Nylon Pinkney is Online: The Rift Between Rifters

Indie comic artist and illustrator Danielle "Nylon" Feigenbaum documents dubious adventures in SL, VRChat, and online worlds beyond for New World Notes. Her work has also been featured in Old Pal and the book Blocked: Stories from the World of Online Dating.  Follow her on Flickr and Instagram.

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[camilia fid3lis nee Patchouli Woollahra]

The Rift has twice the resolution of the Quest. For people who need the quality (e.g. professional applications of VR) but not the portability, the Rift's sales will not be cannibalised. We also have no idea just how well the Oculus Quest will play with controllers other than the paddlesticks that originally came with it. It's all still up there in the air, and it is so potentially exciting.

[Adeon Writer]

Just responding to the comment above, while it's true the Rift S has a better resolution than quest, it's also LCD, while the Quest is OLED. I personally find OLED screens to be more immersive in VR (black = no light) vs LCD (black = field of grey). I find this so much more immersive that I'll take a resolution hit in favor of it.

But that's a personal opinion.

[camilia fid3lis nee Patchouli Woollahra]

I suppose it's primarily about what you use VR for.

[Joey1058]

And this is pretty much why I HAVEN'T invested in an VR setup. As the tech gets fine-tuned, it will make previous sets obsolete. I don't have that kind of money. And those that follow upgrades blindly should probably think about who they're making wealthy. Classic 3D works just fine for me. I'm still holding out for a set of AR glasses.