Meet the new Oculus Rift - Project Crystal Cove

[TopWargamer]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/7/5284918/oculus-rift-crystal-cove

 

 

Changelog

-Replaced LCD screen with OLED screen, will reduce motion blur/motion sickness

-The camera in collaboration with the white dots on Crystal Cove will provide better head tracking

-Can now lean and crouch because of the previous point

-OLED screen for Crystal Cove is a low persistence of vision display (ie, Crystal Cove INTENTIONALLY reduces what the player sees so that their brain can smooth out the VR)

 

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey on the new OLED screen.

"What we're doing is we're taking the image and flashing it on when it's correct, and only keeping that on for a fraction of a millisecond and then turning it off and then going black until the next pulse," Oculus founder Palmer Luckey tells Polygon.

 

"Low persistence is really, really important. It's probably the most important thing we're showing. It doesn't sound really exciting... but it's incredible the difference low persistence makes. You really have to see it. It's mind-blowing."

 

I'm really liking what I'm seeing here. Those 4 changes that were listed are very good and needed changes. I'm sure that Crystal Cove uses a 1080p display, but the article doesn't say.

 

The Verge will be taking a look at Crystal Cove later today, so stay tuned.

[nsyedhasan]

All of the innovation. I think Apple should learn something from this.

[Bluejay0]

Hmm. Could this be the final intended product? Or will this be a new version?

[Thecrazyswede]

All of the innovation. I think Apple should steal something from this.

 

Fix'd for apple accuracy.

[TopWargamer]

Hmm. Could this be the final intended product? Or will this be a new version?

I'm ASSUMING that this is the prototype version of the final product.

[Bloodyvalley]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

[Bluejay0]

I'm ASSUMING that this is the prototype version of the final product.

Could be. Maybe the previous (A.K.A First version) could be a budget oriented one with 720P/900P screen.

[Muffinator]

*Drools* 

I want one. 

Now.

[TopWargamer]

Could be. Maybe the previous (A.K.A First version) could be a budget oriented one with 720P/900P screen.

That would actually be really cool if they did that. Definitely a good strategy to get VR to the masses, especially for those who can't afford a VR device that is potentially expensive.

[Bluejay0]

That would actually be really cool if they did that. Definitely a good strategy to get VR to the masses, especially for those who can't afford a VR device that is potentially expensive.

 

Possibly that C.C VR is somewhere at the 300$ price point and that the "budget" would be at the 250$ or less. This would really open a wider market for the wider mass.

[MatheusSanzo]

Looks pretty cool, I hope it launches soon and at a fair price.

[tp95112]

That looks like its going to give neck pains

[TopWargamer]

That looks like its going to give neck pains

How so?

[TOMPPIX]

why can't oculus rift use a Virtual Retinal Display http://reviews.cnet.com/wearable-tech/avegant-virtual-retinal-display/4505-34900_7-35828603.html

[wng_kingsley7]

All of the innovation. I think Apple should learn something from this.

hue hue hue. I know this is pretty astounding even at this moment in time. Can't wait till it goes international so I can try it out. The only bad thing is that its bulky

[Guerrero]

I wonder if my optometrist will let me get one 

[alchemist11]

$250 promised price? Not after the OLED inclusion. On the upside, much better picture colour quality. It's a pity the promised consumer price won't be guaranteed any more. Doors are opening for competing products to take some market share once all of these devices are released. No mention of native Steam OS support or future support.

[Bluejay0]

$250 promised price? Not after the OLED inclusion. On the upside, much better picture colour quality. It's a pity the promised consumer price won't be guaranteed any more. Doors are opening for competing products to take some market share once all of these devices are released. No mention of native Steam OS support or future support.

 

Are you referencing my suggestion? If so, I meant the normal LCD (Current) model for budget. But it's all guessing.

[Khraft]

つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give 4k Oculus つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[WiiManic]

Nice to see a new Rift prototype, looks on track for the consumer model.

 

Been hyped since the kickstarter and nothing seems to have halted that yet.

OLED is nice, and finally seeing positional tracking is awesome, even if it might not be the exact same as the consumer model.

 

Oh, IGN has a video of it and the tracking.

[tp95112]

How so?

It looks pretty heavy could be the angle

[Bluejay0]

It looks pretty heavy could be the angle

 

Well they are only having a prototype. It might be lighter later on or the weight will be correctly distributed.

[TopWargamer]

It looks pretty heavy could be the angle

The Rift has a strap going around the head, and a strap that goes on top of the head. So think of it as a helmet, with no hard top, and a screen in front of it.

[winny3141]

So this is basically like what Lightboost does for motion blur in that it inserts black periods in between graphics frames. I remember reading that OLED cannot handle this type of BPI (Black Period Insertion) between frames because it is not bright enough. To get impulse response equivalent to CRTs, the display has to be insanely bright. This is because when inserting black frames in between graphics frames, the naked eye cannot notice the black frames themselves, but it can notice a darker tint to the image that also results in a diminished gamma, delta-e color error, along with brightness. Its either Oculus Rift has a revolutionary new OLED technology that no one else has up their sleeves, or they are going to run into serious brightness and image quality issues whether the screen is Full HD or 4K! Anyway, seeing all these videos of people using Kinnects to control robotic arms, like NASA featured on the WAN show, this is really exiting with the included web cam and motion dot sensors that they use in special effect production in hollywood. Crystal Cove brings us much closer to Virtual Reality, its just I am afraid of the brightness hit and degraded image quality that will persist with an OLED screen with BPI.

 

- winny3141

[atomicmonkey101]

4K plox?