What happened to what was offered in the V3 version?

[Kayanesa]

I understand the feeling of wanting the best experience but i think your ignoring the negative been said about the V3. And making it look better than it was.

@Cdaked

I can not say the FOV grades. 200 did not seem to me, but 180 or 190, I could not say exactly

@evertec

I didn’t do any scientific tests, but I wouldn’t have thought it was a full 200 degrees. Pimax said they are only using about 80% of the screen right now and they will be tweaking the lenses more with v4 and v5 to try to get that utilization to 100% so maybe the fov will increase a bit also.

@Cdaked

It still hard to find the screendoor effect. the screen matrix is there still but you have to look for it if you want to see it.

@evertec

It is visible if you look for it but it’s easy to get immersed in the experience and not notice at all

@Cdaked

Something wrong? The screen is darker than Vive, more or less like Rift, but the blacks looks black again and the colors looks the same as I see it in Rift and Live in this game.

@evertec

When I tested the V2 earlier in the day I noticed some distracting distortion on the edges of my fov that made moving around a bit disorienting. Thankfully, the V3 largely solved this, but there was still a small bit on the edges.

@evertec

the God rays were much improved

much improved usually mean there are still some

For sure the review where made in a positive manner and excitement. I would be curious @Cdaked to know if you think after all this time if the lens version 3 was shipping ready. I could go in length on how some of the problem in M1 could have come to be but plenty of ppl have already said it and it clearly didn’t change your opinion and i guess that is fine.

But on a pure logical standpoint, it make no sens for a company to keep on developing and spending resource on a part that is good and ready. So my only conclusion is they where missing something they needed to improve and that brings them other problem that need tweaking. They also look like they believe they can still improve it and are doing it.

To answer directly to your title. What happened to V3 is that they are still trying to improve it

Sorry for ignoring the worry some have expressed that V3 could have been overly costly version that never would have been possible. I just don’t see the point of going down that lane. Wont help anyone.