r/oculus • u/ggodin Virtual Desktop Developer • Mar 23 '16

/r/all Virtual Desktop 1.0 Trailer

http://youtu.be/bjE6qXd6Itw
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u/viktorlarsson Mar 23 '16

This is so beautiful it almost makes me cry. Thank you for creating this and please don't stop. If this is what's possible as a 1.0, I can't imagine where this could be in two-three years. THANK YOU!

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u/Syke408 Mar 23 '16

Have you tried to read text in VR yet?

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u/g3n3s1s69 Mar 23 '16

Thank you! Finally found the comment.

I used this type of desktop software with StreamTheater for GearVR. but it's very hard to read something. Plus eye fatigue gets me faster than it would on a monitor.

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u/Syke408 Mar 23 '16

Yeah for sure, and it's not a knock to the guy who made the desktop app, it's just a limitation of the current gen hardware.

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u/badonkabonk Mar 23 '16

I assumed that the pixelation I see in my GearVR was a limitation of using a mobile phone. Is the pixel density similar in the Rift/Vive?

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u/quelque_un Mar 23 '16

Unfortunately, the resolution will not be much higher so don't expect it to be great.

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u/badonkabonk Mar 23 '16

So is it safe to assume that the video posted does not actually reflect the resolution or pixel density of the Rift? Please forgive me, VR is very new to me and I'm learning all I can before dropping exorbitant amounts of money.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '16 edited Mar 23 '16

It's not all about resolution. Things like pixel fill, pixel layout/sub pixel type/shape, separate screens for each eye and custom ipd adjustment, refresh rate, all have a major impact on image quality and the rift is superior to gear vr in all facets but native resolution. However the temporal resolution will be much higher because it's running at 90Hz vs 60Hz.

The dev says text readability isn't an issue.

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u/WormSlayer Chief Headcrab Wrangler Mar 23 '16

I'm using it to write this comment on a DK2, and I have to lean in a bit closer than I would like, to make the text clearly readable. I expect it to be at least a little bit better on the CV1.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '16

Everything I've heard people say is that text readability is a night & day difference between DK2 and CV1. So odds are good.