Printable to do lists pdg

Hi fellow 3D printing enthusiasts,
I am on a mission to create a talkbox. It's basically a speaker (compression driver) hooked up to a tube that you put into your mouth and you can do 'wah wah' type effects with it.
The place where i am having a problem lies with the threads on this thing. The specifications list the 'mouting type' as 1.34" - M34. I assumed M34 was the thread type but solidworks only had specified M33, M36... M34 doesn't seem to be part of the specification. I was able to find some results when searching M34 fasteners but it doesn't seem to be common.
The outer diameter of the threads on this speaker is 1.34" but it's hard to measure the innner core because this is a speaker and has a massive magnet that causes my calipers to stick to it making taking a measurement (without a plastic set of calipers) down there quite difficult. I have this crappy thread gauge from Amazon and as far as i could tell the best fit was with the Whitworth 55° and the particular leaf that worked is marked with 18G but I am not really sure what that means. I say it's crappy because it was way cheaper than an mitutoyo thread gauge and some of the teeth on 18G appear missing but it did seem to fit like a glove.
The compression driver in question
Is anybody some sort of thread master (especially in solidworks) and can offer some advice, that'd be awesome I thought this would be easy peasy lemon squeezy but this thread has thrown me into a loop. I'm pretty sure i need to set up a whitworth cutting profile for a swept cut with all the proper dimensions and I'll play around with that next. This is a relatively simple part once the dimensions can be sussed out and I would like to add this to the 3d repositories(thigiverse, printables) once finalized since I haven't seen such an adapter available (they are available for sale, so they do exist!)
What I am going for

I can’t seem to stop modifying my garden haha. Sharing my latest one in case anyone wants to do this to there’s. These 3D printed risers add 150mm (5.9in) to the top shelf making it the same height as the bottom shelf so you can grow taller in plants on the top shelf.
Free downloadable 3D printing files: https://www.printables.com/model/906348-shelf-risers-for-rise-gardens
If you don’t have a 3D printer I also have them listed on my Etsy store with all the necessary hardware included: https://krayft.etsy.com/listing/1729751934/shelf-risers-for-rise-gardens

Hi all, I made a tool for my partner called Stitcher and they said that I should post it here.
You upload a picture, set of you want to force the image to 16x16, 32x32 etc. and the number of colors to use.
It converts the image into the colour range of DMC to the closest colour, then converts each pixel into a symbol, the makes a colour key list for that image. It includes a pdf that combined the image and the list in a printable format (bigger images can generate patterns hundreds of pages long).
It puts it all into a zip file for easy sorting.
This is all free for personal use and the code is available on GitHub for anyone wanting to see what it's doing. I do include a link to buy me a coffee but you're free to ignore it completely.
If there is enough interest I am happy to spin up a dedicated website for it but I encourage everyone to have a go at running it locally :)

[Please bear with me if the formatting looks strange, it was done with old reddit in mind but posted with new reddit after I realized attaching pictures on NR would be much easier to do. I might have to fix formatting again after posting. There's also a ton of links in this post, so if any are broken, please let me know! EDIT: Mobile Old Reddit looks dire, sheesh.]
This review was already mostly done a few weeks ago, but I’ve had to re-evaluate how I approached certain topics in light of other impressions posted recently, as well as the community’s response to said impressions: ~https://www.reddit.com/virtualreality/comments/1d020x9/bigscreen_beyond_awesome_on_paper_fails_to/~
If you want a TL;DR: The Bigscreen Beyond is an escapist's HMD. With many, many modifications, it is the Best HMD to be a comfy VRChat sleeper. It is 100% the correct step forward for the future of VR, versus comparable hardware in form factors several times its size and weight.
--------Introduction
This is NOT a review of a stock Bigscreen Beyond. This is also not a detailed review of all the technology specifications. You've seen all of them, they're all true. The positives, the negatives. All that hardcore gamer stuff is completely secondary to the most important thing to my use case, which is relaxation and the freedom the headset can afford you to be comfortable in VR. Should you be in the right state of mind, wearing it can much more easily allow you to let go of the physical world and become entirely present in the space of your choosing, with whoever or whatever you want. This is an escapist’s HMD, more than any other released HMD to date.
If you want me to blather about specs like a press release: it has a relatively incredibly light weight at under 200g, and a pretty high-resolution micro-OLED panel at 2560 x 2560. The screens are 1.03 in, allowing for between 25 - 32 PPD for the majority of your eye box, heading towards the center of your view. The screen-door effect? What screen-door? I can increase the resolution past the 4360 x 4360 default Steam VR internal res (RTX 4090, 75hz mode) to 5k or 6k in a small VRC world with a few people and get incredibly sharp edges even without VRChat's performance destroying MSAA implementation. If we could get the newest DLSS implementation somehow with a Unity engine upgrade, the IQ to performance cost ratio would be staggering. You can see this for yourself if you play the Unreal Engine game Kayak VR with Ultra settings and an upgraded DLSS .dll.
--------Getting audio out of the way (this had more of a place in the initial version of this review)
This is completely up to you. I use the Koss KSC75s, with this Xumee USB DAC: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083LC9WMB . These Koss headphones are similar to what will be shipping in the official audio strap, same brand in fact. They sound fine to me. They are not ideal for laying down and get tangled in my cord all the time, you could probably do much better. But I'm a zero-latency gamer sweat at heart, no wireless for me until sub 5ms is possible. Audio is in the ear of the beholder, and you really need specialization here, especially for side sleeping. I’m a back sleeper, so no problems here.
--------Comfort Review (Stock Gasket)
Yes, there is glare. Yes, my FOV is 99 H x 89 V (stock gasket, MFG Sept 2023). It’s an early model and probably on the thicker side. After using the Beyond for 8 months, I do not care about the small FOV. Unfortunately, there is something I couldn't get over, and that was the stock comfort of the Beyond with the default strap and top strap permutation. The ill fitting straps that come with the Beyond get in the way of the experience immediately. You must be willing to search for a perfect fit further than the stock strap and custom face gasket setup supplied to you, because the Beyond does NOT ship as the perfectly fitting HMD. The default strap and top strap are not good enough, full stop. You need to create or find mods to print something that's comfortable, FOR YOU.
Having spent time with various HMDs: PSVR1, HTC VIVE OG, Oculus Rift OG, VIVE Focus 3, Pimax Crystal, and the Beyond, now I feel that wearable technology is not a one size fits all endeavor (with one exception, which I’ll get to further down). You buy clothing that fits close to or perfectly for your body, VR headsets should be the same. It would be nice if there were alternative ways to get a user's measurements. That should be considered for a future headset.
So here's how I've made my Beyond the most comfortable HMD I've ever worn.
Including a link to the AMVR Quest 2 head strap attachment, which is an essential additional purchase for the beyond: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08V55VHMX?th=1
Name dropping https://printathing.com/ as well for 3D printed parts. And of course, for the various mods listed below, you should join the Bigscreen Beyond Buyer’s Discord to follow the links: https://discord.gg/bigscreenbeyond
--------Strap comfort, relative to one another (Stock Gasket)
Default strap only: D. Doesn’t quite get the job done for standing up. With as comfy as my gasket is for most instances, I experienced frequent light leak under the default strap configuration whenever I relaxed my face/cheeks. Centering myself and staying within the eye box sweet spot properly was very difficult.
Default strap+top strap: C-. Better comfort, same light leak and sweet spot issues.
Default strap+top strap plus Quest 2 AMVR Head cradle: B. Mostly fixes light leak issues. Comfortable, but sort of semi-loosens and unevenly distributes the tension on your head, creating moments of weird fit and light leak.
Apple Vision Pro Dual Strap plus Quest 2 AMVR Head cradle Band: B. Lighter than the above, but needs tighter fit (I'm wearing a large size). Light leak is possible, even with the AMVR Cradle, sweet spot issues are minor. I don’t know if I would call the material itself very comfortable vs the default Beyond Straps. I think this strap might need its own specific adapter, the Solo Knit Band adapters I had on hand might not have been optimal.
Bigscreen Beyond bd man Audio Strap Mod plus Quest 2 AMVR Head cradle: B+. Takes the top strap and bottom strap and makes them worthwhile by helping to redistribute the tension, even with the AMVR head cradle attached. The cradle even helps a bit here! Staying within the sweet spot is not a problem here. This is the best price to comfort ratio solution I’ve tried. The audio portion I didn't utilize. Link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6429677
Apple Vision Pro Solo Knit Strap: Between B+(FT)/A-(w/o). This solution surprised me with how much it conforms so well to your head. It’s so soft and comfy. I didn’t try this for very long, because I got the sense that it might start to slip on the head after stress testing it with my VIVE Facial Tracker and its extra cable run. If you only have the one cable to worry about without addons, this should work very well. Here’s the basic adapter, along with a cable clip. I HIGHLY recommend utilizing the Carbon Fiber filament suggest in that post, if you can find someone to print it. Some of these prints can be very small, and defects might cause fitment problems. : https://discord.com/channels/816371255539138620/1132926084829155368/1239585510435848222
Apple Vision Pro Solo Knit Strap with Beyond Top Strap (pictured): A
This might be as close to perfect as I can get, and necessary for adding the VIVE Facial Tracker. The link for that addon is towards the end of this review, search “~Bigscreen Beyond Eye and Face Tracking”, paragraph 2. It feels really, really good to sleep in this configuration. I had a bit less sinus pressure upon laying down and minimal fatigue when waking up. The majority of the pressure rests on the eyebrows in this configuration.
I did not have the correct adapters for the most optimal integration of the Beyond top strap at the time of these pictures, but there are several variants available in this sub thread on the Beyond buyers Discord:
https://discord.com/channels/816371255539138620/1212315933474037812/1212315933474037812
I have tried this this set (Overall, B rating with the Solo Knit Band. Slimterface and Stock interface): https://discord.com/channels/816371255539138620/1212315933474037812/1240728949353484338
https://discord.com/channels/816371255539138620/1212315933474037812/1240731055170912368
It did not work for my use case, as it emphasized its pressure points on my cheeks, caused otherwise loose fitment issues similar to the Apple Vision Pro Dual Strap, and required a farther spacing of my eyes from the lenses on the Slimterface using magnets (meaning light leak). I also had quality issues printing these in resin – if ANY of the prints linked in this post needs a Carbon Fiber resin, it’s this set right here. For these reasons, I did not choose to take my final pictures with this most recent configuration and am returning to the pictured config asap.
~Strap Config Overview End
There are multiple versions of adapters for different headset straps on the BSB Discord in the DIY and mods section, including ones for the several 3rd party bands, the Valve Index head strap, the HTC VIVE Deluxe Audio strap, and much more. If you’re an Index Audio Stan, you can inquire about the various Index Audio mods, including one for the AVP Solo Knit band that is currently in the works. The discord is now open to the public, you should join to get further impressions or just have a good time with the people there. https://discord.gg/bigscreenbeyond
--------Comfort Review cont. (Generic Slimterface. The exception.)
There's a litany of ways to get the face gasket to be perfect. Mine isn't and no one's gasket is, but I got what I assume for the first run was a very good print that I haven't needed to modify. I chalk this up to doing the scan in a very brightly lit bathroom. But, as detailed in the Beyond review by Reddit user Lemonhead1337 linked at the beginning of my review, the gasket can be hit or miss. For most people, their gasket covers their eyebrows. Mine doesn’t, and it sits pretty deep in my eyes. It “muffin tops” my eyebrows and puts pressure on my nose. For stand-up activities, I was able to spend 6 plus hours in my Beyond and was having a great time. Sleep was more difficult, but still possible. I experienced a lot of pressure on my nose, but I managed to put up with it. I run a VIVE Facial Tracker arm all the time, adding to that weight my nose has to support. I plan on ordering what Bigscreen calls an “optimized” stock interface when they become available, now that they’ve had nearly 9 months of revisions since my original make. Until then, I have a non-standard use case the Beyond was not designed to support out of the box, so I really needed additional help.
Is there an alternate solution available? There's this universal gasket mod, known as the “Slimterface”: https://www.printables.com/model/751989-slimterface-for-bigscreen-beyond . I have purchased one for my own uses as a comfort experiment for a non VR user family member with the same IPD spec as me, but also due to my own curiosity. This Slimterface was put together by user Ridge_XR, and the version I have was their initial creation, with the 2nd finished version going to another Beyond Discord user for dancing activities. The printables.com version linked above is maintained by val.virtual and the initial design by sporkysporkyman. Using the Slimterface on my modded Beyond, I now have an FOV of 100 H X 91 V (pictured configuration).
All of my initial head strap comparisons were done with the stock interface, and I’ve only tried the Slimterface with the AVP Solo Knit strap. But just this permutation alone has increased my QoL substantially. The overall sweet spot and picture is a tiny bit clearer on the purpose made interface made by Bigscreen, but what cannot be seen in any picture comparing the two gaskets is the amount of pressure the stock Beyond interface puts on my nose. I didn't have a frame of reference for how much pressure there was before. Now, I have almost no pressure on my nose. And my FOV was actually noticeably bigger without measuring it with WimFOV. I've slept in the Slimterface for 4 hours straight, a 25% increase on my usual time. I did 4.5 hour SadlyIt’sBradley meetup wearing it 2 weeks ago, I danced for 3.5 hours at Schism later in the day (Thrillseeker VR Dance club), followed by another few hours of hanging out while reclining in bed in VRC. The generic version of the Slimterface stands up to scrutiny for sure, but I might have a face that's within the standard population deviation. I’m having to clean my prescription lens inserts more now (or space my eyes with magnets), but that’s a small price to pay. I recommend Koala K Cloths btw, you can find them on amazon. Val told me in VRC that the Slimterface can be customized to the user, also using an iPhone plus Blender method that went way above my head. Not my area of expertise, I’m sorry. My hope is that this review gets enough traction that Bigscreen would consider an official Slimterface revision of their gasket, with credit & compensation towards the initial creators. Please, if you feel strongly enough to leave feedback in the comments, on Discord or over email, be respectful.
--------Comfort section summary
There is a sea of comfort mods for this headset, because all the HMD really is, is the visor part. The Focus 3 that I used to daily drive (really, weekly or monthly drive, more on this in a bit) is ~800g. Its balanced and has a leather gasket and a soft plastic backing, but I just don’t want to wear the Focus 3 anymore. There is too much inertia, and the clamp doesn't feel so great after extended periods of time. Wearing it in bed puts a massive amount of strain on your neck, even with extra back and head support. At least on other user on the VRCFT Discord has tried this and agrees with me that the experience is a nightmare. You can do whatever you want with the Beyond without worrying about a battery or a crown fit. Crown fits have always been an unfortunate necessity for heavy HMDs but have otherwise always felt off to me despite most VR users praising of them. A big improvement for BSB 2 would be a more in-depth customization process that takes a custom strap into account, along with the face gasket. All the above said, just because we have the freedom to make things work, doesn't mean the defaults shouldn't be up to par. All this comfort experimentation has cost me extra cash for sure. I very dearly wish that Bigscreen could officially make their own Solo Knit style design. But to avoid a legal situation, including an “Official Adapter Pack” for commercially available straps would be the next best thing.
--------Well, so what? (For people who are concerned about FOV and the Lenses)
So after all this work and extra expense dialing everything in? I use my Beyond almost every opportunity I get. Almost daily, with sessions lasting up to 6 hours at a time or more. Multiple times a day on the weekends, with breaks, with almost no fatigue. Visually, while I do experience significant glare, it only bothers me in about 1 out of 5 general scenarios. In the (pictured) head strap setup and in both the stock and Slimterface gasket configurations, I don't experience a large amount of color shift, as I'm directly in the eye box sweetspot 95% of the time. I'm in heaven, I want to live here. The meat of why I felt strongly enough to write the first version of this review is the this: the Bigscreen Beyond is sort of an unofficial successor to the canceled Diver-X Half Dive. This is an underrepresented end of the market, and an area with almost no (relative to the VR sector) mainstream consumer options. Just some sporadic academic research.
The Half-Dive looked very interesting. For people with disabilities, for sleepers, hell, for ERP degens. But it never left the starting line due to logistics and COVID problems. The creators sold all the screens they bought for it over twitter, lol. They make the Diver-X Contact gloves, which I've written about here: https://www.reddit.com/virtualreality/comments/1awtnbs/the_hunt_for_steamvr_finger_tracking_continues/krm7hp2/ .As an aside, the gloves do pair very well with the Beyond for sleeping compared to very stiff controllers, but that’s all they should really be used for. Including some feedback pics I’ve sent to Diver-X, as well as my sensitivity settings people can copy, to save those who take the $550 plunge on these some trouble. (The promised Additional Sensor Module and Haptics Module have not materialized, which as a Kickstarter backer that pre-ordered the latter for about +$350 is mildy infuriating.)
With the Beyond, I've gotten to try new activities in VR that only could've been comfortable in devices like the Half Dive, like sleeping in an HMD. If you would’ve asked me a year ago, I would have told you that people were insane to attempt sleeping in VR. Turns out, its actually the killer app VR has been waiting for. Communal Sleeping, dead serious. In VRChat, in whatever avatar you want, in full body, with the people you vibe with. Or Resonite, if chilling with friendly inquisitive types who like experimenting with virtual contraptions is your cup of tea. Both are sleep ready!
Why do this, spending all this effort just be in a bed for the majority of the time? It's not something can I explain succinctly. It has to be experienced. If you know what it's like, good for you, I mean that sincerely. You are my people. At this point, VR is a hobby that I deeply care about on an emotional, physiological, and psychological level. I get to decompress, in the manner of my choosing, with people I like. It feels so fun and rewarding. Removing the barrier of comfort feels so freeing! As you can probably tell, tailoring the Beyond to perfection has also become a hobby in itself, but it might be more of an obsession at this point. The Beyond is now not a just a VR headset, it’s a lifestyle device. It’s the type of HMD every XR company on the planet wishes they could glue to my cranium.
The Beyond (with my excessive modding, pictured example) enables this wonderful sense of freedom, while looking between 75% and 85% visually like the Pimax Crystal. Again, yes, I've tried a Crystal. Since initially writing this review, virtualreality had a Top Trending post (linked at the beginning of this review) declaring that the Beyond should be pulled from sale in the EU because its lenses are somehow worse than ones that have bacteria growth in them, which has to be a gross exaggeration. I am not misleading you when I say that, visually, the Beyond and the Crystal are the same thing for my purposes/specific use case*.* Only the Beyond, with mods, is actually wearable. Almost every day since the Crystal Light's announcement, I've been telling the people who I spend my precious time with to not purchase the Pimax Crystal. Because it will make them miserable, at a now confirmed 950g with the DMAS and a comfort kit ( https://youtu.be/BVBJE2yhw0w?t=767 ). They use VR almost as much as I do, and in the same manner.
--------The Mixed Bag, with a silver lining (For people concerned about support times and quality, speaking from my experience as a USA customer.)
How can I be so resolute in my feelings that big HMDs suck and so forgiving regarding the Beyond's shortcomings? Because recently, over a period of 5 weeks, I've had to go back to my VIVE Focus 3. The right eye screen of my Beyond stopped working correctly after 287 hours in early April. It became extremely dim. Happened out of nowhere when hanging out, no previous indications of an issue. I sat on a ticket for 2 weeks and some change, waiting in line. Support got to me, sent me a new link box and cable free of charge, that didn't solve my issue (I was not asked to return these items). They asked me to send in my 287 hour unit before swapping it out with a brand new to me, free of charge. This will be my 3rd unit, the first was a 64mm that I swapped for a 62mm. I got my newest unit on May 14th, and I couldn't be more relieved, thank goodness.
In that time, I was pretty miserable. The VIVE Focus 3 is terrible for my current purposes and makes me sad to use on so many levels, from software to hardware, both of which I have complained about since first getting one in 2021. The most egregious issue being the VIVE Business Streaming Wi-Fi 6E signal cutting out every few seconds repeatedly on OS Software 6.0.999.948, even though the Asus AXE 11000 router I use is right next to my head. In that 5-week period of time, I only managed to fall asleep once. After I woke up, my neck hurt a lot. Hell, my neck would hurt just laying down awake after just a little while, would take just under an hour.
I had been very patient and understanding with support (this happened during a break period for them), and I'm sure support could say the same of me. The support staff are extremely accommodating people who work very, very, very, very hard. I've seen them struggle so much. They've processed other tickets for me, including the IPD swap, a cancellation of a 2nd beyond for a family member, and address switches. They should be proud of the hard work they've put into contributing making the Beyond an amazing headset and the Discord a fun place to be in. I'm not mad at Bigscreen for my stuff breaking and the long wait, I am thankful that their support has been so good to me, even if there was a ton of waiting involved.
--------Anything else besides the lenses? (Here’s my current, serious criticism regarding the Beyond)
It’s my belief that the spec discourse and pre-release armchair criticism regarding the Bigscreen Beyond lead to the last-minute change in the headset's FOV. This change sacrificed binocular overlap, from a projected 87-90 degrees to 77-80 actual for me. Even though I never got a change to try the higher BO prototypes, I don't agree with this decision on principle. I think VR headsets should all be 95 degrees or more of overlap, FOV be damned. Pretty important when you're communal sleeping and want to more easily see/focus on the user's face lying next to you, in this age before the varifocal HMD becomes commonplace. I was fine with my FOV before the introduction of the Slimterface. The FOV increase I gained while using it is a nice bonus for me, the real game changer was the increased level of comfort.
This binocular overlap change more than likely (it would be nice to get official commentary on this) contributed to exacerbating the IPD mismatches and eye box complaints that people have been experiencing since the Beyond’s release last year. The FOV changed happened very late in the dev cycle and was only tested with a relatively small handful of people, some of which might have already been experiencing mismatched IPD symptoms in the first place, but they could not recognize it at the time. This headset has been one big learning experience for both the creators and customers. It's been very costly for all involved.
--------Looking toward the coming future of the Beyond
It's been 2 years, 5 months, and a few weeks since the announcement of the Somnium VR1, the headset I primed for my next upgrade before the Beyond debuted. I’m looking forward to seeing wider coverage on the final unit (other than just VR Flight Sim Guy, as nice & positive as his impressions have been), but I can’t bring myself to desire having such a large HMD ever again. At least as my primary HMD. For those who are looking for an HMD and have not looked toward the Beyond due to its missing of various features, this end section is for you.
~Bigscreen Beyond Eye and Face Tracking vs the Quest Pro and the existing crop of Standalone VIVE HMDs
The Quest Pro is now the go to HMD for Eye and Face Tracking, in light of the discontinuation of the VIVE Pro Eye and VIVE Facial Tracker. It comes with near end game Pancake lenses that people scream are the best thing ever. But, these features come with the caveat of an almost un-modifiable crown fit design. Standalone HMDs come with an annoying layer of onboard standalone software obfuscation in my experience, hello resetting play spaces. They also have an OS update cadence that can either be your best friend or worse enemy, depending on any given day, week, or month. HTC has been pretty awful since day one, but there’s been a consistent improvement... from awful to just ok. From what I hear, people are completely at Meta’s whims, they’re very inconsistent from update to update. Recommendations, like this half hearted and back handed one from Boneless VR, leave a lot to be desired: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgv7GiuApcc .The XR Elite and the VIVE Focus 3 have ET+FT addons. I haven’t tried the former, but DO NOT recommend the latter from my personal experimentation: https://www.reddit.com/virtualreality/comments/1crogld/so_i_have_an_index_set_up_with_full_body_tracking/l400a4j/ . Do NOT get the VIVE Focus 3 for Eye and Face Tracking, please, I beg you. Anecdotally, I’ve had someone else on the VRCFT Discord back me up on this in regard to sleep activities, it’s not worth it.
The Beyond currently has like 3 to 5 teams/individuals independently working on ET VR variations, with an "official" v6 solution slated for later in 2024 (WIP credit: Prohurtz - https://discord.com/channels/816371255539138620/1156310626981924915/1245423335039307777 ). I've had a VIVE Facial Tracker strapped to my Beyond for 6 months (here it is - check the Beyond Buyer’s discord for the most recent mount: https://discord.com/channels/816371255539138620/1132926084829155368/1219168515370782781 . You will need the top portion of this other mount, I recommend printing with Stereo-lithography (SLA), should you use printathing.com: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6193488 ). There’s also an “All in one” version that you don’t need to glue together, but the potential of this version being VERY difficult or expensive to cleanly print is very high: https://discord.com/channels/816371255539138620/1132926875170250822/1244476485922717707
. Project Babbel exists ( https://discord.gg/XAMZmjBktk ), and EOZ announced the development of a universal face tracker in partnership with the Babbel team at a recent VRC live event (Sources [VRCFT Discord: https://discord.gg/Fh4FNehzKn - 1) https://discord.com/channels/849300336128032789/937725425273167942/1220735487266783343 , 2) https://discord.com/channels/849300336128032789/849300336128032792/1229430874928578644 ). I've seen a variation of the Beyond ET VR project (v4 derivative) live in person in VRC, multiple times. It's very, very convincing. I can't wait for v6, but you can build your own v4 (and soon to be v5) version right now!
~The Bigscreen Beyond and its Lenses vs Aspheric HMDs
Aspheric HMD users, the clarity of the visuals in VR is obviously very important to you. You can move your eyes around, rather than using your head. That's excellent. I've seen it for myself in the Crystal, it looks amazing right? But I have to ask, how has the tradeoff in weight worked for you? Are you really sure the weights of the Pimax Crystal/Light, or the Aero, or the upcoming Somnium VR1 are fine if someone wants to do more than just sim racing and flying? While there is no glare or pancake color shift to worry about, other characteristics such as the geometric distortion, higher amounts of chromatic aberration, and pupil swim still exist in aspheric lenses. Do any of these HMDs offer correction in software for these issues when combined with eye tracking? Is paying $899 for the Crystal Light + Steam VR plate with no eye tracking built in worth the potential lack of software and hardware compensation possible?
~The End, for real
For my money, light & low inertia headsets with pancake lenses are where we need to be heading. The biggest thing VR fans refuse to contend with is that VR is uncomfortable for the vast majority of people. This has not changed even with the recently released techno wonder HMD that is the Apple Vision Pro! We can't keep asking people to put on bricks if we want the industry to push for a perfect VR Lifestyle device. The Beyond is NOT an endgame device, due to its many compromises and cut corners regarding the stock comfort, FAR from it. But it is a great step in that direction, provided you spend the time, effort, and extra expense customizing it for your needs.
Well, tell me what you think in the comments. How do you feel about comfort vs specs/features? What are your preferences? Please sound off in the comments on why aspheric are your go to, or why the Quest Pro as an all-in-one ET+FT solution is worth its fit. Or do you not care about comfort or using your hardware for more than just traditional VR activities, and just want another Half Life Alyx tier game?
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