Originally Posted by
Yerkat
Hi there.
I personally currently have a GearVR and PSVR. Also tried the Rift CV1. I might get a Vive for development soon. Interestingly the best image quality to me is with PSVR even though it has less resolution, perhaps uses better optics or different pixel system on the screens or better software filters.
With GearVR with an S8 phone and PSVR both the red, green and blue light become very noticeably separated at 30-40 degrees from the center of the vision. They claim to use software compensation in cost of sharpness but I don't see much fixed.
Where have you read that the next gen VR is near? Last I've heard Oculus and HTC were interested in in making a standalone cheaper VR headsets which wouldn't really shine in specs. I wouldn't call those headsets next gen although you could argue that they technically are. Oculus I've heard is also working on eye tracking and hand mocap and both Oculus and Valve are working on better positional tracking and wireless connection to PC. While these are all nice I haven't heard of better quality on the headsets themselves. I also haven't heard about any advancements in reducing screendoor effect, chromatic aberration, FOV and fresnel lens ray artifacts. One company, Starbreeze, is working on a 210 horizontal degree "8K" headset but by simply increasing the resolution and size of the headset when my GTX1050 is already not very comfortable with current headsets let alone an 8K. I don't think just using bigger screens is a solution to an already expensive, bulky and performance intensive device on your face hence why I assume both HTC nor Oculus are not working on something similar.
Also I don't think the current visual quality of VR headsets is good enough to sell to consumers who are not gamers: the screendoor, chromatic and fresnel artifacts and tunnel vision is still too much of an issue for long usage. I'm afraid by trying to make the technology mainstream at this point in time they risk losing money and losing the opportunity to do it again in the future when it really will be ready, by creating a "crying for wolf" scenario.
Don't want to be negative and I'd be glad if there was an advancement in any of the above issues but I'm trying to stay realistic. But maybe I haven't followed the news properly.
If there is something visually better coming I can wait on getting a Vive.