Oculus Rift S With DCS World Discussion

[DutchCoolHand]

I just got the rift S so I can compare it to my O+. And I believe it clearer than the O+.

 

But I have one problem, when I move my head in the cockpit it is not moving independently of the cockpit, meaning if lean to the side or forward the move in the same direction. This was in the F14, in the F18 I could not test it as I have an even weirder problem there. My seat position is too far up and to the right. And the seat position movement buttons (Ctrl+num pad keys) do not respond and do not move the seat position.

 

One note, I did not do the guardian setup as I use in seated position only, that might have something to do with it.

 

I read people talking about the oculus tray tool, do I need to download this separately? I ran through the setup and it seems to work well.

 

Any ideas for either or both problems?

 

Peter

Edited June 9, 2019 by DutchCoolHand

[Sephroth]

It sounds like your rift isn't centering properly, or maybe bad tracking? I would setup a room guardian and just turn off the boundaries in the options screen.

 

I would agree that compared to the Vive pro the screen isn't sharper, but the screen door effect is better. The picture feels "Fuller."

 

 

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[unknown]

My seat position is too far up and to the right. And the seat position movement buttons (Ctrl+num pad keys) do not respond and do not move the seat position.

 

Try to recentering your view with the numpad 5 key, that works for me if my view is screwed up in DCS with the Rift S. I don't know if you need the oculus tray tool for this to work but i installed it so the oculus software is not starting anytime i start a game even without the Rift connected to my PC.

[DutchCoolHand]

Try to recentering your view with the numpad 5 key, that works for me if my view is screwed up in DCS with the Rift S. I don't know if you need the oculus tray tool for this to work but i installed it so the oculus software is not starting anytime i start a game even without the Rift connected to my PC.

 

The numpad keys work in the F14 to move the viewing point and I have linked the VR center function to my Hotas. the numpad 5 recenters it to but does not change the view behaviour as described. I will test setting the Guardian as soon as the bunch of teenagers are out of my basement, my son has friends over.

[sebihepp]

The Problem with my old Rift CV1 is, that I have to be cross-eyed very much for near things - this results in headaches. In A-10C it is like I have to look at something just 5cm in front of my eyes... Is this better in the Rift S?

[j0nx]

I’ve been having all kinds of trouble with mine. Plugging in and out restarting etc and getting random display blackouts with the rift. Pulled plug from rift and reinserted until I heard an audible click of the cable going in and so far all is well. Thinking either the cable has a tendency to work it’s way out or the factory is not installing the cables correctly. I was surprised how much force was required and the sound of the click when it snapped in. Been working great since I did that. So far anyway. Either way this product has got some technical issues that need resolved. Rift 1 worked great out of the box. This one seems to have some QC issues...

[Svsmokey]

So I've heard much of the improved cockpit , but is there any improvement in ground target spotting with the Rift S ?

[some1]

Definitely. I don't mistake crates for ground vehicles any more.

[Svsmokey]

Definitely. I don't mistake crates for ground vehicles any more.

 

:) Thanks !

[MilesD]

So my IPD is 71.5 and honestly the Rift has been good for me. The blacks aren't as good but it's so much more comfortable than the Vive pro I've been using. Now I do use glasses so I can't use the whole view regardless, but it's so much more comfortable I'm sticking with the Rift S until the reverb.

 

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Thanks Sephroth,

Just thinking out-loud here, but it may make sense that the farther the lens is from your face the more IPD tolerant the picture is. When you eye is farther back, your central FOV will cover a larger percentage of the lens and sweet spot. Comparing that to being closer with a narrower central FOV of the lens with less of the sweet spot visible from your offset position to the center of the lens.

 

This has probably been talked about, and again, just thinking out-load, I may be way off base here.

 

Here is a rough illustration from what I remember about refraction.

 

Miles

[DutchCoolHand]

The numpad keys work in the F14 to move the viewing point and I have linked the VR center function to my Hotas. the numpad 5 recenters it to but does not change the view behaviour as described. I will test setting the Guardian as soon as the bunch of teenagers are out of my basement, my son has friends over.

 

I have set up the guardian boundaries and ran a repair on DCS and no change what so ever.....:joystick:

 

EDIT: I tried it with the oculus f18 game and the same happens. I move my head and the whole view moves, not my head within the space. Could it be a tracking problem? And just to be 100% sure I don't need base stations for the rift s right

Edited June 9, 2019 by DutchCoolHand

[Lensman]

I have set up the guardian boundaries and ran a repair on DCS and no change what so ever.....:joystick:

 

EDIT: I tried it with the oculus f18 game and the same happens. I move my head and the whole view moves, not my head within the space. Could it be a tracking problem? And just to be 100% sure I don't need base stations for the rift s right

 

You mention the Odyssey + so I guess you know that you need a reasonable amount of lighting in your room for good tracking..but just in case you don't...

[dburne]

I have set up the guardian boundaries and ran a repair on DCS and no change what so ever.....:joystick:

 

EDIT: I tried it with the oculus f18 game and the same happens. I move my head and the whole view moves, not my head within the space. Could it be a tracking problem? And just to be 100% sure I don't need base stations for the rift s right

 

Definitely a tracking issue.

How is the lighting in your room?

And no, no base station. Just headset and two controllers.

[DutchCoolHand]

Definitely a tracking issue.

How is the lighting in your room?

And no, no base station. Just headset and two controllers.

 

most of the light is behind me so I turned around and used the VR recenter, nothing changes. I move my head and the image of the cockpit moves away an equal amount to my movement. I am going to try to make a video of it

 

EDIT:

. you will see as I line up behind the other A10 I put him behind the canopy railing. At least that is the way it looks for me as I am blind in my left eye. Usually, the recording happens from the left screen in the headset. To normally see the other plane again I would lower my view or lean to the left. You can see in the video that there is some movement visible but I am not moving from the center of the screen.
Edited June 10, 2019 by DutchCoolHand

[DutchCoolHand]

And tell me if this is normal when I put the Rift S headset down and pick it up again the background which normally is the house is all static, as if I am watching a TV without signal. I was putting it down on the face part do aiming down. It that not the right way to do it. Whenever I place the controllers down and later pick them up again their position is completely wrong, sometimes my hands are reversed

[Svsmokey]

Running DCS full screen ?

[Svsmokey]

...and this thread suggests a possible usb cause...

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=242804

[John Hargreaves]

I move my head and the whole view moves, not my head within the space. Could it be a tracking problem? And just to be 100% sure I don't need base stations for the rift s right

 

I've had this both in the CV1 and the Rift S, definitely a tracking problem. Never quite got to the bottom of it, but my hunch was it had some connection to where the controllers and HMD were when you fired up the headset, so that with the CV1, I always moved back a bit so that the sensors and touch controllers had a really good view of the headset before moving closer to my joystick and pedals once it had started.

With the S, it seemed to happen more if I put the headset on, then scrabbled around for the controllers after the software launched. By launching oculus software first, then making sure that the headset and controllers can see each other and pressing all the buttons as I put the headset on it seemed to lose tracking less.

Very unscientific I know, but it might help.

Restarting the oculus software from the settings>beta tab while the headset was on my head also helped to fix some of the many gremlins.

[EDawg109]

I saw a video some posted using the Rift S with DCS and they pretty much said the same thing. Thanks, Wags for your review on the Rift S. I just may pick it up now.

Edited June 11, 2019 by EDawg109

[funkyfranky]

Yesterday, Oculus Home (beta) got an update which said it would reduce the "display issues". However, I still got those white flashes. Did you guys have more luck with this?

[kaltokri]

Yesterday, Oculus Home (beta) got an update which said it would reduce the "display issues". However, I still got those white flashes. Did you guys have more luck with this?

 

 

After enabling the beta channel and updating the firmware of my rift s I didn't get black outs anymore with me second monitor connected. But the white flashes still occours. The update is an enhancement, but I hope they will fix the white flashes also soon.

[dburne]

Yesterday, Oculus Home (beta) got an update which said it would reduce the "display issues". However, I still got those white flashes. Did you guys have more luck with this?

 

I don't recall seeing an update for the PTC yesterday?

What is your version number?

[funkyfranky]

I don't recall seeing an update for the PTC yesterday?

What is your version number?

Yeah, maybe you got it even earlier. Version is Oculus App Version 1.38.0.255343 (1.38.0.255343)

Changelog said:

Rift S:

• Updated audio driver to improve Rift S audio quality.
  
• Updated firmware to reduce occurrence of display issues.
  

So I was wandering if the final item should reduce the white flashes. But I still noticed them on my end after the update.

[dburne]

Yeah, maybe you got it even earlier. Version is Oculus App Version 1.38.0.255343 (1.38.0.255343)

Changelog said:

 

So I was wandering if the final item should reduce the white flashes. But I still noticed them on my end after the update.

 

Yeah I have that update thanks for checking.

 

I get an occasional white flash, but it is pretty rare.

[falcon_120]

Anyone suffering from micro disconnection of the Rift S built in mic? When I open Vaicom pro I can see a little mic icon flashing red ocassionally telling that the mic is not recognized, this is very random.

 

Then the other day my mic was completely gone and Ihad to unplug the USB and plug it to a different USB in order to be recognized again.

 

I'm not sure if its an early bug solved by software or it could be a faulty unit.