Quest 2 Blurry with my new contacts, was Fine with glasses. Please help me understand

[4didas]

Hello today I just came home with new contact lens, excited to finally play my quest 2 sans glasses spacer and glasses. Just me and the quest, so I put them in my eyes and get used to them for a bit and then put on my headset, but I was immediately met with disappointment when I load up a game and everything I see is blurry. Text and objects in the distance are unrecognizable. This is confusing because I've never had a blurriness issue in the months thats I've owned and been using the quest 2 with glasses. Would prescription lenses be better or is my slight astigmatism effecting my vision? It shouldn't though if the contact lenses are supposed to be correcting my vision the same as my glasses. Please help if anyone has heard of this, encountered this or knows of anyone that might have info

[Howie_Doodat]

There’s so many variables to take into account here, but assuming your vision is just as good with your contacts as it was with your glasses, the only change is you are now closer to the screen (assuming you removed the spacer), and possibly changed your headset positioning. 

Changes in astigmatism shouldn’t really factor into the headset if it isn’t factoring into your life outside the headset. 

[PITTCANNA]

Did you leave in the glasses spacer?  Distance can change how it looks.  That said your contacts maybe don't shape your eyes well to the lenses.

[PITTCANNA]

If it becomes unbearable https://www.oculus.com/accessories/virtuclear-lens-inserts/ you can get inserts.

[WarpedTrekker]

I wear multifocal contacts for astigmatism. My Quest2 was mfg 10/2020. My IPD is around 68-69 which is the max for the Q2 lenses when pushed out to it's max separation. I have to close one eye, and tilt each side of the headset band to get into the sweet spot. Even then, the outside of the lenses has some blurriness. I just got the Fit Pack and switched to the wide insert which fits my face better. I think I'm now getting a little bit sharper view. I tried adding the glasses insert, and it seems a little sharper too. Also my left eye is slightly higher than right, which is why tilting that side a bit works.

You basically have to play around with the fit of the device to get the best view. I hope they improve the lenses and make it more flexible for people with wider IPD.

[DaftnDirect]

@4didas when you say text and objects in the distance, do you mean small objects and text anywhere on the screen?
Everything in the headset is the same distance when it comes to focus, I think that's somewhere around 5ft.

Are your contacts the same prescription as you glasses? You mention the contacts are new... has you prescription changed since having the glasses made?

The glasses I use in VR are older than the glasses I now have for distance viewing because my prescription has increased and I can no longer use distance glasses to focus comfortably in VR, this is made worse by hardening of my lenses as I get older. If I need to get new glasses, or contacts for VR use, I have to tell the optician they're needed for focusing at 5ft. I have astigmatism too but this doesn't affect contact use for me, strong prescriptions though are more critical, glasses can be moved slightly towards or away form the eye affecting focus a lot if the prescription is strong, contacts can't be adjusted in the same way so the prescription has to be right for the task.

But try as @WarpedTrekker says, adjusting position or relief by using different insert

[4didas]

@WarpedTrekker tilting the headset up cleared my vision alot. But now there's room for light bleed around my nose, which maybe a vr cover could help with, thanks alot for the response its much appreciated!

[4didas]

@DaftnDirect everything you said is very interesting to me because I feel like it applies to my situation. I will be looking more into everything you've said thank so much! I was able to get my vision cleared by tilting the headset a bit, so hopefully this helps someone else as well

[DaftnDirect]

I guess you could test if it is a prescription issue by getting a pair of low powered reading glasses from your local supermarket (say some plus 1's), and put them on over your contacts and see if that brings things back into focus in the headset.

If so, you can use the glasses for other things... I used to sit next to a girl in the office who wore contacts all day but put on reading glasses for CAD work. If it doesn't help, then maybe it's more to do with the relationship with strong astigmatism as WarpedTrekker mentioned.