, Oculus, GearVR, those crappy knockoff "any phone" headsets, and one PSVR.

Oculus are my favorite in terms of hardware, their motion controls are so much more intuitive and satisfying, and the headset doenst feel like its there at all.
Vive is the best overall because of build quality, ease of setup, and software availability. Downsides are the headset is stupidly heavy, you have to add more mess of wires by hooking up your own headphones, and you need significantly more space in a room to set up the sensors.
GearVR is a joke.
Phone headsets are completely worthless.
PSVR works well enough for consoletards to be happy with it I guess, but it looks like horseshit

I have a Rift but have barely been able to get it working. Kinda given up on it at this point, but when it did work it blew my mind and gave me a serious VR itch. Thinking of getting a Samsung Odyssey. Software support isn't really an issue because I'm interested in development and the existing games are mostly just tech demos anyways.

Its full RGB rather than the Pentile in the Vive and Rift so there's less space bewtween the pixels. A weakness is if you looked at a solid color that excluded one or two of the other subpixels, the space between lit pixels would become more obvious.

Screen door is more noticeable in vive, but it has a higher pixel density and imo screen door is overblown and far from a real issue. Next gen in 6-18 months will likely reduce it further.

Personally I say get a vive now, and if something new comes out sell it for half of what you paid and it comes out to $50-$20 a month to play it in the meantime.

adding on to >not being tethered
>better quality displays
>different controllers for different scenarios
>fixing VR for people that don't have mansions

So I've played around with the phone vr headsets and it has pretty much sold me on vr. I want one of the good vr sets like the rift and vive but while I do like the tech, I don't feel like its worth more than $200. What are my choices here?

Also how much has changed from the Oculus Rift DK1 to the current consumer version? I can get the DK1 for $40 but is it not worth/good?

DK1 is trash, don't bother
DK2 is almost CV quality, but don't get that either because it is uncomfortable and has no official compatibility

at this point if you want "good" vr cheap your only option is to wait

The old dev kits arn't worth it. Ocular rift is $350 now?

Think of it this way. A good 1440p 144hz monitor would cost what a vive or oculas does.

I'm skipping 1st gen, but if i had a ps4, the $200 sony vr would be the best alternative.

now, if i had money to waste, the samsung odissey seems like the best one in the market, until it gets surpassed by the chink one in six months, of course.

...

>stop liking what I can't afford

I want it badly but wires are a no-no for me. When will we get wireless headsets? Preferably with earbuds and power gloves.
Sounds good but it's not even a full hd display. Why would I bother with something low dpi?

The tpcast works for wireless vr, there's one for vive and oculus, they apparently add little to no latency

If I'm going to pay shit load of money then I'd rather pay it for one device. Not because I'm cheap. Tpcast is going to be an additional weight and battery to charge. Having it all integrated in a headset would be more convenient. Although I dislike the idea of having microwave attached to my skull...

No matter what your gonna have to charge the headset if it's wireless with or without the tpcast, the headset needs power and future headsets will need power aswell, unless we get better batteries expect to have a battery bank strapped to your waist

Imo perfect case would be having most of the electronic strapped to waist with a single cable to bare (therefore light) headset.
First wireless VR is coming this year but I'm sure I'll be unhappy with it.

Honestly I would much rather have higher resolution head mounted displays than wireless. Reading text is a pain when wearing a VR headset and it ruins much of the experience for me.

Gear VR lasts hours with just a tiny phone battery.

It also has a shitty resolution

Higher than Vive or Oculus.

But yeah, we need phones with 8K resolution, 1440p isn't enough.

both vive and rift are a complete joke resolutionwise. no idea why they keep being shilled here

I haven't bought one yet because they were both expensive for their libraries, as in almost everything seemed gimmicky or like a tech demo and I wasn't willing to pay the asking price without 'proper' games.

I'm in the EU and both are still overpriced in local shops, but I'm currently very tempted to get a Rift for 350 britbong bucks off of Amazon. That's just barely cheap enough for me to buy just to try out, even though I still don't think there are any 'real' games I'd play for extended periods of time. I want to give it a serious try, that way I can know whether I like it or not before more serious (and expensive) 2nd gen hardware rolls out.

How much of the Oculus is removable/cleanable?

I'm getting one today and I'm a germaphobe, the people I live with might want to try it. I see you can remove the face mask bit and presumably clean it no problem, what about the splinter cell shit that holds it to your face? I hear it has IR emitters in the back of it, so I guess thoroughly cleaning it is a no go?

The Rift is the best when it comes to screendoor effects. It is worse on the Vive, but I don't know on Mixed Reality.

Wrong. I first owned the Google Cardboard, then got a Gear VR, before going to PSVR, and Rift. The Gear VR is the worst because you can only play for a short while before the battery on your phone heats up and you get a message that kicks you out of the game. If you tried to play even if you got the warning, the game would slow down.

I would play for an hour or so before you were kicked out and some games like AltSpaceVR would show the message in 15 minutes.

I know it's still technically 1st gen but are there any ideas on the product life cycles for these things? I don't want to invest £350-600 now and then find out Occulus Rift / HTC Vive 2 get announced and released at CES.

vive 2 wireless edition soon.tm

VR porn has taught me that a lot of these guys' dicks aren't as big as they look in 2D

Wireless won't be built in. It'll be a $200 dollar accessory you plug into your headset coupled with a $100 dollar 4 pound head mounted battery that gives you 30 minutes of play on a charge.

Gen 1 will be around for a few more years. They might even be around for much longer because when gen 2 comes around, gen 1 will be less expensive and normies will chase after gen 1 because they rather have something inexpensive then a quality experience.

Waiting for prices to go down on the next generation.
I've tried Vive and can still see screendoor.

I'm not entirely sold on roomscale either.

Does this mean what I think it means?

This is a good question, can someone with any headset answer.
I'm no germophobe, but I get REALLY greasy - like goddamn.
Being able to clean all the bits of my fucking grease would be great.

Supersampled Vive or Odyssey?

Vive has the worse screen-door. You're better off with the Rift and a 3rd sensor. Also, roomscale is fantastic because you can walk around instead of only using a motion controller.

I own one, but I never removed anything on mine, but when the screen gets dirty, I use the microfiber cloth that comes with the console. You don't want to use anything else on the lenses. A quick Google search showed this: vrheads.com/how-clean-your-oculus-rift

If you mean in terms of being mobile-tier hardware and performance, then sure. I could be wrong, but I think it was stated to run Android as well.

I think the fact that it's a dedicated, standalone VR device will give it a lot of advantages, though. The entire interface can be streamlined around VR, just turn the device on and you're ready to go. That's what you need to pull in the normies.

I don't understand why they don't use the standard Oculus controllers, though. That would let devs port their games much easier. Instead it has that toy-like controller that looks more like something you'd use for giving a powerpoint presentation than for gaming.

I don't assume the lenses will get too dirty - it's the padding and straps.
I shower sometimes twice a day, I'm not kidding about the greasy shit.

I eat healthy, don't really drink either, exercise daily, but I'm still just as greasy as when I was a fat slob - I clean my headphones monthly and replace the pads once a year because otherwise my headphones stink :(

Being cleanable is sort of a big deal for me, because otherwise it'll fucking stink in no time.

Yes, it means you can be a male VR porn actor even with a 6 inch dick

They probably intentionally hire average sized guys for VR.

Should I return my Samsung Odyssey WMR VR headset and get a fucking vive?

The vive is on sale for the same price and I can directly 1:1 WITH the audio strap and fallout 4. This thing has a better resolution, but holy fuck the steamvr performance hit/shit software/shit tracking in the dark/built in headphones/unadjustable lens distance is fucking annoying.

The only plus is the resolution, but im considering just supersampling the vive up to the same resolution with less of a performance hit.

Thoughts? I really would like to track my shit in the dark for them late night fap sessions.

>rift
>Better off

Rift is infinitely worse due to FOV. How can you fags enjoy VR while looking through a pair of binoculars?

I already have a VR thread, but I would suggest in getting a Rift with 3rd sensor or Vive as it has more software and both work fantastic with Steam VR.

Yes, I'm considering the vive not the rift due to the lowered FOV on the rift. I'm worried about the vive being too blurry or not performing well enough when supersampled to samsung odyssey levels.

I dont know if I should just get a vive and supersample and hope microsoft fixes their shitty software, or stick it out with the odyssey

I have the vive and I'm probably going to get the new pimax 8k and the vive knuckles when they release them.

>a chink shit headset

Don't be retarded.

Also, Vive controllers require a Vive HMD to function. Controllers aren't interchangeable between headsets. Unless Pimax is explicitly licensing Vive's technology, you won't be able to use Knuckles without a Vive.

Vives not making the knuckles you niggoloid, valve is.

>The Oculus Rift is now at $349 for a limited time
where is oculus rift or 350$?

They said that the htc wands and lighthouses could be used instead of their own so I don't see why the knuckles shouldn't. The headset it self is also going to have two 4k displays and 200 fov which seems. I'm still going to wait for reviews so I don't get chinked

What the fuck are you talking about?

Tried VR a year ago in some internet club just made for VR. They had the oculus rift

Was really underwhelming in my opinion.
Graphics were really granny and like half life 1 like. Not a lot of games to chose from back then either as controls were clunky.

Have things changed?

I don't want to be a asshole but in my eyes VR should be really convincing and be able to imerse you better than looking at a monitor. Still I could get more imersed in witcher 3 with its drop ass world than what I experienced with VR

waiting for next gen i tried out a rift i thought it looked really shitty but i couldnt fit it over my glasses so have no idea what the actual resolution is like. Seems a bit to earlyt to buy in since the fov isn't amazing and neither is the resolution i also have a small room so cant really use any of the current headsets. By nextgen ther should also be a large variety of good games i might jump on current gen if an mmo is realesed that looks good though. I gave my mum 1k of my student loan so i can buy a gpu and headset when the next gen is released

the pimax headsets actually look really promising desu check out testeds video on them they have a wide fov and a higher resolution

This. Never jump on new tech, even if you have the $$$. Wait until the second, or better yet, the third gen comes out.

>all the main kinks worked out
>better tech
>usually cost less
>increased library

Despite what the haters are saying, VR has nearly limitless potential.