Five hours jacked into the 'Rift - Permanent eye damage megathread

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Baxate: Feb 1, 2011

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It didn�t take much for me to justify $350 for an Oculus Rift DK2�after all, I told myself, the consumer version of the virtual reality headset won�t be out for a year or so, and I�ve spent far more on video cards that I�ve kept for less time before upgrading.

Don�t think about the credit card. Just hit the purchase button.

So I did, and now I�m pretty sure my eyeballs are going to fall out of my head.

Okay, that�s probably an exaggeration. However, I most definitely am running into some weird issues with how the device�s 1920x1080 Samsung AMOLED display affects my everyday vision. With the Rift fitted properly against my face, the normally too-tiny-to-see pixel grid of the display is clearly visible, and staring at that grid for hours at a time is burning the pattern into my retinas, like a Pac-Man maze making a permanent impression on a CRT monitor.

One problem with describing issues like this is that the Rift is a lot like the Matrix: you kind of have to see it for yourself. There�s no really good way to capture in still pictures or video exactly what wearers see when they strap one of these things to their faces (this site when set to 1920x1080 and low persistence has a fair approximation of what the Rift DK2 looks like, but it�s not quite right�the pixels stand out a lot more). So, unfortunately, I can�t actually show you what I�m seeing when I close my eyes right now, but I�ll try to describe it.

I�ve been playing Elite: Dangerous, which to me offers the most compelling Oculus Rift experience currently available. The game�s developers spent a great deal of time ensuring that the latest Elite beta works well with the Rift, and the results are jaw-dropping�it feels like you�re sitting in a spaceship. You look around and the cockpit has weight and depth. You can turn around and look over your shoulder at the hallway door behind you. You can crane your neck and peer through your roof window to get an idea of what�s above and behind your ship. It�s just bloody amazing.

It�s so amazing, in fact, that I�ve been spending many, many hours immersed in the game, running missions and trading and upgrading my ship. The sense of immersiveness and sheer presence that the Rift gives makes even mundane tasks like running cargo between two outposts an awesome experience. With the Rift on my face, time just flies.
Enlarge / Things like stars and planets have a vast, difficult-to-describe hugeness to them in 3D.

But even 1920x1080 isn�t that high a resolution when the screen is centimeters from your eyes, and the lenses necessary to focus the screen make it look like you�re sitting inches from a TV (as many of us oldsters used to do when watching Saturday morning cartoons). The individual pixel elements of the screen are clearly visible in a grid or "screen door" pattern. The image itself is quite fluid as it changes, but the bright dots making up the picture themselves don�t move.

I can still faintly see this grid right now when I squeeze my eyes shut, in spite of the fact that I�ve had a solid night�s sleep. It�s superimposed over the usual retina noise I get when I close my eyes�or perhaps it�s better to say that it�s a very prominent part of the noise. It�s definitely less prominent than it was last night after a five-hour gaming session, but it�s still there.

As Gaming Editor Kyle Orland has told me, this should only be a temporary problem; the current Rift DK2 is already hopelessly outclassed by newer prototypes from Oculus. The consumer version, when it eventually launches, should look even better, with an ultra high-resolution display that won�t have any (or very little) noticeable screen-dooring. However, at least for now, don�t stare too hard or too long into the Rift DK2�it�ll do freaky things to your vision.

Now if you�ll excuse me, I have to go. My Cobra Mk III is fueled up, and this consignment of superconductors isn�t going to deliver itself.

oculus rift is an epic fail

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Sham bam bamina!: Nov 6, 2012; ƨtupid cat

but with an oculus rift instead of sunglasses

# ? Oct 10, 2014 00:51

Widdiful: Oct 10, 2012

thats nothing, i spent five hours jacked into your mum, op, and i have permanent brain damage and a restrainign order

# ? Oct 10, 2014 00:51

pram: Jun 10, 2001

third post

# ? Oct 10, 2014 00:51

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud: Apr 7, 2003

Widdiful posted:

thats nothing, i spent five hours jacked into your mum, op, and i have permanent brain damage and a restrainign order

Haha

# ? Oct 10, 2014 00:53

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

I really wanna try it but that post kinda scares me

like a "I just tried heroin " trip report. idk if I want to expose my brain to something that makes me so engrossed in sitting in a fake spaceship

otoh I can't wait to get jacked into the matrix and have a reanimated Steve jobs sucking my e-cock POV style, I can run my hands through his hair while Tim cool kneels on te ground behind him eating out his cancer ridden rear end in a top hat

this is what computes were invented for

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:34

Squinty Applebottom: Jan 1, 2013

you're worrying me again

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:40

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

I'm not the one programming those kinds of fetish simulators

how can we profit from it now? let's pour our money into Rifetish.com and hire ppl to make these sick games and make sick cash

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:44

Sham bam bamina!: Nov 6, 2012; ƨtupid cat

echinopsis posted:

otoh I can't wait to get jacked into the matrix and have a reanimated Steve jobs sucking my e-cock POV style, I can run my hands through his hair while Tim cool kneels on te ground behind him eating out his cancer ridden rear end in a top hat

this is what computes were invented for

i would not want a dad like you, echidnapiss

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:47

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

that's gross, echopenis

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:48

DaNzA: Sep 11, 2001; :D; Grimey Drawer

Widdiful posted:

thats nothing, i spent five hours jacked into your mum, op, and i have permanent brain damage and a restrainign order

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:48

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Sham bam bamina! posted:

i would not want a dad like you, echidnapiss

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:51

Djeser: Mar 22, 2013; it's crow time again

burn a grid onto your retinas. totally retro-80's

# ? Oct 10, 2014 02:03

Widdiful: Oct 10, 2012

im not sure if youll make much money if its steve jobs maybe try someone who isnt rotting atm, ecchi no penis

# ? Oct 10, 2014 02:04

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

MY FIVE HOUR OCULUS GAMING SESSION

# ? Oct 10, 2014 02:12

nigga crab pollock: Mar 26, 2010; by Lowtax

Widdiful posted:

thats nothing, i spent five hours jacked into your mum, op, and i have permanent brain damage and a restrainign order

# ? Oct 10, 2014 02:31

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Widdiful posted:

im not sure if youll make much money if its steve jobs maybe try someone who isnt rotting atm, ecchi no penis

welp the "gently caress a dead celeb" app will only come with Brittany murphy built in and Steve jobs and robin Williams et al will be in
app purchases

# ? Oct 10, 2014 02:38

bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

echinopsis posted:

I really wanna try it but that post kinda scares me

like a "I just tried heroin " trip report. idk if I want to expose my brain to something that makes me so engrossed in sitting in a fake spaceship

otoh I can't wait to get jacked into the matrix and have a reanimated Steve jobs sucking my e-cock POV style, I can run my hands through his hair while Tim cool kneels on te ground behind him eating out his cancer ridden rear end in a top hat

this is what computes were invented for

lol

# ? Oct 10, 2014 02:48

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Widdiful posted:

thats nothing, i spent five hours jacked into your mum, op, and i have permanent brain damage and a restrainign order

# ? Oct 10, 2014 03:06

jony ive aces: Jun 14, 2012; designer of the lomarf car; Buglord

echinopsis posted:

idk if I want to expose my brain to something that makes me so engrossed in sitting in a fake spaceship

euro spacetruck simulator

# ? Oct 10, 2014 03:10

pseudopresence: Mar 3, 2005; I want to get online...
I need a computer!

Basically same as OP except euro Truck Sim 2, poo poo is tite with a rift

# ? Oct 10, 2014 03:14

Cold on a Cob: Feb 6, 2006; i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually; College Slice

Widdiful posted:

thats nothing, i spent five hours jacked into your mum, op, and i have permanent brain damage and a restrainign order

# ? Oct 10, 2014 03:17

duTrieux.: Oct 9, 2003

echinopsis posted:

I really wanna try it but that post kinda scares me

like a "I just tried heroin " trip report. idk if I want to expose my brain to something that makes me so engrossed in sitting in a fake spaceship

this is why i don't read tcc anymore

# ? Oct 10, 2014 03:18

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duTrieux.: Oct 9, 2003

Widdiful posted:

thats nothing, i spent five hours jacked into your mum, op, and i have permanent brain damage and a restrainign order

did your bulbus glandis get stuck

# ? Oct 10, 2014 03:19

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