pchRage Posted August 24, 2019 Posted August 24, 2019 Been using VR-only for at least the last year. Got a Rift, wasn't too impressed. Got an Odyssey 5 days after the Rift to compare and immediately returned the Rift. Probably have several hundred hours in the Odyssey by now over the last year++. With the recent discount sale prices of the O+ thought it may be worth a minor upgrade till the Index comes down in price with future competition. Two hours later with the O+ and I'm boxing it back up and plugged back in the v1 O. For me - the fit and comfort are worse. - way more light through the nose area - sde seems the same even though the O+ has some sort of filter - all the pros (and cons) of the O are still present in the O+ Anyway, that's my experience, YMMV. I think I'm really over the "halo-head-band", and need to jump on the Index bandwagon.
Strikeeagle345 Posted August 24, 2019 Posted August 24, 2019 I went from the O to the O+ and had very much the opposite experience, as many others have as well. take this with a grain of salt. Strike USLANTCOM.com i7-9700K OC 5GHz| MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON | 32GB DDR4 3200 | GTX 3090 | Samsung SSD | HP Reverb G2 | VIRPIL Alpha | VIRPIL Blackhawk | HOTAS Warthog
pchRage Posted August 28, 2019 Author Posted August 28, 2019 Rift to O to O+ to Rift S..Wow! Decided to try the Rift S before I go all $1k in on the Index. Microsoft store 30 day policy is awesome, why not! Picked up the Rift S and put in about 3 hours tonight. TL;DR: == Wow! To be honest, I wasn't expecting much more than another trip back to the store in a few days to return. I expected that the Halo band would be about the same. I expected the resolution and sweetspot would be about the same. I expected that the software-only IPD would be worse. I expected the "directed" audio would be subpar. I was wrong on pretty much all counts. With the O, I was typically always locked in at 45fps, so I expected 40fps for this device... which is what I got. Even with "5 less fps", its performance is better! It truly has more clarity than the O (and O+). Compared to the O: Its lighter Its more comfortable Its more clear/crisp Tracking is better Plane tracking/ghosting is much less (not eliminated, but much better) Was literally able to track a phoenix as it smashed into my poor plane :-) Cockpit is just visually sharper/clearer Text is clearer, still not great, but say, 10-15% better (ie SA page trying to read the cursor BRAA info is still guessing unless I zoom in). Still need to do plenty of tuning, the only settings I changed were: PD from 1.6 (SteamVR beta controlled) to 1.3 (DCS controlled) MSAA from Off to 2x (DCS Controlled). With those two changes, was still able to lock the ~40fps both offline and online. Will probably do more A/B tests over the next 30 days to decide if I return it and stay with O, keep it, or return it and go to the Index. Now I need to deep dive through 160+ pages of the Rift S thread here!
dburne Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 Decided to try the Rift S before I go all $1k in on the Index. Microsoft store 30 day policy is awesome, why not! Picked up the Rift S and put in about 3 hours tonight. TL;DR: == Wow! <snip> :thumbup: Congrats! Yes I was pleasantly surprised with the Rift S also, have been using it pretty much daily for the last three months. I added earbuds for better sound, and am quite happy with the device. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero|
Thick8 Posted August 29, 2019 Posted August 29, 2019 I like the O+ better. It was $300 and I planned on selling the O for at least $200 but the wife decided she wanted it. I did have to do some minor modding to make it comfortable and loose the light bleed. I just posted the mods on the Samsung forum a couple of hours ago. I’m holding out for Samsung’s answer to the Rift S/ Index HMDs. Hopefully by Christmas. All of my posted work, ideas and contributions are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0,) which precludes commercial use but encourages sharing and building on for non-commercial purposes, ©John Muldoon
pchRage Posted September 2, 2019 Author Posted September 2, 2019 well bummer. after about a week, decided to return the Rift S. My IPD is too far out of their 64 spec, and the tunnel vision/scuba-mask was annoying, plus eye strain was getting to me. Even with the software IPD adjustment, didn't make much of a difference. And, I gota agree, the audio was starting to become a bother. Ordered and Index, hope it hits the mark!
Jyge Posted September 3, 2019 Posted September 3, 2019 I like the O+ better. It was $300 and I planned on selling the O for at least $200 but the wife decided she wanted it. I did have to do some minor modding to make it comfortable and loose the light bleed. I just posted the mods on the Samsung forum a couple of hours ago. I’m holding out for Samsung’s answer to the Rift S/ Index HMDs. Hopefully by Christmas. I had O+ - good solid headset, definitive boost to CV1. Don't know about S. I had VR Cover and a self made head strap. Now I got a good deal for Reverb and went for it. Cockpit is clearer and other aircraft in the air a little bit better discernible - so for now I got what wanted. With my mods O+ was more comfortable, headphones and sound was better, so I could have pretty much soldiered on with O+. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to get in DCS and not wanting to invest a load of money.
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