Using eye tracking with glasses?

Pimax 8K Series
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With DFR having the potential to dramatically lower the performance requirements for VR, it’ll probably be really important for VR going forward.
However as someone who has to use glasses even in VR, I wonder how accurate the tracking will work with the extra light distortion from glasses.

Will there be some sort of active calibration to fix potential problems, or is the tracking not affected by glasses?

Personally I plan on getting eye tracking and upgrading to one of the RTX cards to use the technology, but I’m worried about incompatibilities.

@Sean.Huang @deletedpimaxrep1

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Sorry, but Pimax is telling us that the prescription lens module and the eye tracking module are not compatible.
I’m in the same case.

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Yes, the module isn’t compatible, but I can still wear my regular glasses.

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But it isn’t comfortable and there is also the danger of scratching both the lenses of your prescription glasses and those in your Pimax.

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Yes, well if I don’t wear my glasses, I might as well turn down the resolution on my headset cause I won’t see a sharp image anyway.

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We also don’t know how the glasses will fit in front of the eye tracking module or if the lenses in the glasses won’t cause problems with tracking.

I’ll be watching to see how you’re doing with your eye tracking. :wink:

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How do you know anything about the comfort? There’s no way you’ve seen any of the recent samples. Weird you could comment about that.

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Why? If you are not comfortable with small glasses (if only for the fear of scratching them) and we add a device in between, it sure is even less comfortable. It has all the logic.

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Except the new devices have a new cowling, different pading etc. so the distance is different.

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Maybe it is, but is not as confortable as using a module, in any case.
And the danger of scratching your prescription glasses is still there.

In any case, I have the “old” devices. A premium product that only the HMD is already expensive should be much more comfortable.

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I’m happy to use my glasses with the Pimax. I have a small set that sit really close to my face. And I have the Pimax dialled in right with those glasses on and facefoam thickness etc. Am hoping I can add the eye tracking to that set up.
There is the danger of occasional scratches but i’m happy to take it as there’s no alternative. I think there’s an element of being realistic about what’s possible with very cutting edge tech, and if you want to ride at the crest of the wave. Which we are all doing.

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Mine are small too, but the lenses already cost almost as much as the headset and I’m not amused by the solution.

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not sure why your glasses should not be hardened(scratchresistant), its like a few extra bucks.
not sure about the HMD-lenses though, they might be “scratchable”.

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The question would be: If I wear prescription glasses, will eye tracking work properly? And if so, what is the problem with adding a module that goes to the same place as prescription glasses?

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Better not to touch too much those (or any) fresnel lenses. It should also be borne in mind that more people could use the device. What will they do in the virtual reality game centers?

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Did you mean the eye-trackers are only compatible with new headsets? Curiouser and curiouser.

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I think he might have just let slip you need the comfort kit for it to fit.

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He was talking only about the space for the prescription glasses.

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I got a fair few scratches on my old rift. You couldn’t see them when it was on. And I found a method to buff them out with a £10 tube off polish and cotton buds that worked just fine.

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So we are receicing the new facegasket & nose flaps to allow space for glasses? Thar is awesome news.

So we will have what us needed to connect the MAS to our headsets.

Thank you! :beers::sunglasses::+1::sparkles: