automag928 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Afternoon all! I figure its time to splurge on VR for DCS. Not looking for the BEST (read: expensive) set but I think I've narrowed it down to Rift S vs Odyssey+. The Rift S is currently $399, however O+ is $299... Can the VR experts here give me the pros/cons to each set? DCS / Flight Sims are probably going to be 75% usage, with other games being the other 25%. My HW shouldn't be an issue with either, currently running a i7-8700k at 4.7, a 1080Ti and 16gb of RAM. Again not looking to drop $500+, but dip my toes in the decent VR waters :) Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyge Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) I had Rift CV1 and then O+. I can not speak about Rift S. Theoretically Samsung has a better resolution than Rift S, but people swear about the subpixels and image quality of Rift S, so I leave that aside. I can say that O+ has a good image quality, practically no visible SDE and so on. You can read the cockpit instruments without zoom (unlike Rift CV1). I now have HP Reverb, which has a better image, very much in cockpit and slightly better in recognizing the other aircraft and stuff in the air. At the time when O+ came out there were people who said that the image is not better than in Rift CV1 - I don't know what they smoked, for me it was a clear difference, but I think this is highly subjective issue. What I understand, the Rift S should have a better inside out tracking with more cameras and the hand controllers are better and probably the coupling to the headset too. I have not used the O+ hand controllers almost at all but when I used them I had no problems. Also no problems with the tracking of O+ whatsoever, but I play only seated. If you do some strange Jedi stuff with saltos, maybe you reach a limit of tracking - I would reach a wall of my room. Oculus has a large game library at least from the past (pure VR games, if that is your interest) - I think up to now Oculus is mostly supported directly by games (a standard if you like), you can also get those things running in O+ using revive. Otherwise, I like the SteamVR and the possibilities for tinkering the settings. I think the traditional games which support VR on top, as in opposite to pure VR games, both the SteamVR and Oculus support will be there. O+ was for me very uncomfortable out of the box, but with VRCover foam pad and a self-made head-strap it got very comfortable (more so than my current Reverb). I could put it on like a hat, very quickly and easily. Also the O+ had a better sound and better headphones than HP. Rift S has got more critic for its sound solution. I was very happy with O+, I just happened to get a good offer for HP, which I could not refuse. Edited September 3, 2019 by Jyge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I would go Rift S. Great kit - very easy to set up - Oculus Software is fantastic. One caveat - if you like good audio get a set of decent earbuds or headphones to use with it - it does have an audio jack. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormeaten Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I will tell you Reverb is the best buy option. Most performances per $ in combat flight and race sim usage. but in general, it is 600$ Rift-S is probably the best budget option even it is 100$ more than O+ but got a clearer picture. Compared with O+ Rift-S got full RGB LCD what means O+ got only 2/3 subpixels comparing to Rift-S. There is the secret of a more clear picture with Rift-S. So if you can't afford 600$ for Reverb go for Rift-S definitely. Everything else is too expensive for what they give Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I would go visit an optician and ask them to measure your IPD, and make sure your eyes fit the Rift-s tolerance, if not (like me) O+ is the way to go at your price point SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automag928 Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 Thanks for the help everyone! Ended up getting the Rift S for $350, and got to try it out this morning...VR is absolutely ridiculous!! The immersion is incredible and even though I've flown IRL, I was getting motion sickness flying close to mach 1 through a valley in the hornet! I'm in love! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Thanks for the help everyone! Ended up getting the Rift S for $350, and got to try it out this morning...VR is absolutely ridiculous!! The immersion is incredible and even though I've flown IRL, I was getting motion sickness flying close to mach 1 through a valley in the hornet! I'm in love! :thumbup: Welcome to the club! Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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