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HP Reverb First Impressions Thread (Gen 1)

Shadowmask72
Honored Visionary
Some very quick first impressions and that's without experimenting with Super-sampling.

Ok, well I have that horrible vertical line in my headset which hopefully I'll get fixed or replaced but despite that. Wow, just wow. One word..."clarity".

More words.

Very nice headset all-round. Reasonably comfy but that cable is awful. I mean really bad and terribly distracting. Needs to be fixed to something to not become a hindrance. Headphones feel cheap  and the red smear is not very good when you abnormally move your head from side to side all fast like. In normal situations you won't notice it so much. SDE is so minimal it's the finest mesh like silk. Mura is there for sure such as looking at the sky you will notice it quite a bit.

Fallout 4 VR - Holy crap. Now this is how it's meant to be seen. Mindblowing, and I rarely use such hyperbolic phrases. Up close detail you'll see the textures as you would playing on a monitor. Distance details are just perfect now. NO MORE BLUR you can easily define medium range and long range objects which gives the game a complete overhaul on the visuals. Wonderful and if you're a FO4VR fan then nothing beats this crisp display.  Period. 

PCARS 2 - Ok I struggled a little to find the right sweetspot and keep it there. But once there this is it guys. The game just looks like it's meant to be on this headset. Nice details on the track and close up cars. Distant cars also look much better, they still can get fuzzy but none of that blur you might be used to. This is pretty awesome now and just looks great.

SLR APP/Movie viewing - Nice sharp visuals but you are restricted to the quality of the source material. The SLR thumbnails look fantastically crisp and the videos great. I ran a 4K gameplay video from one of my recordings and it looks really nice, so much clearer than any other VR headset. So if you have 4K movies then they are going to shine on this headset. I tried some older 1080p 3D movies but they didn't look much different to other headsets.

Desktop - wow now this is really nice. You can actually work with this now. Comfortably. See all the text and no shimmer or SDE to mess up your view. Really workable as an alternative to a monitor now. Nice vibrant colours and good contrast. I do notice what seems to be a fixed foveted rendering technique though where the center focus is incredibly sharp and when you move your eyes and head to another part of the screen it seems to catch up and then focus really sharp.I think HP talked about this with the way the screens are calibrated. 

Elite Dangerous: OK you're still getting these LCD blacks but the text readability is fantastic now without a shadow of a doubt. No distorted letters even in the info pane which has the smallest text it's easy to read, no leaning in. I just docked with one of the space stations and whilst there is still some shimmer on some finer lines/edges (there's a technical name for that which escapes me) it's nice a crisp and looks like a space station rather than a blurry mess of lights and protracting parts. Really clean. Upon entering the opening into the docking area...mind-blown! I really loved the extended FOV of the Pimax 8K in Elite D, made it feel more real, but I think I would sacrifice that for this wonderful clarity. I'll say it again if Pimax 8K X delivers the FOV and the same clarity then wowsers. I'm not holding my breath though, focusing on the here and now.

Even with the negatives, I can see this being a really great headset for the VR connoisseur. I am wondering how close the Pimax 8KX can match this as its increased FOV will stretch the pixel density. Either way, £600 well spent thus far and I will no doubt get lots of use from this headset and sadly the Pimax 8K will get boxed. Quest/Reverb combo for the win here for anyone serious about VR.



System Specs: MSI NVIDIA RTX 4090 , i5 13700K CPU, 32GB DDR 4 RAM, Win 11 64 Bit OS.
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Techy111
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Gimme 10 and I'll let you know @RedRizla 7gb done 2 to go
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pyroth309
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It should. I don't own the steam version either and it works for me. (I don't have a Reverb either though but my O+ works) 

Techy111
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Yup no issues with IL2, looks incredible and runs smoother for some reason ???
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

pyroth309
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Techy111 said:

Yup no issues with IL2, looks incredible and runs smoother for some reason ???


Smoother than what? It's still SteamVR

Techy111
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No IL2, it seems to run smoother in the reverb. In the CV1 I had that horrible stutter thing when looking through the props now they are gone ???
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

pyroth309
Visionary

Techy111 said:

No IL2, it seems to run smoother in the reverb. In the CV1 I had that horrible stutter thing when looking through the props now they are gone ???


Ahhh, no clue there. Been too long since I've used my CV1 in it. I never had that issue that I can recall from memory. It's always run amazing in the O+ and looks fantastic so I can only imagine in the Reverb. I'm a bit jealous.

Techy111
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It's a game changer, spot aircraft in the distance so much easier !
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

Digikid1
Consultant

vannagirl said:


pyroth309 said:

Yes I've been repeating that phrase all week as I spent $1500 at a strip club for my bros Bachelor party and got several of them lap dances lol. (I have no recollection of it) The Reverb is dirt cheap by comparison and provides more entertainment over a longer period of time! 


And I might even remember it. 


Lol!

A few guys from our squad pulled me into a certain type of club who perform a certain type of act when we were back in Bangkok

some things you can never forget


DETAILS!!!!!! 

Zenbane
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vannagirl said:


pyroth309 said:

Yes I've been repeating that phrase all week as I spent $1500 at a strip club for my bros Bachelor party and got several of them lap dances lol. (I have no recollection of it) The Reverb is dirt cheap by comparison and provides more entertainment over a longer period of time! 


And I might even remember it. 


Lol!

A few guys from our squad pulled me into a certain type of club who perform a certain type of act when we were back in Bangkok

some things you can never forget



I spent two weeks in Thailand. I no longer own any Ping Pong gear in my home.
😐

Anonymous
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RedRizla said:

@dburne - I didn't purchase IL2 from Steam though. Like with DCS I purchased these Sims and planes from their websites. Are you sure IL2 still uses Steam even if you didn't purchase it from Steam?

IL-2 uses Steam VR. 
Steam does not have to be running, but when IL-2 is launched with VR checked Steam VR automatically launches.
You should see icon for it in your systray.