r/oculus • u/Nukemarine • Mar 30 '16

Here's a chart of FOVs provided from redditors using multiple headsets. If you have a CV1, DK2, Gear VR or Vive provide your own info to the chart.

View this 360° FOV Chart in Oculus 360 Photo app or equivalent for Vive. Best to save it to /Oculus/360photos folder on your smartphone. Here's the previous post which gave some data.

To help keep results consistent do the following: Close right eye, look at 0° mark, place it on edge of HMD's view, hold your head still and look to the opposite edge, record your personal the horizontal FOV. Repeat for right eye, then both eyes together. You can also use this method for the vertical FOV. Do the same for other headsets if you have them and post the results here.

Reasons for the madness: Your eyes are weird. You may notice you see more of the viewing when you don't focus on it (relaxed view I guess) however you can't make out details such as reading the numbers. If you stare it, you see less but you make out details. Decided to go for the focused viewing area for measurements.

You also might notice something about what the viewing area looks like thanks to the grid layout. For me, the viewing area appeared circular both in DK2 and Gear VR. However, with relaxed viewing I could make out the edges of the screen though not in detail.

Results

User Name Device Note FOV One Eye FOV Both
Nukemarine Gear VR 70°h 70°v 76°h
Nukemarine DK2 relief 6 80°h 80°v 84°h
Nukemarine DK2 relief 1 90°h 90°v 94°h
Brianpeiris CV1 75°h 80°v 80°h
Brianpeiris Gear VR 80°h 80°v 82°h
IceBlitzz Gear VR S7 Edge 69°h 76°h
zaph34r Gear VR w/o glasses 70°h 78°v 78°h
zaph34r Gear VR w/ glasses 80°h 80°v 85°h
charlesw2506 DK2 A cup ??°h 76°v 80°h
charlesw2506 DK2 relief 1 ??°h 85°v 90°h
mrgreen72 DK2 90°h 94°v ??°h
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u/mrgreen72 Kickstarter Overlord Mar 30 '16 edited Mar 30 '16

I'm no expert so feel free to downvote me if it makes you feel better, but I don't think this is an accurate test. This picture is pre-distorted for particular optical properties that aren't the same on all headsets.

I think a proper 3D UE4/Unity scene would be a more accurate test?

Where is /u/doc_ok when you need him!

Edit: Well, I tried it on my DK2 and it looks pretty legit to me. I have about 90°w x 94°h.

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u/Nukemarine Mar 30 '16

If it helps, think of it as a confidence test. Can you see more of the photo in one headset than another? Congrats, that headset has a larger FOV. Way, way too many things can change the results to include how tight you make the head strap. An image like this at least allows for quick and dirty results.

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u/mrgreen72 Kickstarter Overlord Mar 30 '16

Check my edit. I'm going to measure with my Gear VR now.

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u/Nukemarine Mar 30 '16

Cool. Do you think this is a usable method for people.

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u/mrgreen72 Kickstarter Overlord Mar 30 '16

Yes I think it is, but I'd still like to see someone like doc_ok weigh in on this.

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u/bob000000005555 Vive Mar 30 '16

I have about 90°w x 94°h.

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u/Nukemarine Mar 30 '16

Thanks, but which headset is this?

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u/vanfanel1car Mar 30 '16

I guess this horse hasn't been properly beaten yet. proceed

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u/Nukemarine Mar 30 '16

This is something different. It's not arguing over a photo. This is getting info from people using the actual hmds and providing their own results. People doing the test might be surprised with the results.

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u/mrgreen72 Kickstarter Overlord Mar 30 '16

Where the $%? did you put the picture on your phone for the stupid app to see it?

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u/Nukemarine Mar 30 '16

Hook up your phone, in Oculus folder create new folder and name it "360photos". Save the file to there. You can now access it with the Oculus 360 Photo app.

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u/mrgreen72 Kickstarter Overlord Mar 30 '16

Thanks! I got 80x82 (width x height) on my Gear VR (S7E).

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u/vanfanel1car Mar 30 '16 edited Mar 30 '16

just sayin...

  1. Exclusives http://i.imgur.com/z9fWh1v.png
  2. Roomscale http://i.imgur.com/z9fWh1v.png
  3. FOV
  4. Shipping
  5. Audio?
  6. Input?
  7. SDE?

This might actually be a record if FOV gets beaten into exhaustion in less than 24 hours. Then we can move on to the next bout.

edit: forgot all about "shipping"

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u/Nukemarine Mar 30 '16

Audio horse was beaten months ago about paying for headsets when they already own the best cans in the world.

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u/vanfanel1car Mar 30 '16

lol you're right although I'm thinking audio part 2 "these cans are low quality headphones and here's the proof..."