VR performance expectation

[inZane]

10 hours ago, Qcumber said:

By "true PCVR" I presume that you mean a dedicated DP connection without any compression. DP will be better from a technical point of view but in terms of user perception the differences are likely to be negligible. As long as the headset is properly configured and the user knows what they are doing and can optimise the bitrate, video codec and other related settings (e.g. router for VD etc.).

Yes true or pure PCVR is a DP connection which doesnt require compression. And you are right, as long as the headset is configured properly it would be negligable. Unfortunately, not all users know the full in's and out's of the Meta setup as it can be a tad finicky. I had a Quest 2 and it was "ok" but not what I wanted out of the headset. Luckily I was able to sell it for what I paid for it and bought a Pimax CL. The difference between the 2 is huge. I have had no experience with the Quest 3, so I wont comment on that. 

10 hours ago, Qcumber said:

Do you mean Q2 or G2? The context of your comment (DP Vs link compression) suggests that you mean "..get the most out of the G2". If that's what you mean then yes, you should always aim the get the most out of any headset you have before going down the upgrade route. I still have a rift s and learned so much about VR using this headset. I still go back to it occasionally to apply new knowledge and experience to see how I can get more out it. 

I mean Quest 2. 

[Qcumber]

32 minutes ago, inZane said:

Luckily I was able to sell it for what I paid for it and bought a Pimax CL.

I have a Quest Pro and keep thinking about upgrading to a CL. I have heard very mixed reviews though so am still very unsure. 

[St4rgun]

I'm still rocking a Reverb G2 and despite the lack of pancake lenses it can deliver very, very good visuals.

But keep in mind that I'm using a little bit high custom render scale in OpenXR runtime (160%!), which makes roughly 4000x4000 pixels resolution per eye. Yes, this is for a headset which has 2160x2160 pixels/eye physical resolution.

Sounds silly? Yes, and indeed it would be pretty impossible without the dark magic of DLSS4. But with the new DLSS transformer model Preset K and enhanced WMR reprojection it's butter smooth at 30 fps and the details are extremely good. How ironic that the biggest uplift for the VR visuals up to date is not Vulkan, or other special VR optimizations made by ED, but the new DLSS technology. It's insane how good it is.

I can only hope that ED will still make some groundbreaking development fo the VR optimizations, Vulkan is still not forgotten on our side...