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Rift owners upgrade to Rift_S or HP Reverb

Dilip
Rising Star
Have seen wonderful announcements but made me wonder due to not so big difference in pricing and great difference in resolution 
my wonder is those who already own RIFT and wish to upgrade will they upgrade to RIFT S .. (will it really be an upgrade?) or they 
switch to HP REVERB which is very strong opponent  IMO due to visual fidelity and nice ergonomics... VR WARS are upon us.  
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pjenness
Rising Star

Dilip said:

Have seen wonderful announcements but made me wonder due to not so big difference in pricing and great difference in resolution 
my wonder is those who already own RIFT and wish to upgrade will they upgrade to RIFT S .. (will it really be an upgrade?) or they 
switch to HP REVERB which is very strong opponent  IMO due to visual fidelity and nice ergonomics... VR WARS are upon us.  


I own rift and Go.
I doubt I'll upgrade from Rift to S  unless something specific gets my attention that needs S.

However, Quest looks like a HUGE jump from Go (portable wireless) so I am quite interested in Quest.

I'll happily save for another year or 2 for the next round of Rift. ( Or where The rift and quest lines finally merge)
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RedRizla
Honored Visionary
@pyroth309 - Just one other thing to note do you know if this headsets got a fixed lead? Given these leads can wear out due to bending them over a period of time, I'm hoping the lead can be replaced.

pyroth309
Visionary

RedRizla said:

@pyroth309 - Just one other thing to note do you know if this headsets got a fixed lead? Given these leads can wear out due to bending them over a period of time, I'm hoping the lead can be replaced.

 I haven't seen an official comment on it, but i've seen it in several places, reddit etc that it's detachable and replaceable just like the Audio.

pyroth309
Visionary

pyroth309 said:


RedRizla said:

@pyroth309 - Just one other thing to note do you know if this headsets got a fixed lead? Given these leads can wear out due to bending them over a period of time, I'm hoping the lead can be replaced.

 I haven't seen an official comment on it, but i've seen it in several places, reddit etc that it's detachable and replaceable just like the Audio.


I just found this in google, considering the professional version ships with seperate cables, I'd think it's safe to say the consumer one can be swapped too (but it's not included).


RedRizla
Honored Visionary

pyroth309 said:


pyroth309 said:


RedRizla said:

@pyroth309 - Just one other thing to note do you know if this headsets got a fixed lead? Given these leads can wear out due to bending them over a period of time, I'm hoping the lead can be replaced.

 I haven't seen an official comment on it, but i've seen it in several places, reddit etc that it's detachable and replaceable just like the Audio.


I just found this in google, considering the professional cable ships with seperate cables, I'd think it's safe to say the consumer one can be swapped too (but it's not included).





Come to think of it, I think I remember seeing that the professional one comes with both a long and short lead & the consumer one coming with a long lead with an option to purchase a shorter lead if you want one.

pyroth309
Visionary

RedRizla said:


pyroth309 said:


pyroth309 said:


RedRizla said:

@pyroth309 - Just one other thing to note do you know if this headsets got a fixed lead? Given these leads can wear out due to bending them over a period of time, I'm hoping the lead can be replaced.

 I haven't seen an official comment on it, but i've seen it in several places, reddit etc that it's detachable and replaceable just like the Audio.


I just found this in google, considering the professional cable ships with seperate cables, I'd think it's safe to say the consumer one can be swapped too (but it's not included).





Come to think of it, I think I remember seeing that the professional one comes with both a long and short lead & the consumer one coming with a long lead with an option to purchase a shorter lead if you want one.


Yea, I'm impressed with the quality of the headset. The detachable audio and faceplates are fantastic. I mean it looks like an improved CV1. If it only had a 4 camera tracking system it would be near perfect. But the Tracking is a definite real problem for some games and situations. I still want to see how bad it looks in Elite Dangerous. I mean I know it won't be AS black as an OLED, but if it looks good enough I'm sold as that's one of the games I want sharp visuals for the most.

RedRizla
Honored Visionary
Yeah, I too wish it had 4 camera's, but that guy in the video you posted seems to think it's not much of a problem 90% of the time.

Techy111
MVP
MVP
I think I'm sold on this, I'm just going to hold out for users hands on review post release before I jump in. For sims I think this will be a good step up.
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

pyroth309
Visionary
To answer a question from yesterday, I was just playing with my Odyssey and with my arms out around 170 degrees and still have full tracking. Around 180 it get sketchy with me looking straight.  Front hemisphere from the headset is pretty accurate description.

hangbill
Explorer
Not sure if this is old news or not but I enjoyed these Blunty videos, who goes into some depth re strengths / weaknesses of WMR tracking. For those folk who haven't seen them => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjqsAeGrISM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDLr9AtL7aM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvOoI9y6bxc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwBic2dCTXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWu15n9rg_g