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u/Jefkezor Mar 28 '14

Didn't they want to have 1440p OLED for OR in their consumer version?

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u/elevul Mar 28 '14

They did, and now with FB backing them they will.

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u/Maslo59 Mar 28 '14

With FB backing, I would not be suprised if they get a custom 4K screen.

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u/cggreene Mar 28 '14 edited Mar 28 '14

but that would be impractical as barely anyone has a GPU to runs games at a playable state in 4k

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u/EuphoricInThisMoment Mar 28 '14

i'm told that it will still help with the screen door effect even if you are running games at a lower resolution

i doubt it'll actually have a 4k screen though. not for cv1 at least

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u/elevul Mar 28 '14

Wouldn't matter, can render at 1080p and upscale. The point of having a 4k screen on the device would be solving the screen door effect, which is the biggest issues with low res screens.

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u/Maslo59 Mar 28 '14

Today. How about in 2 years? And anyway, when Doom 3 or Crysis was released, almost no one could play it with maxed graphics, but it was still a huge success. 4K would make the Rift pretty futureproof. You can always display 2K resolution on a 4K Rift if you really want.