1440p virtual reality demos

[gekkehenkie11]

So I just bought a Homido to use with the nexus 6p. It's fun but the resulting image isnt too sharp. I think this is because demo movies are 1080p generally and since our phone is quite big, the resulting image isnt too sharp. I wonder if someone knows a source for 1440p or 4k SBS movies to demo ? I couldnt find any myself. Not youtube but real movies for download, shot in QHD or UHD. Please share if you've found something in this thread, thanks !

 

[gekkehenkie11]

Actually I'm starting to think there's currently just *no* SBS content higher than 1080p, even on the torrents I can't find anything higher than 1080p, that's quite a bummer ... Still, if someone knows a demo or something >1080p, please do share !

 

[gekkehenkie11]

Actually so it seems the SBS format only goes up to 1080p24 ... Just starting to look into this, but wondering now if there's a format that supports higher resolutions ?

*EDIT* also just found this article, the makers of the Oculus rift say that 8k resolution per eye is needed to truely get rid of pixelation: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/...esolution-per-eye-isnt-enough-for-perfect-vr/ and the article makes a point that you need even a multiple of that to get rid of aliasing.

Oh and 500 fps, hehe.

That seems still quite a few years away, lol.

Currently virtual reality is interesting but I understand now we're still quite a few (probably 10) years away from hardware that can generate a really good VR experience. 1080p24 just isn't it....

 

[gekkehenkie11]

To answer my own question:

Full SBS = 3840 x 1080 which exists but requires specialist playback equipment
Half SBS = 1920 x 1080 which is very widespread and also of course broadcast-able.

So Full SBS is actually 1080p *per eye*, so our display cant yield true full SBS unfortunately.