"Magenta Mod" series

"ElectricMucus" wrote:
tl;dr: Painting your rift lenses black on their edges for "better" contrast.

BTW, I don't get it, the Rift lenses are framed in black plastic, so that mod seems non-sensical to me.

When using your DK2 (or glasses in real life that are also often framed), you will notice when looking at a "black framed bright scene" that you can see the outer edge of you lenses, or even that the emission from the outer edge of the lens massively "glow" into your vision. That´s why parts of the DK 2 lenses were partially painted black in the first place, but it can be improved.

The black frame around lenses stops the exiting light from traveling further, or illuminating the frame material itself. By painting the edge of the lens, you stop the light before exiting the lens - and avoid the outer edge of the lens to glow.

If you put a lightbulb in a black frame, the inside of the black frame will still be illuminated. If you paint the bulb black,.....