Odyssey question

[BeastyBaiter]

Been loving my Rift since summer but decided a bit more resolution was needed, so I bought the Odyssey. On paper it has 30% more resolution for 77% more pixels. Unfortunately I quickly found the cockpit text to actually be harder to read than with the rift at the exact same settings. I spent all day tinkering and only ever managed to match the rift in readability, never exceed it. So I'm wondering if I got a dud somehow. I also noticed a ton of shimmering around trees and buildings, don't have that at all with the rift.

 

One area the Odyssey beat the rift is the lenses. No death by lens flare with it unlike the rift. So it certainly isn't those giving me problems.

[Wolf8312]

It might just not be very well supported at the moment. As a Vive user I can tell you in DCS it was about a year before performance really caught up with the rift, and for DCS alone I think I'd still rather have the oculus (though I would never want to support such a closed and invasive platform)! Cant imagine why it would affect resolution though! Have you got it dialed in properly?

 

You might try to ask a DCS or odyssey developer about this...

 

Thanks for reporting it though.

[Thick8]

I have no issues reading the gauges with the Odyssey. I only demoed the Rift, never played DCS with it. There is a “sweetspot” and IPD needs to be measured and set. I run 1.4 SS and no MSAA.

I also have a fat head so I made a new foam pad to accommodate it. This brought the lenses closer to my eyes and the benefits were pretty extreme. I no longer had to wear my glasses, the sweet spot doubled and the FOV increased. Try taking off the foam face pad to see if that helps. If so I’ll post picks and instruction to make a “fathead” facepad.

[BeastyBaiter]

I gave up and returned it. It's a nice headset with good features, but the image sharpness was far too low compared to the Rift. Guess I'll have to wait till next year for better VR resolution.