If you wear glasses and have a VR headset, you might have encountered some of these problems
before...
Either your frames don’t fit in the headset.
Or they do fit, but it pushes against your face and it isn’t comfortable.
Or maybe you are scared that your glasses might scratch against the lenses and damage
them?
Since a couple of weeks, I wear glasses full time.
Before that, I didn’t know I needed glasses, so I didn’t pay much attention to using
VR with glasses.
Now that I do, I wanted to share my experience for others out there who might be having similar
problems.
So in this video, I will show you prescription lens adapters for the Oculus Rift, Oculus
Go, HTC VIVE and HTC VIVE PRO.
I will show you what they are, how they are installed, I’ll show you differences between
the lens types and lastly, I’ll share my thoughts on them.
Make sure to check the description for the timeline of this video.
I’ll show the installation per headset.
However the conclusion will be a general one about all the lens adapters that we have,
since the adapters are almost the same except for the installation.
I hope to give you a general view on whether prescription lens adapters are worth getting
and if we recommend the WidmoVR versions.
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. First of all, thanks to WidmoVR for sending
us their adapters when we posted on social media that I had to start wearing glasses.
That was... kinda thoughtful ;)
So what are prescription lens adapters exactly and what do they do?
These are the lens adapters that we have.
They are custom made glasses to fit your VR headset.
This way you don’t have to wear your glasses while in your VR headset anymore, instead
you can keep these lens adapters attached on your VR headset and see sharply in VR without
the hassle of trying to fit your frames in there.
They are manufactured per prescription.
Widmo has a lot of options that you can fill out on the basis of your prescription provided
by your optometrist.
They go for 74 US dollars or 74 euro, shipping included.
If you pick options like a Blue Light Filter or High Index glasses, then 29 dollars per
option can be added.
Make sure to use our discount code in the description if you decide to buy them for
a 5% discount.
We received three prescription lens adapters, one for the HTC VIVE (which also fits the
Pro), one for the Oculus Rift and one for the Oculus Go.
The Oculus Rift one has a blue light filter, the rest does not.
I’ll give you a look at how they are installed and removed in a bit.
But before we move on, I also wanted to give you an idea of my prescription.
I am farsighted with a prescription of +1 on both eyes, so the text isn’t clear for
me when it is up close and I am not wearing my glasses.
My eyes are also astigmatic.
This means they are formed more like a cylinder than round.
Because of that, I have trouble focusing my eyes, so I see blurry in general without my
glasses.
And that’s also why the optometrist recommends me to wear my glasses full time.
All three of these lens adapters are custom made for my prescription.
Later in this video, I will check if it makes a difference for me playing with and without
them.
But before that, let me show you how to install all three of them on 4 different VR headsets.
This box is what all the lens adapters come in.
All lenses come in this soft foam wrap.
This is the same for every box, so I won’t show you the unboxing of every one of them.
All lens adapters come with this little cloth sack too.
I feel that the little accessories are a nice touch.
? Now, let’s move on with the Oculus Go adapters
installation.
First, make sure you insert the Oculus Go eyeglass spacer that was included with your
Oculus Go purchase.
This is the eyeglass spacer.
To make installation easier, turn the sides vertically.
Then remove the original lens covers.
Remove the foam face pad.
Insert the eyeglass spacer.
(Now smile back at it, because it looks like it’s smiling at us) ;)
Also, make sure that the knobs of the eyeglass spacer are in the holes on both sides.
Reinsert the foam face pad.
And instead of using the original lens covers, you can now put in the Widmo lens adapters.
Press a bit on the sides, so it’s tight in there.
As you can see, it’s a very easy setup and it looks pretty great.
I am shaking it here to see if they will fall off, and they don’t so that’s good news.
Now I’m showing you that they are easy to remove as well.
Which is, of course, nice to have if you share your Oculus Go a lot with friends or family.
The Oculus Rift installation is also easy, but probably takes a couple of seconds more
to get used to it.
This is the Oculus Rift lens adapter.
This one has a blue light filter, I will show the difference between with and without this
filter later in this video.
To install the Oculus Rift adapter, you take out the Rift facial interface by pulling it
out from the top.
Next, place the lens adapter from the front on the facial interface.
Make sure it fits right.
Then turn around the interface while holding onto the lens adapter from the other side.
It’s recommended to hold on to the lens adapter like this to insert the adapter in
place.
Now reinsert the Rift interface, make sure to click it on the headset.
And you’re ready to go with the Rift adapter.
As you can see here, there is a tiny bit of space between the lens adapter and the headset’s
lenses.
It doesn’t seem to touch the headset lens though.
If it does touch - it only touches very softly.
And because the lens adapters are placed between the facial interface and the headset lenses,
it does not come off easily either.
As you can see here, I have a VRCover facial interface.
The WidmoVR adapters fit on them perfectly.
The same goes for the original facial interface.
So that is nice, especially since a lot of us have VRCovers.
They are easy to remove too.
Just pull of the facial interface and remove it.
Removing is actually easier than inserting.
The HTC VIVE lens adapters are the only ones that come with an extra lens cover, which
is this black cover.
The cover is on the lens adapter right now.
The HTC VIVE versions also have text on the adapters telling you which one is for the
left or right lens.
So let’s move on to the installation of the HTC VIVE lens adapters.
We will start with the original VIVE.
Start by rotating the knobs on both sides of the headset to adjust the lens distance
in the headset.
Now you have enough space to put the lens adapters in.
Check which lens you are holding.
Remove the protective cover first.
Then place the adapters onto the headset’s lens.
The best way to do this is to first place the adapter between the headset’s lens and
the headset’s frame.
Then just push the sides of the adapter until it is tight.
Now just rotate the knobs again to adjust the distance of your preference and you’re
done.
As you can see here, the adapters don’t fall off easily, which is good news.
If you want, you can use the extra covers to protect the lenses when you are not playing.
Now let me show you if they are easy to remove.
Make sure you use your side knobs to adjust the lens distance in the headset again because
you need some space to be able to remove the adapters.
And as you can see here, they are very easy to remove.
The VIVE lens adapters fit both the original HTC VIVE and the VIVE PRO headset.
The only difference in installation on the VIVE PRO is that there is a button here that
you have to press to create more space between the headset’s lenses and frame.
But the rest of the installation is exactly the same.
And it does not fall off easily either.
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There are also two options to choose from when you order these adapters.
One of the options is a Blue Light Filter.
This is a filter on the glasses that cut out a harmful portion of the blue light spectrum.
Widmo calls it Blue Light Protection.
I wanted to show you the difference between glasses with and without a Blue Light Filter.
The Rift adapter that we got here has Blue Light Filter.
The VIVE adapter does not have this filter, so to show you the difference we shot some
through-the-lens footages of both.
There is a bit of a yellow tint, but it is very subtle.
I have a Blue Light filter on my “real life glasses” too and that yellow tint is much
more visible than that of the adapters.
For VR, It doesn’t really matter much to me whether I use the blue light filter or
not.
If I was in VR nine hours a day like I’m in front of my PC screen at work, then I would
probably get the blue light filter just to protect my eyes.
But that’s personal preference.
There is also the option to get the lens adapters without any prescription.
These lens types are called “Plano”.
These are lenses that don’t have vision correction and can be used to protect the
headset lenses or to keep them dust free.
You may also want to get a Plano with a Blue Light filter to protect your eyes.
So what is it like to play with the lens adapters versus playing without them?
First of all, they definitely make my eyesight more clear and just that little bit crisper.
They are comfortable too.
My eyelashes do not touch the glasses, I don’t feel the lens adapters at all when I have
my headset on.
The Field of View is not affected since they cover the headset’s lenses entirely.
I can still look sideways with my eyes.
And when I do that I do not notice any distortions or god rays.
I don’t notice any color differences either.
Except when you get the Blue Light filter, everything is a bit more yellow.
However, I also wear glasses with a Blue Light Filter and the yellow of the Widmo Lens Adapters
are definitely less.
So more subtle.
The adapters are very easy to insert and remove after you get the hang of it, taking only
a couple of seconds.
Probably the most tricky one to remove and install the whole time would be the Rift one,
but once you get the hang of it it only takes a couple of seconds more.
I have heard that there are lens adapters out there that tend to fall off often or create
distortion in the view.
I don’t have those lens adapters to compare it with, but I did not encounter these problems
with the WidmoVR adapters.
The price of about 74 dollars with shipping included for custom made prescription lens
adapters of this quality seems fair to me too.
So I think they are great and definitely a recommendation to get if you wear glasses
with a strong prescription.
You can order the WidmoVR lens adapters by going to their website.
Make sure you know your prescription and check out their Frequently Asked Questions page
to get help on how to read your eyeglass prescription.
It is recommended to do this as accurately as possible.
If you need help with it, you can always contact Widmo for support.
They are very responsive.
Widmo also collaborated with us by providing a discount code for all of our viewers!
If you use the discount code "CAS&CHARY" at checkout you will get a 5% discount.
It will also give us a small referral fee, which will help support the content.
Be aware though that the discount code is limited for one use per user.
Widmo ships worldwide.
They are based in Poland though, so if you are in Europe, you’ll most likely get the
adapters quicker than when you order them from the US.
Do you have any other questions about the lens adapters?
If so, let us know down below and we’ll try to answer them all!
A special thank you goes to our Right Hand Patron artArmin, and a special shout out goes
to his Patreon page.
And also that’s it for this video, thank you for watching and as always.
VR on!