That's a DK1. It's 1280 x 800. Basically, 640 x 800 per eye. The DK1 here very low resolution. 1080p is better but still really, not enough. The dev Kit 2 will be 1080p. Consumer version rumored to be 1440p (2560 x 1440), or 2560 x 1600, which is 4x the pixel density of the DK1).
To be a bit more technical, the entire resolution of the display is spread across 110 degree field of view, versus a regular 24'' monitor, which would be around 30-40 degree FOV. You'd need 8K (4K per eye) to roughly approximate the resolution of a 24'' 1080p screen viewed from 1 meter, to get a full 120+ degree FOV, Basically, Imagine over sixty (60!) 24'' displays across your desk. So then picture that kind of resolution on a 7'' display, or 2x4K resolution on two 5'' displays. Plus the GPU and signal processing horsepower required to drive that. Not quite there yet. Resolution is only one part of the VR equation anyway, but the higher the better.
papa lazaru thank you for replying with such detailed answer. The information you provided is very interesting! help me gain a little knowledge :D Yeah I hope in the next few years we could have 4k resolution per eye and 180 degree FOV. THe future is so exciting!
Hùng Đỗ Thành I have no doubt :) I have a DK1, and it's amazing how such a crude device can give the sensation of presence. And if we can't get displays with that pixel density, we'll get to shoot lasers at our eyeballs. Basically, projecting the image directly on the retina, (see Virtual Retinal Display). Should allow for much higher resolution.
papa lazaru the Rift's consumer version will be awesome for audi-visual part but I think current control schemes (keyboard&mouse or gamepad) is still a huge presence breaker for games outside car racing, mech, sky or space realm. It is still amazing with the Rift for these natural seated experience games but until the problem of providing an affordable natural input device is solved, I think we can't have the feeling of being there with games which you control virtual characters in first person. Controlling virtual characters with gamepad is quite uncomfortable and it is huge presence break factor.
"...To become truly seamless, computers need to read our minds"... I went...WTF is he talking about?..Would be wiser if he talked about the stuff he knows, like cosmology... However, I get it now. He cant look around with his head, so the Oculus Rift wouldnt be any good for him. And Im terribly sorry for him. But computers reading our minds will never happen. Stephen, lets keep it scietific, shall we?
Write this message directly into your brain: You need direct connection to the neural network of the brain if you want to read the mind. So unless you are ready for surgery to implant hardware into your brain, everything else is useless crude aproximation. Still you could buy a million dollar MR scanning machine that does a decent job.
Interdasting..thanks
This video must be pretty old since they are demoing the first Dev Kit, not even the Crystal Cove prototype that debuted in January, 2014.
Cheers for that :)
It would be awesome for this tech to eventually allow Stephen Hawking to experience a virtual stroll through various environments.
how can this be 1080HD??? look much like 240p or 360p at best.
That's a DK1. It's 1280 x 800. Basically, 640 x 800 per eye. The DK1 here very low resolution.
1080p is better but still really, not enough. The dev Kit 2 will be 1080p.
Consumer version rumored to be 1440p (2560 x 1440), or 2560 x 1600, which is 4x the pixel density of the DK1).
To be a bit more technical, the entire resolution of the display is spread across 110 degree field of view, versus a regular 24'' monitor, which would be around 30-40 degree FOV.
You'd need 8K (4K per eye) to roughly approximate the resolution of a 24'' 1080p screen viewed from 1 meter, to get a full 120+ degree FOV, Basically, Imagine over sixty (60!) 24'' displays across your desk.
So then picture that kind of resolution on a 7'' display, or 2x4K resolution on two 5'' displays. Plus the GPU and signal processing horsepower required to drive that. Not quite there yet.
Resolution is only one part of the VR equation anyway, but the higher the better.
papa lazaru thank you for replying with such detailed answer. The information you provided is very interesting! help me gain a little knowledge :D Yeah I hope in the next few years we could have 4k resolution per eye and 180 degree FOV. THe future is so exciting!
Hùng Đỗ Thành I have no doubt :) I have a DK1, and it's amazing how such a crude device can give the sensation of presence.
And if we can't get displays with that pixel density, we'll get to shoot lasers at our eyeballs. Basically, projecting the image directly on the retina, (see Virtual Retinal Display). Should allow for much higher resolution.
papa lazaru the Rift's consumer version will be awesome for audi-visual part but I think current control schemes (keyboard&mouse or gamepad) is still a huge presence breaker for games outside car racing, mech, sky or space realm. It is still amazing with the Rift for these natural seated experience games but until the problem of providing an affordable natural input device is solved, I think we can't have the feeling of being there with games which you control virtual characters in first person. Controlling virtual characters with gamepad is quite uncomfortable and it is huge presence break factor.
"...To become truly seamless, computers need to read our minds"... I went...WTF is he talking about?..Would be wiser if he talked about the stuff he knows, like cosmology... However, I get it now. He cant look around with his head, so the Oculus Rift wouldnt be any good for him. And Im terribly sorry for him. But computers reading our minds will never happen.
Stephen, lets keep it scietific, shall we?
Why exactly would a computer not be able to read our minds.
Write this message directly into your brain: You need direct connection to the neural network of the brain if you want to read the mind. So unless you are ready for surgery to implant hardware into your brain, everything else is useless crude aproximation. Still you could buy a million dollar MR scanning machine that does a decent job.
Look up brain interfacing. It's a thing thats being researched