Prescription VR lenses - worth buying?

House · 10 Sep 2020 at 16:23

I've been playing more VR again at the moment but I find my glasses while not impossible an irritation, mainly for pushing onto my eyes or steaming up.

I've been looking at online VR prescription lenses for a Rift S.

Anybody used them? are they worth the outlay of around £60 for the ones i've looked at.

kevman · 10 Sep 2020 at 17:33

Yes I have them for valve index - well worth the purchase imo.

I found VR with specs on too uncomfortable and was a pain having to pit contact lenses in just for vr.

Only down side for me is everything is a blur when I take the headset off.

I went with the blue tint also which is supposed to protect your eyes but more expensive. Not sure if this is old wives tale or not.

House · 10 Sep 2020 at 17:36

kevman said:
Yes I have them for valve index - well worth the purchase imo.

I found VR with specs on too uncomfortable and was a pain having to pit contact lenses in just for vr.

Only down side for me is everything is a blur when I take the headset off.

I went with the blue tint also which is supposed to protect your eyes but more expensive. Not sure if this is old wives tale or not.

Which supplier did you go with VR Optician or WidmoVR seem to be the 2 most talked about.

kevman · 10 Sep 2020 at 18:07

I went with vr optician in the end can't remember why. One of the lenses is not a great fit but nothing a bit of sellotape could not sort out

Ravenger · 10 Sep 2020 at 18:48

I went with VR Optician for my Quest and Index lenses, and I'm very happy with them.

DrCrabHands · 11 Sep 2020 at 06:50

Absolutely worth it. I got widmoVR lenses for my Rift s and can't fault them. Much more comfortable and much easier to put headset on and off.

ANDARIAL · 11 Sep 2020 at 08:20

I got widmoVR lenses for my Rift.Seems to work well,prescription seems bang on.Had them a few years now (not that i do a lot of VR,damn motion sickness

)

krooton · 11 Sep 2020 at 09:03

VR Optician for my Quest, stellar stuff as I didn't want to risk glasses scratching the lenses, and contacts were a faff just to play for a bit.

Slinky69 · 11 Sep 2020 at 09:14

I've had a good experience with my Vive wearing glasses, seems like I am the lucky one! Will make a mental note of this in case I get another headset and it doesn't work as well

mikeym · 11 Sep 2020 at 21:03

Got WidmoVR for my Odyssey+ and very happy with them.

Mendechaus · 12 Sep 2020 at 13:26

Slinky69 said:
I've had a good experience with my Vive wearing glasses, seems like I am the lucky one! Will make a mental note of this in case I get another headset and it doesn't work as well

Going to sound odd, but how long are your eyelashes?

Slinky69 · 12 Sep 2020 at 13:50

Erm - Short enough that they don't brush against the lenses on my glasses, anyway

Lartyconshayo · 12 Sep 2020 at 13:53

House said:
I've been playing more VR again at the moment but I find my glasses while not impossible an irritation, mainly for pushing onto my eyes or steaming up.

I've been looking at online VR prescription lenses for a Rift S.

Anybody used them? are they worth the outlay of around £60 for the ones i've looked at.

I went for them and glad I did because they diagnosed high eyeball pressure and caught early stage glaucoma ! I had them for Oculus CV1 and so much better than glasses. Only hassle then is having to take them off or other folk to use your headset

My only gripe is now having sold my CV1 and possibly leaning towards the valve index down the line ( or better yet some new iteration ) they are not adaptable between different headsets so will have to outlay again when getting new VR setup.

Ravenger · 12 Sep 2020 at 18:05

Lartyconshayo said:
My only gripe is now having sold my CV1 and possibly leaning towards the valve index down the line ( or better yet some new iteration ) they are not adaptable between different headsets so will have to outlay again when getting new VR setup.

That's the annoying issue - each time I get a new headset I have to shell out £60 for new lenses. Worth it for the convenience though.

Grafter67 · 13 Sep 2020 at 01:27

£60 seems like a bargain. My regular glasses are varifocals and while I don't use vr yet, I do use a curved monitor that means the whole screen is the same distance from my eyes/glasses so is perfectly in focus. My glasses are a lot more than £60 and it isn't all frame cost?

ANDARIAL · 13 Sep 2020 at 08:47

My only gripe is now having sold my CV1 and possibly leaning towards the valve index down the line ( or better yet some new iteration ) they are not adaptable between different headsets so will have to outlay again when getting new VR setup.

There was a company selling glasses that were on a elastic strap and were like swimmers specs,i`ll see if i can find it again

Got it it was vr lens lab
I suppose you can use these lens with a different headset so long as your presciption does not change too much

Ravenger · 13 Sep 2020 at 11:58

Grafter67 said:
£60 seems like a bargain. My regular glasses are varifocals and while I don't use vr yet, I do use a curved monitor that means the whole screen is the same distance from my eyes/glasses so is perfectly in focus. My glasses are a lot more than £60 and it isn't all frame cost?

You don't need varifocals for VR. The focal length is set at between 1.5 and 2 metres depending on the headset, so you only need a distance prescription which is much cheaper.

One of the cool things about VR is due to that fixed focal distance I can read things close up that I can't read in real life without varifocals or separate reading glasses.

Grafter67 · 14 Sep 2020 at 23:02

Ravenger said:
You don't need varifocals for VR. The focal length is set at between 1.5 and 2 metres depending on the headset, so you only need a distance prescription which is much cheaper.

One of the cool things about VR is due to that fixed focal distance I can read things close up that I can't read in real life without varifocals or separate reading glasses.

Thanks for confirming what I was guessing.

I was trying to say that with a large flatscreen monitor I have to move my head to focus, just as I do when driving, but with a curved monitor I don't and with VR I thought I wouldn't.

House · 14 Sep 2020 at 23:23

Got my yearly eye test booked for the weekend so will order some after that to make sure its my latest perscription, guess they will measure my IPD as well so I can check setting as well.

Thanks for the input, no-one else uses my headset really so popping them out every once in a while wont be an issue.

tangey · 16 Sep 2020 at 11:22

I got the VRoptician ones
They do make it more convenient, but a couple of things worth considering
1) It's a dead investment if you change headsets.
2) It's only practical if you are the only one that uses the headset.