HP Reverb G2

[Eagler]

Anyone else preorder one of these?

Reviews, specs and price look great.

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Eagler

[Gman]

Here in Canada we were the last country I think in the free world to get pre orders, but a few weeks ago they became available (at last), and I have a couple paid for on pre order.  Luckily enough it was the same company that I bought my Reverbs through on sale, and their service was excellent for my first time buying from them.

October is the 'official" release date from HP/Valve/MS so far.  Those weeks will tick by slowly, eagerly awaiting these, and hopefully nVidia's new 3080ti or whatever they call it will be ready by then too.

[streakeagle]

I have a Rift and Rift S. My PC is old and little low on the specs, but I decided to preorder one anyway.

I will be waiting for the next generation gpus to come out.

Between this and MSFS2020, I am heading in the direction of a new PC. But I may hold out for another year or more if I can.

[WpnX]

Placed pre-order yesterday

[atlau]

I'll be waiting to hear your opinions. Been eyeing this to replace my odyssey+ (which I've been happy with except for losing the center position especially with poo lighting)

[Drano]

I'll be waiting to hear your opinions. Been eyeing this to replace my odyssey+ (which I've been happy with except for losing the center position especially with poo lighting)

Got a trick to beat the low lighting thing. I had a similar problem with my RiftS. The inside-out cameras need to have something to work with and didn't do well in a darkened room and the room where my PC is, generally is, especially at night. I got a little, low voltage IR light you might use for a security camera. I'd think the cheapest one you could find will do the job as it don't take much. Put it on the desk and have it shining on the ceiling above me. Now when I use the pass-through feature to look around with the headset on, it looks as if I have the lights on in the room. I can't see the IR light but the headset certainly does. Problem solved. Give that a shot if you have a headset with inside-out tracking.

[Vulcan]

Hah Drano! You just gave me an idea, I wonder if you hooked up an IR illuminator if you could use a quest as a nightvision setup.

[Drano]

Yeah if you were looking for a kind of silence of the lambs-like res! That's about what ya get out of the pass through.

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[Vulcan]

Did a bit of googling, some have played around with pass through and IR torches and it works quite well. Needs someone to write an app to turn off all the boundary stuff and let you use the IR cameras.

[atlau]

I'll also be curious how.much the increased resolution will change the system requirements to generate the images

[Mayhem]

I'll also be curious how.much the increased resolution will change the system requirements to generate the images

Should be the same as the Reverb G1 since they use the same resolution.

[atlau]

Should be the same as the Reverb G1 since they use the same resolution.

Thought it was even higher with the G2

[Mayhem]

Thought it was even higher with the G2

They both do a per eye resolution of 2160×2160 a FOV of 115 deg refresh rate of 90.

"On paper, both Reverb headsets contains dual 2,160 × 2,160 LCD lenses. However, HP promises that a number of deficiencies with the Reverb G1 display have been fixed.

For starters, the contrast and brightness on the G2 is better. This will make each game look sharper and brighter." (Note: This should not effect performance.)

If your system can Handle the Reverb G1 it will handle the Reverb G2 just as well.

https://arvrtips.com/hp-reverb-g1-vs-g2/

[FLS]

Lenses and screens are two different parts. The lenses were improved, the screens are the same.

[Mayhem]

Sebastian Ang of MRTV - MIXED REALITY TV has had a test set for some time and has some pretty good information on the HP Reverb G2.

https://www.youtube.com/c/mixedrealityTV/videos

He has a lot of videos for the g2 here are some high lights .....

OCULUS RIFT S VS HP REVERB G2 VS VALVE INDEX - Through The Lens Comparison! Which VR Headset To Buy?
https://youtu.be/v4wlEbD5vxk

COMPLETE FOV COMPARISON - HP Reverb G2 vs. Rift S vs Index vs Pimax vs StarVR One! (Incl. CV1&Vive)
https://youtu.be/9dzW3t6NVmw

HP REVERB G2 AT HALF RESOLUTION - Still Better Than Rift S? Through The Lens Videos: Alyx, PC2, XP11
https://youtu.be/-NT1GFgMsqw

TOP 10 REASONS TO BUY THE HP REVERB G2 - Why The G2 Is One Of The Very Best VR Headsets!
https://youtu.be/z6SC_O0shvA

5 REASONS AGAINST THE HP REVERB G2 - 5 Reasons NOT To Buy The HP Reverb G2!
https://youtu.be/XbFkle2h1PY

He has a lot more videos but I think I'm pushing the limit on links.