Sunshadow Posted December 29, 2018 Posted December 29, 2018 Hi! I stopped playing DCS because I sold my Oculus Rift and once you have played with a VR headset you can never go back. My main problem with the Rift was the low resolution or the low PPI. The instruments in the cockpit were readable but when I looked out of the window everything was very muddy and unsharp. Distant objects were extremely blurry. No matter which settings I used. That annoyed me extremely and I decided to sell the Rift and wait for the next generation of VR. So now the Pimax 5k+ is on my radar, but before buying it, I want to know if the problems I mentioned above are solved by the higher resolution/ppi. Do I need lighthouse cubes for seated gaming, or are the internal sensors of the Pimax sufficiant enough? Current Hardware: i5 6700k (maybe upgrade) GTX 1080TI 32GB RAM I9 9900K @ 5Ghz | MSI Z390 Gaming Carbon Pro | KFA2 GTX 1080 Ti | 64 GB Kingston HyperX 2666Mhz | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe 250GB SSD | Pimax 5K+ | Warthog HOTAS | MFG Crosswind | Wheelstand Pro Flight
MA_Goblin Posted December 29, 2018 Posted December 29, 2018 If you want 6 DOF you need atleast one lighthouse cube. To set up with just one cube you need to have it ca 2m in front of you initially and then it can be closer. Search on reddit for one lighthouse setup with vive. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] _____________Semper paratus, In hoc signo vinces________________ PC: Intel i7-8700K (4.9 GHz), Aorus Ultra Gaming Z370 MB, Gigabyte RTX 3080, 32 GB DDR3 (3,2 GHz), Samsung EVO 860 M.2 500 GB SSD + Samsung 960 M.2 250 GB SSD Gaming: Virpil T-50 CM2, TM WH Throttle, Crosswind pedals, HP Reverb
Sunshadow Posted December 29, 2018 Author Posted December 29, 2018 If you want 6 DOF you need atleast one lighthouse cube. To set up with just one cube you need to have it ca 2m in front of you initially and then it can be closer. Search on reddit for one lighthouse setup with vive. Thank you! Not sure about the delivery time of the Pimax if I order it today. Maybe it's a good idea to wait for the Lighthouse 2.0 system. I9 9900K @ 5Ghz | MSI Z390 Gaming Carbon Pro | KFA2 GTX 1080 Ti | 64 GB Kingston HyperX 2666Mhz | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe 250GB SSD | Pimax 5K+ | Warthog HOTAS | MFG Crosswind | Wheelstand Pro Flight
boedha68 Posted December 29, 2018 Posted December 29, 2018 I hope you buy a new system. Reference to YouTube Sweviver posted a test with dcs and pimax. Monsterspecs required! :D Newest system: AMD 9800X3d, Kingsting 128 GBDDR5, MSI RTX 5090(ready for buying), Corsair 150 Pro, 3xSamsung 970 Pro, Logitech X-56 HOTAS, Pimax Crystal Light (Super is purchased) ASUS 1200 Watt. New system:I9-9900KS, Kingston 128 GB DDR4 3200Mhz, MSI RTX 4090, Corsair H150 Pro RGB, 2xSamsung 970 EVO 2Tb, 2xsamsung 970 EVO 1 TB, Scandisk m2 500 MB, 2 x Crucial 1 Tb, T16000M HOTAS, HP Reverb Professional 2, Corsair 750 Watt. Old system:I7-4770K(OC 4.5Ghz), Kingston 24 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz,MSI RTX 2080(OC 2070 Mhz), 2 * 500 GB SSD, 3,5 TB HDD, 55' Samsung 3d tv, Trackir 5, Logitech HD Cam, T16000M HOTAS. All DCS modules, maps and campaigns:pilotfly:
wormeaten Posted December 29, 2018 Posted December 29, 2018 Thank you! Not sure about the delivery time of the Pimax if I order it today. Maybe it's a good idea to wait for the Lighthouse 2.0 system. No one knows how long. Minimum 4 months. Point is they promise Backers will be delivered before Christmas but today 3000 of 5000 backers didn't get their HMD. Only after coming those who preeorder it but in reality this could be minimum 4 months before you get your order.
Precog Posted December 29, 2018 Posted December 29, 2018 It appears those issues and others such as God rays have been solved with the Pimax. You can a big increase in FOV too. Downside is performance...your going to need to lower your settings a lot to get comparable performance. Hopefully optimisations from ED (VR improvements and vulcan) and Pimax can help out here in the future. Exciting times though! Check out my 'real world' video series [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Sunshadow Posted December 30, 2018 Author Posted December 30, 2018 I'll give it a try. My main problem was the low resolution of the Rift. Pimax will deliver an eye tracker in the future. So it should be possible to reduce the required hardware power. I9 9900K @ 5Ghz | MSI Z390 Gaming Carbon Pro | KFA2 GTX 1080 Ti | 64 GB Kingston HyperX 2666Mhz | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe 250GB SSD | Pimax 5K+ | Warthog HOTAS | MFG Crosswind | Wheelstand Pro Flight
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