HP's Reverb VR Pro Headset

I started getting that strobe flickering on load screens only as of a few weeks ago also. It’s irritating and would be great to get rid of. Having said that it’s never lasted once it’s loaded up.

 

 

 

Anyone know how to get rid of it?

Thank you very mutch. Now it runs mutch better @45FPS:thumbup:

indeed. this is completely awesome.

before sometime I even had 90 FPS but it didn't feel as buttersmooth as now. even on very loaded buddy spike servers.

now it always says 45fps but feels like 100 all the time !

amazing

THANK YOU

Is your reverb wmr settings in windows set to 90hz? I think the VR guide had some settings for it.

Yep, set at 90, doesn’t fix it though. Again, not a showstopper for now just less pretty while loading. It’s a great guide though isn’t it (VR4DCS.com)

Yep, set at 90, doesn’t fix it though. Again, not a showstopper for now just less pretty while loading. It’s a great guide though isn’t it (VR4DCS.com)

Yep, set at 90, doesn’t fix it though. Again, not a showstopper for now just less pretty while loading. It’s a great guide though isn’t it (VR4DCS.com)

Not sure I noticed this myself. It did load the bar at the bottom and go from showing the jet I'm flying to the steam background back and forth. But yea I could see what you mean. I don't think it's necessarily an issue with the headset.

You can stop it going back to the Steam background (a setting under developer in SteamVR I think) but it doesn't stop the strobe effect with the Reverb when loading. Not a huge deal and nothing really to worry about, just a bit annoying :)

After owning the Reverb for only one day, I will send it back on monday. Ive already repacked it.

There are just too many things, I dont like about VR, like small FOV...

What I did not like about the Reverb was the obvious chromatic abberation, that started right at the loading screen, when it was not away and showing the Steam-background like mentioned above.

The blue loading-status-bar was only 80%blue with the (I think) upper edges being yellowish.

In the F/A-18 the DDIs to the left and right showed yellow edges on normally green ones. Actually almost everything in the outside 50% of the FOV had more or less coloured edges....

One thing, that did not bother me too much compared to the cromatic abberation, was the drop in clarity towards the edges. Still the FOV is way too small for my liking. Maybe my IPD of 66,5mm is too big and makes the FOV for me even smaller...

WMR is also rather annoying, especially since you have to install three different programmes to make it work in DCS; the recommandations in Thud's VR4DCS -guide for correct start of VR-DCS do feel not much more complicated than a cold-start in the Hornet! :smilewink: But Ive tried to just doubleclick the DCS-icon and everything actually started up well.

When I tested the RiftS I was disappointed but thought, that this might have been due to the moderate resolution of the headset. With the Reverb some of those "problems" have gotten better because of the higher resolution (SteamVR recommanded 122%, which was about 2500x2200 IIRC), but other still persisted and overall VR-experience was not better than on the Rift S.

Overall I think, the Reverb in the current situation of VR might be a good headset with some limitations, but for me right now VR just dont offer that much for me to feel any kind of immersion.

By the way, the SN of "my" headset is xxx936xxxx.

After owning the Reverb for only one day, I will send it back on monday. Ive already repacked it.

 

 

 

There are just too many things, I dont like about VR, like small FOV...

 

 

 

What I did not like about the Reverb was the obvious chromatic abberation, that started right at the loading screen, when it was not away and showing the Steam-background like mentioned above.

 

 

 

The blue loading-status-bar was only 80%blue with the (I think) upper edges being yellowish.

 

 

 

In the F/A-18 the DDIs to the left and right showed yellow edges on normally green ones. Actually almost everything in the outside 50% of the FOV had more or less coloured edges....

 

 

 

One thing, that did not bother me too much compared to the cromatic abberation, was the drop in clarity towards the edges. Still the FOV is way too small for my liking. Maybe my IPD of 66,5mm is too big and makes the FOV for me even smaller...

 

 

 

WMR is also rather annoying, especially since you have to install three different programmes to make it work in DCS; the recommandations in Thud's VR4DCS -guide for correct start of VR-DCS do feel not much more complicated than a cold-start in the Hornet! :smilewink: But Ive tried to just doubleclick the DCS-icon and everything actually started up well.

 

 

 

When I tested the RiftS I was disappointed but thought, that this might have been due to the moderate resolution of the headset. With the Reverb some of those "problems" have gotten better because of the higher resolution (SteamVR recommanded 122%, which was about 2500x2200 IIRC), but other still persisted and overall VR-experience was not better than on the Rift S.

 

 

 

Overall I think, the Reverb in the current situation of VR might be a good headset with some limitations, but for me right now VR just dont offer that much for me to feel any kind of immersion.

 

 

 

By the way, the SN of "my" headset is xxx936xxxx.

If you don't have the beta version of the app then then you will have to mess with the resolution slider to get it close to native resolution.

I do agree about the FOV. But I think my IPD is around 62-63 and after some time in the headset I don't see the sides of the headset anymore like goggles.

 

The blue loading-status-bar was only 80%blue with the (I think) upper edges being yellowish.

 

In the F/A-18 the DDIs to the left and right showed yellow edges on normally green ones. Actually almost everything in the outside 50% of the FOV had more or less coloured edges....

 

One thing, that did not bother me too much compared to the cromatic abberation, was the drop in clarity towards the edges. Still the FOV is way too small for my liking. Maybe my IPD of 66,5mm is too big and makes the FOV for me even smaller...

 

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I only bring this up because it happened to me when I got my Reverb, but, did you remember to remove the protective film from the lenses? I forgot about mine and was seeing something similar.

I only bring this up because it happened to me when I got my Reverb, but, did you remember to remove the protective film from the lenses? I forgot about mine and was seeing something similar.

Haha! When I had the Reverb, I did exactly the same thing!

I have a question about ipd regarding the HP Reverb. I have seen in some other threads that people are changing their Ipd settings for different planes. I saw one guy who's ipd is 63 change his ipd setting to 55 in DCS because he said it made his cockpit look like a doll house. I assume he meant it made it look small. So is this what you have to do in DCS? Set you ipd for different plane? I fly the F18 and I have an ipd of 65 so what should I set my ipd to make the cockpit look right?

I have a question about ipd regarding the HP Reverb. I have seen in some other threads that people are changing their Ipd settings for different planes. I saw one guy who's ipd is 63 change his ipd setting to 55 in DCS because he said it made his cockpit look like a doll house. I assume he meant it made it look small. So is this what you have to do in DCS? Set you ipd for different plane? I fly the F18 and I have an ipd of 65 so what should I set my ipd to make the cockpit look right?

The DCS IPD is not related to your physical IPD. In other games, it is usually called ‘world scale’ as that’s what it is!

Oh -You would think they would call it world scale because it totally confused me. Cheers!

Yep, been discussed many times in the past!

Yep, been discussed many times in the past!

And undoubtedly will many more times in the future lol.

After owning the Reverb for only one day, I will send it back on monday. Ive already repacked it.

 

There are just too many things, I dont like about VR, like small FOV...

 

What I did not like about the Reverb was the obvious chromatic abberation, that started right at the loading screen, when it was not away and showing the Steam-background like mentioned above.

 

The blue loading-status-bar was only 80%blue with the (I think) upper edges being yellowish.

 

In the F/A-18 the DDIs to the left and right showed yellow edges on normally green ones. Actually almost everything in the outside 50% of the FOV had more or less coloured edges....

 

One thing, that did not bother me too much compared to the cromatic abberation, was the drop in clarity towards the edges. Still the FOV is way too small for my liking. Maybe my IPD of 66,5mm is too big and makes the FOV for me even smaller...

 

WMR is also rather annoying, especially since you have to install three different programmes to make it work in DCS; the recommandations in Thud's VR4DCS -guide for correct start of VR-DCS do feel not much more complicated than a cold-start in the Hornet! :smilewink: But Ive tried to just doubleclick the DCS-icon and everything actually started up well.

 

When I tested the RiftS I was disappointed but thought, that this might have been due to the moderate resolution of the headset. With the Reverb some of those "problems" have gotten better because of the higher resolution (SteamVR recommanded 122%, which was about 2500x2200 IIRC), but other still persisted and overall VR-experience was not better than on the Rift S.

 

Overall I think, the Reverb in the current situation of VR might be a good headset with some limitations, but for me right now VR just dont offer that much for me to feel any kind of immersion.

 

By the way, the SN of "my" headset is xxx936xxxx.

My experience mirrored exactly what you mentioned here. I also sent mine back the same day.

I'm still interested in this yellow edges and protective film thing. Did you guys with the yellow edges removed your films from the lenses or not?

I'm not sure how they are getting yellowed edges at all. I also can see how you can forget to take the protective plastic covers off but that's if you maybe thought the lenses are supposed to be blue by default?

I was using my Reverb last night but I noticed I had the PC turned off for a while so the headset would not come on after I picked it up and placed it on my head. The only way to make it power back up was to disconnect the clip and unplug the cable from the headset and plug it back in.

Is this normal? I thought once your PC is on and you lift the headset, it should boot up wmr portal. It did do this after I unplugged and plugged it back in.

I'm not sure how they are getting yellowed edges at all. I also can see how you can forget to take the protective plastic covers off but that's if you maybe thought the lenses are supposed to be blue by default?

 

I was using my Reverb last night but I noticed I had the PC turned off for a while so the headset would not come on after I picked it up and placed it on my head. The only way to make it power back up was to disconnect the clip and unplug the cable from the headset and plug it back in.

 

Is this normal? I thought once your PC is on and you lift the headset, it should boot up wmr portal. It did do this after I unplugged and plugged it back in.

My plastic film was such a faint blue, it appeared clear in normal lighting conditions. It made me think there was something wrong with the lenses until I shined a bright light in there and saw the slight blue tint. Took the film off and its been fine ever since. :D

My experience mirrored exactly what you mentioned here. I also sent mine back the same day.

I cannot confirm your experiences. Yes, the sweetspot of the Index is bigger and the picture from edge to edge is in summary more homogeneously. I really like the Index for VR-Games. But for DCS the Reverb is my favorit VR-Headset. Because for the frst time i am able to read the displays in the hornet and all the gauges as well. No more leaning forward! And looking outside the windows i can see a tanker as a tanker at 1nm in air to air refueling and not just a bunch of pixels.

Resolution of the Reverb at the FOV and the Overear loudspeakers of the Index. That would be my VR-HMD!

After owning the Reverb for only one day, I will send it back on monday. Ive already repacked it.

 

There are just too many things, I dont like about VR, like small FOV...

 

What I did not like about the Reverb was the obvious chromatic abberation, that started right at the loading screen, when it was not away and showing the Steam-background like mentioned above.

 

The blue loading-status-bar was only 80%blue with the (I think) upper edges being yellowish.

 

In the F/A-18 the DDIs to the left and right showed yellow edges on normally green ones. Actually almost everything in the outside 50% of the FOV had more or less coloured edges....

 

 

Overall I think, the Reverb in the current situation of VR might be a good headset with some limitations, but for me right now VR just dont offer that much for me to feel any kind of immersion.

 

By the way, the SN of "my" headset is xxx936xxxx.

Sorry you had a bad experience with the Reverb. And clearly you must have had a faulty headset. It is not suppose to look like this. I would have sent back mine too if I had these problems. :)

The DCS IPD is not related to your physical IPD. In other games, it is usually called ‘world scale’ as that’s what it is!

I use the HP Reverb and my ipd is 65 for VR headsets. I changed the DCS in game VR setting ipd to 55 while flying the F18 and I noticed no difference to the world scale at all? How are you supposed to know if this is working or not? I would imaging the building would get bigger, correct? But they didn't.

I even set it to something ridiculous like 559 ipd in the VR settings in DCS and it did nothing? Am I missing something here? When I have change world scale in other game in VR it's quite obvious to see, but I just don't see it happening in DCS. Any idea's? Cheers!

I use the HP Reverb and my ipd is 65 for VR headsets. I changed the DCS in game VR setting ipd to 55 while flying the F18 and I noticed no difference to the world scale at all? How are you supposed to know if this is working or not? I would imaging the building would get bigger, correct? But they didn't.

 

I even set it to something ridiculous like 559 ipd in the VR settings in DCS and it did nothing? Am I missing something here? When I have change world scale in other game in VR it's quite obvious to see, but I just don't see it happening in DCS. Any idea's? Cheers!

Do any of you leave your computer off with the Reverb connected to it?

I've been working like crazy lately and haven't had time to do any flying.

Anytime I turn on my PC after it's been off, I have to unplug the reverb and plug it back in because it's unresponsive.

Do any of you leave your computer off with the Reverb connected to it?

 

I've been working like crazy lately and haven't had time to do any flying.

 

Anytime I turn on my PC after it's been off, I have to unplug the reverb and plug it back in because it's unresponsive.

Make sure you cover the lenses when not in use, I use the bag.it came with, as you want to prevent dust and light

My PC powers down/sleep when pressing power button so I tend to 'turn it off' when I'm not flying