P3D v4 - VR - All you need to know

[theskyisthelimit 48]

How do you recenter the view in VR mode.. maybe i'm missing something here?

EDIT: i found the hdm setting..

However.. at least with the rift and nothing tweaked (what to tweak here?) its a studdering mess for me

[DannyR 35]

Just purchased the Oculus Bundle and will be running it in P3dV4.  Is there a step by step instruction on how to setup the Rift to run in P3DV4?  I have perform a search and could not find a setup routine/instruction.   I assume it isn't as simple as plugging the Rift into the computer......

Thanks

Danny

[theskyisthelimit 48]

I tested things further last night using the Oculus Tray Tool.. setup a profile for prepar3d.exe and set sampling to 1.5 and ASW to off.. things seem decent this way.. maybe not as good as with FlyInside but i would call it "passable".. I tried using the info popup to figure out what the VR frame rate is, but i'm not sure i did it right.. 

How is everyone measuring the actual VR FPS rates?

 

[GCBraun 2,392]

I can confirm what theskyisthelimit said.

Things are much, much better after this tweak!

[warbirds 555]

I have a question that must be answered before jumping in to VR. When you are wearing the VR headset do your eyes think they are looking at something far away or do they need to focus on how close the actual screen, or screens are?

If I hold something less than a foot away from my face it starts to become a bit blurry so that is why the question.

[Airtrooper 12]

47 minutes ago, warbirds said:

I have a question that must be answered before jumping in to VR. When you are wearing the VR headset do your eyes think they are looking at something far away or do they need to focus on how close the actual screen, or screens are?

If I hold something less than a foot away from my face it starts to become a bit blurry so that is why the question.

That is no problem, it is all taken care of. Go for it.

[warbirds 555]

Please elaborate ?

[Airtrooper 12]

Sure. Sorry, I'm attempting to do multiple jobs at once!

Nobody can focus on anything at such a short range as the screen in the Rift of Vive. For this reason between each eye and the screen is a lens, which does allow you to focus on the screen(s).

[DannyR 35]

Paul:

I just got the Rift a week or so ago.  When you put the HMD on your face it is if you were looking at a regular screen.  There is no sense of two different screens or that your eyes are trying to focus near or far.  There is a feeling that you are looking through a, for lack of a better example, diving mask.  That being one can sense the sides of the HMD restricting the view on the left and right sides.  That is just the limited FOV the rifts has.  I fly helicopters primarily and can say that the Rift provides a wonderful sense of depth and dimension. 

I hope this helps in your decision.

Regards,

 

Danny

[HiFlyer 9,358]

On 8/16/2017 at 8:41 AM, warbirds said:

I have a question that must be answered before jumping in to VR. When you are wearing the VR headset do your eyes think they are looking at something far away or do they need to focus on how close the actual screen, or screens are?

If I hold something less than a foot away from my face it starts to become a bit blurry so that is why the question.

If you need glasses in real life, then you will likely need them in VR as well.

The consensus is that the Vive is slightly better for glasses-wearers, but that neither Rift nor Vive is exactly comfortable for those needing prescription lenses.

Fortunately there have been a number of solutions offered, and I have literally tried them all, finally settling on these: https://vr-lens.eu/

 

[DannyR 35]

Agree with HiFlyer.  I wear prescription glasses and certainly needed them with the Rift.  The Rift was not very comfortable with my glasses on.  I could make it work for about 30 minutes, then, would have to stop due to pain on the top of my nose.  I did some research on the various prescription glasses inserts for the Rift.  I purchased an insert from Widmovr, https://widmovr.com/product/oculus-rift-prescription-lenses-adapter/, and have been very pleased with the results.  Shipping to the US took about 9 days.  They provided email updates as the process moved along and provided shipping tracking updates.

Using the inserts I am able to fly as long as I wish with no discomfort.  The prescription in the inserts was dead on.

Regards,

Danny

[coffecup1978 4]

From what I've read, the "focus point" is about 2 meters ahead, so if you see fine at that distance, you will see fine regardless if the object is near or close.. it's a weird concept, but are slightly nearsighted, however, this does not affect me in VR.

[Chipwich 3]

On 8/25/2017 at 0:52 AM, coffecup1978 said:

From what I've read, the "focus point" is about 2 meters ahead, so if you see fine at that distance, you will see fine regardless if the object is near or close.. it's a weird concept, but are slightly nearsighted, however, this does not affect me in VR.

I believe that his is correct.  If your eyes can focus at an object around 2 meters, then you will not need correction.  I am farsighted, meaning that I need +1.75 readers for reading or computing, but the Rift is perfect uncorrected.

[beachdog2001 21]

Anything new to report in this thread with P3dv4.1?

[GCBraun 2,392]

VR is better than ever! Being a native implementation means that it plays well with all add-ons, including Chaseplane and the Majestic Dash. I get really good performance on my rig using all high end planes. The only exception would be using the FSLABS in some scenarios like EGLL, CYVR, etc. when there is lots of traffic around.