Few words about the Oculus Rift ergonomics and design

[chiliwili69]

I am now preparing my Rift to be sold. It has been an amazing device during this 2.5 years. Surprisingly I am only now realizing the superb work performed by the Oculus design team.

The size and form factor is just incredible light and compact. Once you practice a bit, it is very easy to put it on and off, and adjust the flexible straps and tilt (The Pimax has not tilt DOF to adjust!!).

The rear part of the straps are rigid and at the same time a bit flexible and fit very well with the back side of the head. It is also thin in the back side and with sensors, so it doesn´t has a horrible adjust wheel like vivePro which touch the back of my seat.

The headphones are great and allows to adjust them in all directions, so they can be quickly positioned over the ears. (Pimax has not headphones!)

The cables of the headphones and back sensors are hidden inside the lateral straps, you will not see them even moving back and forward the straps.

The materials used for the Rift are also very nice to the touch and easy to clean.

When the headset is well fixed it doesn´t move from your head even doing quick rotations of the head. The Rift fitted well to my face from day 1. I didn´t need to do any mod or extra adjustment. My Pimax5Kplus is touching my nose a little bit, it is annoying, I will need to put extra foam in the bottom part or do something else.

In summary, Oculus made a 11 over 10 work when they designed the Rift more than 3 years ago. I hope they maintain this good work and form factor for future PC VR devices.

I have to say goodbye to my Rift now, it has been a great product, I will miss his design, so just wanted to say: A BIG BRAVO FOR THE OCULUS DESIGN TEAM!!  and don´t forget your PC users  ? !!

Edited January 12, 2019 by chiliwili69

[dburne]

Been using my 2 years as of the 15th of this month, on practically a daily  basis.

Love it just as much as the day I got it. 

Only change I made was changing out the headphones with Oculus Earbuds.

 

Yes it is very comfortable and I have been known to game in it for hours at a time. I am still holding out for a new offering from Oculus hopefully at some point, but I love my Rift for more than just what we do here.

[Furni]

 Have to agree I’ve had my Rift for about 3 months but have to say I’m having a blast with it, it’s just so much fun best thing for PC gaming specially flight sims for years. 

 

Takes a a while to set up and I’m still tweaking mine but worth the effort - just love the Rift! ?

Edited January 12, 2019 by Furni

[Alonzo]

This is one of the reasons I'm so hesitant to move away from Oculus. The headset specs are unfortunately pretty low these days, especially resolution, but the ergonomics and sweet spot are pretty great. I'd be very reluctant to take a step back on ergonomics even for improved resolution.

 

Does Pimax offer demos? I know I can buy an Odyssey+ and return it if it's no good, Pimax is probably a little more difficult.