[schacon]

I'm really curious if this is based on your actual experience with a Vive or if this is an assumption based on what you know about the technology.

I read an article at some point that claimed this was an issue so I consciously tested it in the unit - focusing on something near my face and then farther away without moving my head and it actually feels (to me) pretty correct.

I don't really know the science behind this versus light field displays or whatever, but if you have access to a unit I encourage you to try it - it's very difficult to detect issues with focus and it absolutely does not look flat (again, to me).

I would be very interested of all the opinions in this thread which of them are from people who own a unit and have tried these things and which are assumptions.

This technology is so incredibly convincing I'm embarrassed to say that I fell over trying to lean on a virtual pool table at one point. I simply forgot that it wasn't a real thing. :)

[ClassyJacket]

There's no focus in any VR headset currently. So whatever you experienced was not that. You might be thinking of the stereo convergence, where the left and right images come together where you look at them. But they don't have any capability to adjust to the focus of your eyes right now.