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Jam71

I'm too afraid to find out if VR will work for me...can one of you let me know the reality?

I lost the vision in my right eye a few years back due to a medical event. I am otherwise fit & healthy & have had amazing surgery that makes everything look completely normal to everyone else.

But...I have been waiting for VR for years, and now it's here I am too afraid that it wont work for me because of the fact that I only have vision with one eye.

Could someone who has a VR set up please try closing one eye and seeing what difference it makes?

thanks...

Posted Mar 30, 2017, 12:42 AM UTC

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You need 2 eyes in order to be able to perceive depth. Each of your eyes gets a slightly different image and then your brain does some magic.

A VR headset tries to do the same thing using two monitors, one for each eye. However, even with only one eye you still get the benefit of having the screen fill your entire field of vision. So I think it would still work out for you.

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ZoeZebra•

Yeah, you lose the depth perception but presumably OP has come to terms with that. He won't get it in reality let alone virtual reality.

As someone who's suffered a retinopathy that has permanently​ altered my vision i wonder the same thing. My case is different as i haven't lost vision. I get a lot of double vision! Could be a bit trippy for me in the vr!!

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Kilos6•

Need to up your google game homeskillet

https://www.google.com/amp/kotaku.com/playing-occulus-rift-with-only-one-eye-1074765790/amp

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Greg61490•

This. All i see happening is depth perception. Truly feel empathetic for you op. Hope it works out great for you . :)

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Jam71OP•

Thank you.

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Reklaw12•

It'll be fine, you'll feel just as immersed as someone with vision in both eyes. As long as you get a high end kit with positional tracking (Vive or Rift for now) you'll still get all the depth perception benefits from moving your head around when looking at things.

I close one eye when looking down gun sights playing games on the Vive - looks/feels just like closing one eye in real life.

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Svinnik•

I don't have a VR setup but you might be better off asking this question in r/Vive or r/oculus depending on which headset you're interested in.

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freehotdawgs•

It will work fine for you, no reason why it wouldn't. It would be cool if there was an option to turn off one of the screens and to not render that view at all, I imagine it would give a large performance boost.

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happycamperjacki7 4790 3x 280x CF•

If you have an android phone (iphone's screen rez is too low for evaluating VR), I'd recommend trying VR on there and see how it works out for you.

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TakeCoverOrDie•

Go to a best buy/phone store and try the Samsung gear vr

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CMDRStodgy•

A friend of mine only has vision in one eye and has used my Vive with zero issues. There's a lot more to depth perception then stereo vision and with the accurate head tracking you still get all the parallax effects and other depth cues.

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Destruct86•

There was a guy on here a while back who only had one eye and he actually had a blast in VR. Yes, you lose depth perception so it won't feel like you are "in" the game like people with two eyes but it's still fun.

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Jam71OP•

thanks - thats exactly what I was hoping to hear!

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Destruct86•

I just thought of something...if you really want to know for sure you can go on Amazon and just buy one of those cheap $10 cardboard VR things for your phone and try a few games in it. It's not as amazing as Oculus or Vive but it's still VR.

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Drakvor•

There are demos of the Vive in several stores, as well as demos of the Rift in Best Buys I believe. The best bet before spending anything would be to try to find one and try it out in person. I own a Vive and even with vision from only one eye it should be a unique gaming experience still.

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sgtpepper901•

I guess I could close an eye and see how it goes. I hope you can turn off one eye to ease up on the system requirements.

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