That's a great review btw, Doc OKulus.
Good to hear from someone with a lot of previous experience in VR and the various headsets.
Also glad to hear the chromatic aberration is minimal on the DK1.
Fantastic videos showing the use of the Kinect too!
I never even gave it thought to show the user's real "body" in VR. Genius!
I agree about the lens flare thing as well. Quite unnecessary in a VR app IMHO.
JJ Abrams indeed, quite off-putting in the last Star Trek movie. lol
I think the screendoor will always be more pronounced due to the wider FOV in the Rift (and thus the effective "zoom" on the whole screen).
Is the FOV in the eMagin and Sony quite a lot lower than the Rift?
It is starting to sound like the Tuscany demo has a slight added blur somewhere in the chain?
@Mel - if you're saying that the display becomes clear when you move the eyecups manually, then maybe the eyecups just don't have quite enough "range"?
This does sound like some possible eye issues though.
It doesn't take much before things start to go south, believe me. lol
I'm 31 now, and had perfect vision up until about six years ago.
My last eye test was about two years ago, and was already +2 astigmatic in the right eye.
It's not terrible, but I was quite shocked at how quickly it had changed, and is probably worse now.
Let us know how your 2nd Rift kit works out (you lucky swine!).
I'll try experimenting with the backlight mod on the Hydis 5.6" panel in the next few days.
I'm sure it could help decrease the switching time, and be applicable to the 7" in the DK1 as well (or any panel with a W-LED backlight).
@Doc Oc - do you do a fair bit of soldering / electronics?
Would anyone with a Hydis panel fancy trying the mod?