hey everybody hate indignant from PC world here and I am here with a UH what
is that new headset new oculus rift shock shock shock this is the oculus
rift s I keep wanting to say the Xbox one yes that's not in fact they said
that's why they chose the s names because people are already familiar with
it from the Xbox one s and the iPhone s 6s I guess so but yeah oculus rift s
this is a brand new VR headset for PC design huh yeah this is shocking because
we we went to oculus connect in the in the fall and we saw the quest you know
the standalone headset that are making we kind of thought they were done with
PC VR but obviously not they have a brand new headset you might notice there
are cameras on the sides here and on the front same as the oculus quest
it is a inside out tracking headset you might also notice there's a Lenovo this
was built in partnership with Lenovo which is also funny because we tried to
win milivoje you remember Adam we tried that limo oh and that was less it was
last year of two years ago I can't remember no yeah they were making it
you're making Stevie our heads at one point now they are working on this
oculus design instead so yeah we have a new new strap design it is much more
rigid they're calling it a halo it's the same as the PlayStation VR kind of how
does it feel on the hood feels actually very comfortable
I actually reminds me a lot of the deluxe audio strap for the vibe which is
also this rigid plastic form it's got that bicycle wheel design on the back so
very easy to adjust on and off and then yeah it is an inside-out tracking system
so we have five cameras as opposed to the quest which has four so we have a
one or while we have two on the side corners here two on the front and then
the big innovation here is there's this one on the top which means when you
raise the controller over your head you're still getting
a controller tracking which is the problem that we have over the quests
right as soon as I moved my hands over my head the quest kind of lost it every
time so this has a much better tracking we've been played we played two demos we
played a vacation simulator and we were destined played a game called rash which
is one of a Viking game both a time really fun I'm really looking forward to
vacation simulator that's out in April like two weeks out from that but yeah
this this you know we were playing that when we were playing RAF there was a lot
of sword motion shield motion stuff like that lifting above our heads I never had
any problem with losing tracking it still doesn't thing where if you put
your hands behind your back it immediately loses it that's just part
and parcel with these inside out tracking systems there's not much they
can do to fix that except you know if they put one on the back here but that's
not gonna happen or at least not yet but yeah it was a really great experience
they also have improved the resolution on this headset it is oh man I'm going
to screw it up I think it's 2560 by 1440 which is the same resolution as that
oculus go it is not the same resolution as the oculus quest which is a
standalone handset that's the weird part the quest is actually a higher
resolution headset even though that one's standalone and this one is
tethered to the PC so that's a bit strange I don't know why they went was a
lower resolution here we also heard a rumor and I'm we have to confirm this so
you know keep in mind is a rumor but we've heard a rumor that this is tops
out at 80 Hertz which is less than than 90 Hertz the oculus has said in the past
is is key to VR in true so that's a little strange that it would be will
confirm that for the article so by the time you actually read this you'll know
whether or not that's true or not but yeah other than that like it looks great
screen door effect is much less noticeable that's really important
because I've been going back and forth between the original rift which is now
three years old and the five pro which had that higher resolution and it was
very noticeable every time I went back to the original rift it looked like
garbage so yeah it's nice of them that actually have a better screen finally
less screen door effect and yeah just not having to set up the whole thing we
haven't demoed those Guardians setup and everybody that we've talked to here
since it's very easy take like no time at all is it still pretty even though it
has the new design it's pretty keep the light out pretty well oh
yeah it keeps the light out pretty well the fov is a little is a little more
noticeable to me right now I'm not sure that's just because it's like your
device looking for it as tighter and I'm not sure if that's just because it's new
a new device and we're not used to it yet I don't have obviously an original
rift or like a vibe to compare to here so yeah we will have to check that once
we actually have review units at home we can really dig into the specs these one
of the things I've noticed though but yeah it's a beautiful headset and it
feels really nice they have like the depth thing on here so you can slide
this away closer and away from your face I can't do it right now because I'm not
on my face so it's a little bit hard but this button presses in and you can sort
of like get this oh and what do you think about the strap being off to the
side like this and they did that with the the vibe also and I think the
original rift even had that in the design though not as not as tethered or
not as closely title is this I noticed it a little when I move my left arm
around I'll sometimes catch it on the the cord I don't think this is gonna be
as nice as the quest in terms of just like moving around my place but if
you're one of those people that still wants like that top-tier PC sort of
experience obviously this is going to be a much better visual experience you know
a 1080i 20/80 is gonna do a much better job than whatever chip is inside the
oculus quest so yeah we'll probably I mean this is what I want to use as a
nice PC rift but we'll have to check you know once we get it in our hands and
stuff there also you might notice there are no headphones anymore they're doing
the same thing as the quest they have that like built into the strap
headphones which in this sort of environment is a nightmare because
there's so much noise but I assume in the house it won't matter as much they
also said that you can plug a pair of headphones into this or I or pair of
pair of headphones I'm not really sure I mean it's a PC so I assume they're just
using wireless headphones paired to the PC and so yeah you could do that if you
wanted a better audio experience but anyways it's a 3.5 millimeter jack so
yeah so it's a cool little it's a cool device and I'm glad the oculus finally
has another PC has that first to try whether or not
you know when you over finally I think quest probably has a better chance of
going to the mass market just because you don't need a PCE to use it but they
are both the same price or both 399 and they're both releasing this spring so
this will be out also within the next couple of months and so yeah well bring
you more details as soon as we have them as I said we have to confirm that
resolute another resolution with the refresh rate on this but other than that
yeah oculus rift s and that name is still really hard to
say and yeah it's a nice surprise because we kind of came here not
expecting there to be anything really notable so yeah we will have more
details as soon as we can and for now I'm a hidden thing from Digman for PC
world and we'll see you soon