Valve Index HMD announced

SweViver · May 4, 2019, 2:07am

Some ppl claim Samsung Odyssey has no god rays Just saying…

Davobkk · May 4, 2019, 2:16am

Adding to that these reviews are based on testing in a controled environment. I would be quite intimidated visiting Valve HQ. They have that T2 Cyberdyne Systems vibe goin on Truth will come out when you get one

Heliosurge · May 4, 2019, 2:27am

And we know Ben well. Surprised Norm.is not so critical.

peteo · May 4, 2019, 2:33am

So then why did Ben “see them”

Maybe Ben did not have his sweet spot dialed in

Heliosurge · May 4, 2019, 2:40am

Ben has a very keen eye & a lot of xp examing headsets.

peteo · May 4, 2019, 2:45am

Umm so does norm from tested
Of course the hmd they got from pimax died on them (not a good look for pimax)they are supposed to be getting another one at some point so they do not have a review of it yet.

Heliosurge · May 4, 2019, 2:56am

What does that have to do with Valve’s Index?

Douglaster · May 4, 2019, 3:57am

So, anyone here actually managed to preorder the Index ?

I wish i could

peteo · May 4, 2019, 10:39pm

Yes, says ships by jun 28th

TonytotheB · May 5, 2019, 1:57pm

Pre-ordered the controllers

Douglaster · May 5, 2019, 6:29pm

It will be quite the experience to gauge the Pimax 5k+ against the Index.

Im anxious !

peteo · May 9, 2019, 8:01pm

So what do you guys think of the Valve Index refresh rate and the .330ms to 0.530ms low persistence? /S

Heliosurge · May 9, 2019, 8:06pm

Something that would need to be experienced to see if it really offsets the low Res offered enough to be worth it.

Wooties · May 9, 2019, 8:06pm

There’s a lot of speculation for the Index HMD. They still have an NDA out… and are taking pre-orders… it sounds pretty suspect to me.

peteo · May 9, 2019, 8:18pm

People at hands on do not have an NDA

IG88 · May 9, 2019, 8:56pm

keep in mind that those people have pre release hardware that might be different from the final version, when making NDA’s and giving dev’s units you don’t know how much that difference will be so i would expect that all dev’s with pre release hardware are not allowed to publish anything about it, even after release of the final hardware

Heliosurge · May 9, 2019, 9:05pm

True but do we have a teardown yet?

twack3r · May 10, 2019, 11:29am

No, of course not.

The product hasn’t even been launched yet, so a teardown would be more than unusual.

I did pre-order the Index in spite of the fact that I don’t have all data available yet, and I fully intend to make good use of my EU consumer rights after receiving it. If it doesn’t utterly impress me I will send it back within the 14 days.

risa2000 · May 10, 2019, 2:26pm

I would have strongly considered Index for the preorder as well, as I am quite curious about its various aspects, which I believe are still distinguishing it quite well from all the other headsets, even though it does not exactly “shine” at FOV or the resolution.

But since my IPD is 72 mm and the Index is supposed to support it only up to 70 mm, I would need some anecdotal evidence first before jumping on board. Besides, I guess I could still play with the Pimax

But I would be really interested in your observation once you got yours.

twack3r · May 10, 2019, 2:44pm

My IPD is 67.5 mm so I won’t be able to let you know exactly how it would feel for you.

I do, however, absolutely intend to write up a concise summary on the Index package once I have gotten an initial feel for it.

And what I will do, and please do remind me in case I forget by the time I actually get the damn thing, is setting the HMD’s IPD to 65.5mm to simulate a -2mm deviation from physical IPD and let you know how I fare.