So the good news is that it will be available for consumers!! I was slightly worried that they would restrict selling it. No price info yet though, probably won’t be cheap …
He says he really likes the comfort
Setup is a breeze
Less SDE than Vive Pro !!
AMOLED Colours better than LCD (logically)
He loves the display panels
He’s extremely happy with the lenses!! FoV is extremely high
No godray’s visible!!!
Sweet spot is great!
No distortion whatsoever!!!
(20 minutes in his youtube video now, he can basically stop, take my money and shut up LOL!)
He says it’s just impossible to make better lenses than these
Flawless tracking
2 usb-C cables. WIth SLI, one cable into 1st gfx card, 2nd cable in 2nd card, sounds interesting
In 10 minutes he didn’t notice any heat difference between this and Vive Pro, but only tested 10 minutes.
The HMD said he had IPD 62, while the optic expert said he had 60. Doesn’t know yet if it’s a measuring problem. He didnt notice any problems though
Cables can be detached for wireless use
He was really impressed by the foveated rendering, worked flawlessly without latency!
Dynamic distortion correction is the key. A simple distortion profile is unlikely to work due to eyes looking through the lens at various angles & broader area of the lens.
Most definitely will be expensive. Pimax 8k will be the poor man’s wide FoV HMD, it seems that’s going to be really their ONLY competitive advange, their price.
They already said they’re not going to redesign the lenses. Sure they might still do that later on and who knows, it’s also possible that it’s actually more than 50% panel usage. It’s possible that errors have been made while testing … Yet I’m not counting too much on that
Oh man guys… Didn’t notice that you already talking about my video xD
Yes the StarVR is very very awesome, but there is only one problem…
The price… I think it will be three or four times the price of the Pimax 8K so it’s hard to compare
That‘s the point, I am afraid. If the poor man‘s choice is what 99,9% of the gamers are able/willing to sacrifice for a headset (knowing that it will only last 2-3 years until something even better lurks on the shelves), it is great to exist for the chosen few who don‘t have to worry about the price tag, but will not really compete with those who fall within the accepted enthusiasts price range. Possibly 5 years from now we will be used to paying substantially more for our adventures to the virtual worlds, because the technology takes off and you have all sorts of great but expensive options and it is a commodity people accept to pay more for, but we are not there yet, are we.
However, the point which they made fun of Pimax about is actually one of the two correlating points I am not excited about with this headset:
„FoV is extremely high“
With their resolution, I actually wouldn‘t want this excessive FoV, if I had the choice. With the expected price tag I don‘t have to consider it anyhow, but if it were available for say 1,500, I would struggle. But of course it would be best just to have the chance to try it out.
One important positive point you forgot to mention is the full compatibility with SteamVR.