Oculus Rift S With DCS World Discussion

[WindyTX]

Partially related question: i might jump on the VR bandwagon too, but i fear my neck will be destroyed by dogfighting. How hard is it on the neck relative to trackir?

You do have to twist around as in real life so if it goes on for a while your neck can ache ( better to have the target in front ). But there is no g so it's way easier.

 

The massive advantage vs track IR is that you know where the aircraft is under you unlike TIR so you can fly more by feel.

 

Unless I am doing Friday night fights guns only I have never noticed any neck strain

 

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[metalnwood]

Windy, I read that the nosepiece can be taken out which I may need to do to let some airflow through anyhow.

[JoeyJoJoJunior]

Well, I pulled the trigger on one. FYI, Microsoft Store offers a student discount if any of you want 10% off. Really didn't expect to be getting a new headset so soon, but I'm pumped! I'm pretty immune to the honeymoon effect as well...if it's not a clear leap over the CV1, I'll probably send it back. Will post my impressions eventually.

[dax]

It's either optics are much better (plausible, Rift engineers know what they are doing) or honeymoon period (potentially).

 

I'll tell you on Thursday, as I am immune to honeymoon effect, have all new VR headsets coming as soon as they are released, so no bias.

There might be an honeymoon effect to some extent, but it's a fact that picture is definitely much sharper and gauges much more readable than in CV1. This is probably mainly thanks to the subpixel architecture which is classical RGB vs. PenTile for many other headsets.

Now after testing a bit more I noticed that this seems only true for the central part of the image. Looking off center at around 50% of the distance to the edge, the sharpness seems to degrade significantly. Probably because of the lenses.

Maybe this was also the case with CV1 but less noticeable because the overall sharpness was much lower.

I don't know if I'm the only one noticing this...

Edited May 21, 2019 by dax

[JoeyJoJoJunior]

Now after testing a bit more I noticed that this seems only true for the central part of the image. Looking off center at around 50% of the distance to the edge, the sharpness seems to degrade significantly. Probably because of the lenses.

Maybe this was also the case with CV1 but less noticeable because the overall sharpness was much lower.

I don't know if I'm the only one noticing this...

 

Common to all VR headsets, known as the "sweet spot". Some are larger than others. 50% is definitely bigger than the Rift's, and people are saying the S's sweet spot is larger, so that's good news. PSVR has the biggest sweet spot I've ever seen in a headset because they don't use fresnels.

[razalom]

There is a cockpit mod that offers new textures for the Rio and pilot instruments in the cockpit. Even in the Odyssey i had to put gamma at 1.9 to make the original readable. With a PD of 1.5.

 

Awesome I will grab and install after work! Thanks for the info mate. :thumbup:

[Fubarbrickdust]

Awesome I will grab and install after work! Thanks for the info mate. :thumbup:

 

I believe this is the mod you are looking for:

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=238208

 

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[BaD CrC]

Rift S received today!

[_schepper_]

My xp whit rift s

 

 

I can read everything, i really like it and thats the upgrade i was waiting for to play decent in vr, now i dont need to think and learn where the switch is... now i can read where the switch is whitout problem,

somme small text i can't read in the m2000c :) but there, everything is so small...

The smallest text on f14 is difficult to whitout leaning in.

Spotting is so mutch better..

And everything looks so mutch more beatifull because off the sharpnes.

(I was blown away that i can read in the black shark the alarm bord at the top .. i never could read that in cv1 whithout getting closer .. now i can read it, its still a bit concentration to read it whitout leaning...)

And the text on the kneeboard. Wauw on the white part it looks so sharp.. i can read every small text whitout problem from the airfield shart

 

I am so happy, the future for dcs and vr is starting to get there :) now the performance update... and than the fast flyby gosting will hopfully be gonne because that is the only isseu i have at the moment when i was dogfighting, but thats because of my performance..

 

Most of time i have 40 fps running an i7 2700k on 4.6oc ..16gig ram... gtx 1800..

Somme small dips to 30fps.

 

Most settings high

1.4 pd,

shadows low

2x msa

 

Verry happy whit the vr and i will keep on supporting dcs whit everything thats they bring into dcs,

because i really like what there are doing.

 

Thanks

Lots off love..

 

 

 

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[javelina1]

I believe this is the mod you are looking for:

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=238208

 

:music_whistling:

Awesome mod there buddy, love it!

[razalom]

I believe this is the mod you are looking for:

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=238208

 

:music_whistling:

 

Awesome thanks for your hard work!

[sze5003]

Awesome mod there buddy, love it!

Wow this seems like a newer one than what I was using. I'll definitely install it at some point.

[Fubarbrickdust]

Awesome mod there buddy, love it!

 

Cheers, Jav

 

Fact is, after I've tied up the loose ends and push the final release I'm now struggling to choose which pit is next for a makeover...because thanks to the Rift S, I'm not sure cockpit legibility is gonna be an issue moving forward!

 

Which is a great place to be for all of us VR heads! :pilotfly:

 

Brick.

[MRSHADO]

Oculus Rift S arrived today - just finished a 2-3 hour session flying around.

 

All Subjective Observations

 

Measure of Suitability (MOS):

1. No observable CPU or GPU increase

2. Works fine with DCS Open Beta (2.5.4.30386)

3. Certainly an increase in Visual Acuity over Oculus Rift CV1

4. The sound (ambient speakers) is adequate.

5. First time I found and used my GPU Display Ports

6. Software IPD adjustment works fine (I'm on the low end)

7. I tried wearing my glasses - no problem - in fact fits better

 

Measure of Effectiveness (MOE)

1. (to whomever said it) - I did notice a slight drop in acuity over time but haven't isolated whether that's a MTBF thing or my own constant OFF/ON headset (read: eye) adjustments

2. While the sound is adequate, using your own (maybe high dollar) audio headset is out-of-the-question with the larger, halo-like head band.

3. Very comfortable compared to CV1

 

The inability to use my own personal audio headset over top of the the Rift S, may be my only NOGO and has me on the fence - but then again I can read the MPCD in the Hornet and almost every label in the Tomcat, so... time will tell.

[Fubarbrickdust]

Happy to hear that you all are enjoying the Rift S as much as I am!

 

You weren't joking were you, Wags!

 

It was your OP on this thread that sold me into a no questions pre-order. Prior to that I was somewhat sceptical regarding the S.

Edited May 22, 2019 by Fubarbrickdust

[Sniper175]

Partially related question: i might jump on the VR bandwagon too, but i fear my neck will be destroyed by dogfighting. How hard is it on the neck relative to trackir?

 

Harder on your back and core muscles than the neck in my opinion. Multiple injuries on all 3 areas but it’s full immersion. Some cheat with a swivel chair.:thumbup:

[ricktoberfest]

Happy to hear that you all are enjoying the Rift S as much as I am!

 

 

 

Did you ever go back to the pimax, or sticking with the rift S for now?

 

 

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[SkipCarey]

oculus home install?

 

can you just use the rifts old software for the S?

[Capn Penguin]

I want it badly, though I haven't flown in a while due to relocation, but I am seeing that Rift S doesn't allow you to use a separate headset. That's a concern as I like the blotting out the noises around me with my Arctic. VR is so immersive but my concern is how much will the experience be tainted by all the ambient noises in the house around me that I currently don't have.

 

Thoughts?

[Capn Penguin]

Disregard, I pulled the trigger. It was 372.29 after tax with my BB card, with a 30 day return so what the hey :)

 

Now anybody want to buy an Oculus CV 1:)

[JoeyJoJoJunior]

I think we'll inevitably see an add-on headphone accessory, if not from Oculus, then 3rd parties.

[javelina1]

Disregard, I pulled the trigger. It was 372.29 after tax with my BB card, with a 30 day return so what the hey :)

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Nice! :thumbup:

[Sniper175]

Yay I’ll have my Rift S come Thursday :thumbup:

[Sandman1330]

It is the same for both.

 

So presumably the touch controllers still work in DCS?

[Gman109]

I was going to mention that any of you in Canada, the Microsoft Store will give you 10% off the Rift S right now if you're currently a student. (I'm doing distance learning @ Stanford in their AI Lab/CS and didn't use my .edu email, just my Gmail one, and I qualified last year for the Odyssey+ student discount and they accepted my creds still for the Rift S).

 

 

Just and FYI for any Canadians that are in school or want to sign up for online/school, that there is a small but helpful discount available for those who qualify. They offer express shipping for 10 dollars too, 1-2 biz days, mine gets here tomorrow and I ordered last night.