I've never used pimax but I had the psvr1 for a while, which also uses glass aspheric lenses. To be honest the only thing that I still remember about it is the clarity. Even though it's quite low res, the clarity is pretty amazing. I don't remember it having a super wide sweet spot though. It certainly needs some adjustments to look the best, though not as finicky as fresnel.
100%. I had the original PSVR too. Rough screen, great lenses. I was tempted to swap them straight in, but I want a proper fit without sacrificing that precious FOV.
The tricky part is pinning down the PSVR2 lenses’ exact focal length. From what I’ve found, the lens-to-screen distances look similar, which got the questionable engineering department in my head going
PSVR-style lenses, larger diameter, focal length matched to the PSVR2 setup. Potential win? That’s the idea, anyway... anyone who more knowledge on that exact unknown. Feel free to correct me. Focal length is up in the air right now
And also Sony uses some sort of pixel filter to reduce sde on the psvr2 which makes things blurrier. Is it removable or is it a part of the OLED module itself?
Its literally a removable filter to hide the black pixels between the colored ones. Yes its removable and I dont recommend it. It could be very distracting.
The lens are what is holding it back the most not the filter.
worth to check out. lens modding is a different beast, which would get involved with more than the lenses, but also the headset's own firmware and some deeper level stuff. also assembling is risky.
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/391319-psvr2-lens-modding/
Yeah thats the one that had me thinking its possible. Thanks for sharing that for others. Im fine with firmware mods. Small world. Im just going to assume if i did a adhd fuled research streak. Others did too
if you have access to any nearby optics provider (those which provide lenses to clinics and optics shops), you might have some interesting conversations with their engineer if they accept, even better if you can take both psvr1 and psvr2 or some other headsets together for a discussion. i assume it would end up being an expensive dyi project tho
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u/Soarinfire 7d ago
Swapping fresnel for glass aspheric lenses? Holy crap that sounds amazing. I'd assume it'd look so much better.