Oculus DK2 Vs Sony Project Morpheus

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Disclaimer: This video isn't gonna be like my other videos.

If you're only gonna watch my [indistinct] League of Legends videos, then stop watching.

Also, if you're only here for results, the Dev Kit 2 won.

There, I just saved you two minutes of your time. You're welcome.

So a little while back CCP were nice enough to fly me out to EVE Fanfest in Iceland.

It was an absolutely awesome experience, I would definitely go again.

One of the things that I got to try out at the Fanfest was a project called Valkyrie.

It's dogfighting game in space in VR.

And I can safely say my expectations were blown out of the water.

This is my first time with hands-on virtual reality headsets

and specifically, I tried the Oculus Dev Kit 2,

and the Sony Project Morpheus.

With no previous experience, I have a completely unbiased mindset,

and these are my experiences with the two VR headsets.

First I tried out the Oculus Dev Kit 2,

and I was very surprised at the quality of the headset.

I assumed it was only a work-in-progress, as it is labelled as a dev kit,

but it was might as well have been sold as a final consumer product.

It has a nice one-size-fits-all mechanism that will adjust to your face,

and I saw that even people with glasses could wear it effortlessly.

It was a 1080p display, and I believe it had 60 Hz refresh rate,

but don't quote me on that. [actually 75 Hz]

And it took a few seconds for you to stop noticing the pixels,

I'm not sure that when you're this close to display, you're going to see them,
just as you put on the headset,

but overall, like, it didn't break immersion in the slightest.

I had no discomfort wearing the headset,

and the headtracking software seemed flawless.

It was truly a mind-blowing experience to try VR for the first time,

and I feel like it added a whole other level of depth and immersion to gaming.

The Morpheus on the other hand,

which, to my knowledge, is a consumer-grade product,

had its flaws. First of all, the rubber that was to attach around your eyes
and block out the outside light

seemed very cheap and gimmicky. It also didn't do its job,

for me and anyone I asked. Light came in from under the headset,

and that is a huge break in immersion.

The motion tracking also seemed to be lacking.

Upon several occasions, it glitched out and it bobbed my vision all over the place.

It didn't go very well with neck movements.

It should be known that the version of Valkyrie that we were running on the Morpheus

was an older version, and that might have affected the test to some minor degree.

However, that should not change both the hardware and software affiliated with Morpheus headset.

I have to say that the Dev Kit 2 is just objectively better.

It outperforms the Project Morpheus in every aspect of virtual reality headset,

apart from looks, maybe. I actually really like the futuristic look of the Morpheus,

you can look like a, like a fucking alien. Wah!

Anyways, um,

now I'm sure that the headtracking software will be improved,

and I hope to God that the Morpheus doesn't release with that gimmicky plastic.

Either way, it wasn't a problem to the point of ruining the enjoyment.

I thoroughly enjoyed virtual reality on both headsets,

and I'm definitely waiting for a final consumer-grade Oculus.

The game EVE Valkyrie was absolutely amazing, you can check out a trailer for it, links in the description.

It's probably the most fun I've had with gaming in a very long time,

and it's incentive for me to go buy a virtual reality headset, that's how good it was.

Check out CCP, and EVE on their website, also links in the description.

Thanks for flying me out to Iceland.

I hope you guys enjoyed the video,

and if you want to see more content from our trip to the Fanfest,

let me know in the comments.

I have a ton of extra footage from the trip,

um, yeah.