Posts by frui

I got a Reverb. The clarity is amazing, noticeably better than 5K+. Text is smooth and readable on Windows desktop. On 5K+ it’s readable but not smooth by comparison. Cons: the FOV is about the same as Oculus OG, and the black border (edge of screen) is easier to be seen on on Reverb if you move your head. If wearing glasses all the edges can be seen at all time, and it’s very immersion breaking. The reason why Reverb has such great clarity is because with their optical design all the pixels are used, but that leaves a negative side: the ugly border. Now with this we have more understanding about Pimax’s design philosophy, which is the opposite of HP: It wastes some of the pixels for us not to see the border! Beside Reverb and 5K+ there might be better design, but that might be more expensive. Or maybe we can have something between?

Now there are more serious problems of Reverb: compared with 5K+ it’s uncomfortable. It has no IPD adjustment. I had a very hard time set it up as the controllers cannot be found as the bluetooth device. I have to borrow an external bluetooth dongle which worked on another people’s computer.

The most dreaded problem, is the flickering of one screen after 5 minutes or so. The problem is widely reported on Reddit, and no definite solution has been found yet. Compared with the hardware problems of Reverb, 5K+/8K are like breeze.

I will still keep the Reverb. The clarity is just…wow! It’s hard to get back, even with the small FOV, black border, and constant flickering. After my experience with Reverb, what I want to say to Pimax: clarity is really more important than FOV. 150 degree is quite enough, maybe even 130 degree.

I will have my Reverb tomorrow, and I will compare it to 5K+, which should be the only competitors for now.

I am pretty sure Reverb will tramp 5K+ in clarity.

At the end of this year Pimax 8KX will be out and it should be THE headset for flight sim.

5 more sceneries of this quality, and Aerofly FS2 would be big, big, big!

By the way. I haven't followed GeoConvert for quite a while. What's its status now? Have the problems of white blocks and black borders been resolved now? I'd really like to start making ortho sceneries, with so many cultivations coming.

Great work! Thank you so much Michael.

How is the screen clarity compared with Vive Pro?

VR replay would be great. It would make learning flight so much fun, and great for sightseeing too.

If I remeber it correctly, Aerofly FS2 would be the first flight sim to implement this, which will give it an valuable edge over the competitors.

What a piece of art! Wish there be a set of HD ortho textures as future update. It really deserves it.

Looks incredible. Can't wait for it.

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Ordered from where?

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R768KJP/…sr=8-1-fkmrnull

I ordered HP Reverb instead.

3K total resolution just won't cut it for flight sim. We should start from 4K.

Spectacular!

And if only we have dynamic 3D water...

This tendency has become more and more obvious with the release and success of ORBX TrueEarth series.

Eventually we will be flying in a very recognizable and immersive world. What a time to be alive for simmers!

Aerofly FS 2 was actually a leader in this approach, and I wish you keep the lead.

Reverb is the answer.

I have Odyssey OG and Pimax 5K+/8K. 5K+ and Odyssey have almost the same, but 5K+ has more clarity over Odyssey, and the instruments on 5K+ are more readable.

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What do you see as the weakness for fs2 use? It looks very exciting to me.

Vive Pro resolution diluted to bigger FOV, thus only Oculus OG clarity. Big no no for Sims in 2019.

Good for other games, but not for Aerofly FS 2. More looking forward to HP Reverb.

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Honestly, while we all search for the Holy Grail of super high-resolution, my experience says that aerofly is probably the only Sim that could run acceptably at those resolutions .

Anything else will be reduced to a slideshow , so I'm not sure how good those super hi-rez hmds are really going to be for simulation .

Perhaps Oculus being a bit more humble with its ambitions , will actually provide the more reasonable compromise .

Even turning down the resolution and Steam VR SS, a higher resolution headset still has better clarity than one with lower resolution panels. And FS2 can handle higher resolutions.

It shouldn't be that bad. You need to check with your Pitool and SteamVR settings. Flight simmers of DCS and X-plane are very positive towards Pimax 5K+ compared with other headsets.

I can read FS2 instrument more clearly on Pimax 5K+ than Odyssey OG, but I think HP Reverb will be even better than Pimax 5K+.

However good it is, this is for the general mass market, not for the flight simmers, hence not worth much discussion here.

HP Reverb is the one to anticipate, even better than Pimax 5K+, which is better than Vive Pro, which is better than Oculus S, for simmers.