Too high IPD for Rift S?

[SpaceMonkey037]

I have been thinking about getting a vr headset, I measured my ipd and it is around 70mm. Is this too big for the Rift S or should I go for a Samsung odyssey plus?

[Bob Loblaw]

Yes.

[LurkingFear]

I have a wmr headset. I like it but Wmr has alot of issues with game compatability. Mainly with controls. If you are gonna go hardcore vr gaming this set may not be for you.

I suggest you goto a Microsoft store and try one out . see if you can deal with its touchpad controls. Alot steam games just map vive controls to WMR for compatibility which defaults movement to touchpads and they are horrible.

Yes you can mod the files to use joysticks but it doesnt work most of the time because it moves the world not you some games will see You as leaving gamespace and crash.

You can also get htc lighthouses and controllers to work if you have alot of money to burn.

Just some things to look into before making a final decision.

[The Maddog]

Originally posted by mysterio1298:

I suggest you goto a Microsoft store and try one out .

WinMR headset sales outside of the US is pitiful "if" the headsets are sold in our countries to begin with and Microsoft Stores don't exist for the most part. Being able to "try" a headset is purely down to chance rather than a retail store having demo stations.

As for OP...yes your IPD is a bad fit for the Rift S according to all reports. Maybe consider a Vive as that will work with your IPD.

[Mio Rin]

The IPD range on the Rift S is 58-71mm.
If your IPD is more than 0.5mm over or under that, you may not be able to enjoy the Rift S fully.

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[Amylion]

Originally posted by Miorin:

The IPD range on the Rift S is 58-71mm.
If your IPD is more than 0.5mm over or under that, you may not be able to enjoy the Rift S fully.

I call fake news on that. The OP is asking about physical (hardware) IPD adjustment, not software correction. The Oculus Rift S is centered at around 64mm IPD and every other IPD will suffer from increasing out-of-focus.

Source: Palmer Luckey, the inventor of the Rift and founder of Oculus

http://palmerluckey.com/i-cant-use-rift-s-and-neither-can-you/

Like Oculus Go, it uses two lenses that are set about 64mm apart, perfect for a perfectly average person. Everyone who fits Cinderella’s shoe will get a perfect experience, anyone close will deal with minor eyestrain problems that impact their perception of VR at a mostly subconscious level. Everyone else is screwed, including me. Imagery is hard to fuse, details are blurry, distortion is wrong, mismatched pupil swim screws up VOR, and everything is at the wrong scale. “Software IPD adjustment” can solve that last bit, but not much else – it adjusts a single variable that happens to be related to IPD, but is not comparable in any way to an actual IPD adjustment mechanism .

[Bob Loblaw]

I can't seem to google up the max IPD of the Pimax series of headsets, but I thought they were some of the highest...

[LurkingFear]

Max ipd for pimax seems to be 75 from a coupke of non official sites on Google.

[Mio Rin]

Originally posted by Amylion:

I call fake news on that. The OP is asking about physical (hardware) IPD adjustment, not software correction...

Your assertion is incorrect.

OP asked if their IPD of 70mm was outside the range of the Rift S' IPD range, which it isn't.

Those I know that have the device, have not had notable problems with the software IPD adjustment system.
One of those people has an IPD of 57.5mm and streams VR gameplay several times a week, for several hours at a time with no ill effects. ( https://twitch.tv/malic_vr )

As for the article you quoted, it was written and posted before the device was released, by someone that had not had hands-on experience with the device.
That someone also stated that:

...people should really wait for it to come out before passing final judgement. All in all, it is going to be a great HMD.

[GunnyNinja]

Originally posted by Miorin:

Originally posted by Amylion:

I call fake news on that. The OP is asking about physical (hardware) IPD adjustment, not software correction...

Your assertion is incorrect.

OP asked if their IPD of 70mm was outside the range of the Rift S' IPD range, which it isn't.

Those I know that have the device, have not had notable problems with the software IPD adjustment system.
One of those people has an IPD of 57.5mm and streams VR gameplay several times a week, for several hours at a time with no ill effects. ( https://twitch.tv/malic_vr )

As for the article you quoted, it was written and posted before the device was released, by someone that had not had hands-on experience with the device.
That someone also stated that:

...people should really wait for it to come out before passing final judgement. All in all, it is going to be a great HMD.

Well I have a Rift S(at least until tomorrow) and my IPD is 72, which is the max the software adjustment goes to. I still have the headache from the double vision. I doubt it will be much better at 70.

[Mio Rin]

Originally posted by GunnyNinja:

Well I have a Rift S(at least until tomorrow) and my IPD is 72, which is the max the software adjustment goes to. I still have the headache from the double vision. I doubt it will be much better at 70.

Your IPD is _outside_ the IPD range of the Rift S.
OP's IPD is _inside_ the IPD range of the Rift S.
Therefore, OP is much more likely to have a good experience with the Rift S.