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CV1 Focus adjustment? Why is no one raging?

Anonymous
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I don't know for certain what Oculus has decided on for dealing with those of us that wear glasses, but I've heard rumors and seen interviews that suggest they will just force us to wear our prescription, rather than allow for adjustment on the HMD.

This is an absolutely horrible decision, regardless of reason, if true. Someone should really clarify whether or not they have a proper focus adjustment. I was leaning back towards Oculus after seeing Touch, and Palmer's usual quirky charisma, but I would consider abandoning ship if I were forced to wear my glasses inside the CV1.

Gear VR, DK1, and DK2 all have focus adjustment of some sort, so why ruin the CV1 for those of us that have heavy prescriptions? There are quite a few of us, and none of us have a desire to lower our FOV, and most of us don't want to wear contacts I'm sure.
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Malkmus1979
Explorer
I thought everyone wanted to be able to wear glasses so they made that possible with cv1.

Anonymous
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"Malkmus1979" wrote:
I thought everyone wanted to be able to wear glasses so they made that possible with cv1.


I don't see why we can't have both. A lot of us were very happy with lens options.

RoTru
Honored Guest
"jngdwe" wrote:

This is an absolutely horrible decision, regardless of reason, if true..


Even if the reason is good...??? Do you think an optometrist has to run all those tests because there's easy, universal fixes for everyone's eyesight? There isn't and there can't be for VR headsets. They've already tried different lense cups and it just doesn't cover a wide enough spectrum. If you really want good vision in VR you're best off with your own prescription glasses.

Anonymous
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"RoTru" wrote:
"jngdwe" wrote:

This is an absolutely horrible decision, regardless of reason, if true..


Even if the reason is good...??? Do you think an optometrist has to run all those tests because there's easy, universal fixes for everyone's eyesight? There isn't and there can't be for VR headsets. They've already tried different lense cups and it just doesn't cover a wide enough spectrum. If you really want good vision in VR you're best off with your own prescription glasses.


Haven't you used a Gear VR? It has a knob on the top for adjusting focal length. It works very well for most people. To not include this sort of option is absurd. Besides that, the lens options from the two dev kits also allowed a much better experience for probably the majority of us with poor sight.

There IS an easy solution for those of us who don't want to wear glasses, and they have already used and proven it.

genetransfer
Explorer
weren't the lenses on A and B the same, just with different relief via the cups, if so the cv1 is providing the same thing except without having to swap. I could be wrong...edit: rabble rabble rabble 🙂

Welby
Adventurer
The main reason why they haven't chose to put the Focus adjustment is (hearing at what Nate has said) because a lot of people,for example on GearVR,are used to over-focus or the opposite and so they're just seeing worse or they're gonna overused their eyes.

I think it's safier to just use your own prescription.

saviornt
Protege
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Buckethead
Honored Guest
I watched a intetview where Nate commented on focus adjustment and why didnt integrate it. The reason is that the rift supports your glasses so u play with your perscription glasses on .
So no need for focus. But by using glasses u always sacrifice FOV. And that is the reason why they dont comment about FOV because its directly depending on if you use the rift with or without glasses and if you have glasses FOV depens on the size of them. Pretty hard to tell a fixed FOV value when u support glasses.

Anonymous
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"welby" wrote:
The main reason why they haven't chose to put the Focus adjustment is (hearing at what Nate has said) because a lot of people,for example on GearVR,are used to over-focus or the opposite and so they're just seeing worse or they're gonna overused their eyes.

I think it's safier to just use your own prescription.


I can totally understand this, but most people can tell can't they? The eye strain is obvious within minutes. A simple warning/guide could be worlds of help in this regard.