Ideas for VR Comfort

[Taz1004]

I'd like to use this thread to share some ideas for improving VR headset comfort regardless of the brand.

Comfort of my HTC Vive Pro wasn't that bad for usual mission length of 30 minutes to an hour at most in DCS.  But I've been doing some long flights in MSFS2020 (it's whole new game with NIS btw) and I was feeling the headset pulling my face down.  Then I realized that the balance is more important than the overall weight of the headset.  When I googled "VR counter weight" I found some weight kit for Oculus and Reverb but none for Vive.  I even found some people taping roll of coins to the back.

In back of Vive Pro (and I assume with Vive Pro 2), there's this space under the foam.  I put some nuts and bolts in there and immediately felt better.

But it still wasn't balanced so I clipped cheap $5 Harbor Freight knife on the strap.  And it's perfectly balanced front and back.  I can't believe I lived without this for years.

Because of the balance, it sits on my head without having to tighten the strap.  Of course I'd still have to tighten it for playing action games like Alyx but for flight sim, this saved my face.

I also cut out the foam so there's only foam on the side.  Forehead usually gets the most sweat and this prevents that.  Also has added bonus of putting the headset closer to my face and increase FOV.  I do have VR Cover but I find it to be worse than foam because its waterproof, it gets sweaty far more frequently.

But again, I'd like to see other people's ideas.

[unlikely_spider]

All VR headsets should come with a utility knife attached. Manufacturers, please take note.

[winghunter]

Order some tire weights, they self-glue to the frame, easy to reverse

[Jayhawk1971]

Am 8.2.2022 um 21:56 schrieb unlikely_spider:

All VR headsets should come with a utility knife attached. Manufacturers, please take note.

Hell, everything should come with a utility knife attached.