"Fast moving pencil effect" - Oculus Rift S + 40fps

[NightstalkerNOR]

Hey.

 

1:I just received the Oculus Rift S. I have 40 fps and things are basically running smooth. However, when looking at the wingtips (or anything else that relates to any background staying static), I get a "fast moving pencil" effect, meaning: Holding a pencil in front of you, and loosly wiggle it back and forth in front of your eyes make it look like its made of soft rubber.

 

Anyone else having the same experience?

[Chapa]

It’s artifacts caused by AWS, the technology allowing you to play at 40Hz and have smooth experience with good graphics overall.

 

Disabling AWS is possible but you will have to put most of the graphical settings at low levels to keep the 80Hz most of the time.

 

Read this forum and threads about Rift S to learn more about AWS and the settings at your disposal. But first, enjoy your Rift, fly with the smooth experience you already have. When you will have more feeling about AWS, you could choice if its ok for you because you accept the artifacts or if you will have to tune and break your mind to try to play at 80Hz.

 

Most people play with AWS because it’s really hard to keep the 80Hz and have DCS clearly less beautiful as it could be. And it will depends also your specs

Edited December 6, 2019 by Chapa

[Bob_Bushman]

Yup, spacewarp artefacts from the interpolation to 80, we all got it.

Even if you turn it off Oculus will still trigger if the frame times reach a certain threshold.

 

One thing I can let you in on though, is that Oculus has the least annoying interpolation artefacts of the lot, that I have tried, and that includes the Vive, and a Pimax 5k+.

 

It's personal opinion for sure, but I much rather have smoothness of ASW engaged rather than a stuttering ghosting mess that you get with it off.

 

Personally I use Oculus tray to tool to force it on since there is a minor hiccup when it engages\disengages.

[Chapa]

Ghosting effect is caused by AWS and/or not be able to maintain stable 80Hz.

 

- AWS off, 80Hz stable: no ghosting

- AWS off, 80Hz not stable (ex: 67fps): stuttering, ghosting, big mess

- AWS on, no ghosting as soon as the movement can be reasonably linearly interpolated. Probably not an issue for A2G with modern jet and A2A missile fight

 

But chasing a warbird with AWS on is near as mess as with AWS off and FPS < 80.

 

 

But to have AWS off and 80Hz, no ghosting and no artifacts, you have to sacrifice a lot of nice graphical settings and there is always situation where you will have to activate AWS in game.

 

There are shortcuts for that