DeoVR v HereSphere

I don’t see a huge difference between the two to be honest but then I don’t really use the huge amount of available adjustments on Heresphere. I’m more of a click play and watch person. I think the colours are more vibrant on Heresphere but that’s about it. I’ve never used DeoVR for watching downloaded content so I’m just comparing streaming on Deo and streaming on Heresphere. I do now use Heresphere and XBVR instead of Skybox though for watching downloads and it is far superior.

For streaming then, I don’t see a massive difference other than there’s lots more things you can tweak and adjust if you’re that way inclined. You obviously have to take into account though that one is a free player and the other will cost you $30. For downloads, I’ve never used DeoVR so I can’t compare.

It’s also worth mentioning that one is in the Oculus store and updates automatically whereas the other you have to sideload and have to uninstall/reinstall to get the latest updated version. That’s if you’re even aware that it has updated. It’s not the easiest thing to do if you’re not very computer savvy.

Every discussion about Heresphere feels like when people used to talk about downloading FLAC files because they were so much better than MP3s. I constantly feel like I'm missing something or doing it wrong because I don't find it to be as game-changing as everyone else does. I'm also someone with incredibly basic needs when it comes to VR so that probably has a lot to do with it too. I load up HS and just looking at the menus feels like doing homework. It's incredibly unintuitive.

The auto-focus is an obvious plus but I don't find myself missing it when it's not there. The other stuff, as far as image enhancements go, I genuinely can't tell the difference at all. People on Reddit were losing their minds about the new sharpening feature and talking like it suddenly made all of the old 4K scenes look crystal clear but I just don't see it.

TBH I think a lot of the goodwill comes from the fact that they seem to be constantly tweaking the software/listening to feedback and have a much more consumer-friendly reputation than SLR does.

petergriff i found it unintuitive to use at first because of the unfamilarity combined with all the knobs that can be tweaked. its a lot to take in. after some use it became much more efficient to use than deovr where there is so much friction and you have to go through multiple menus to change anything. its way ahead of deo for making scenes watchable when they suffer from scaling and other issues too.. somehow there are still a lot of new scenes like that in 2023. with deo most scenes like that are unfixable.

its almost like comparing photoshop (hs) to ms paint (deovr). hs is more powerful and flexible. things it does it tends to do well. fast and easy to get things done especially as a power user.

if you are only loading up sexlikereal.com for basic watching of some videos and are oblivious to all the things that could be improved you wont see any of the use cases where hs really shines.

fenderwq

I auto generate these for JAV files all the time. Really nice to finally know what they are saying (there is some weird and creative stuff there haha)

Would you mind sharing what methods/tools you are using for this?

Polar Sure, I have my own library management app build in Electron but basically all that does is trigger a python script based on https://github.com/agermanidis/autosub and then place the files in the right folder etc.
It's not perfect but when there is not much background noise it can be really good.

UI customizations.
Been asking to be able to zoom out the UI much further for as long I can remember.
Having to turn your head to use the UI is very annoying, you can never see the whole UI at once.

Imagine you're playing a game, and to see the map you have to turn your head all the way to the left, but to change the map options, you have to turn your head all the way to the right.

I'm not asking to change the defaults, just that we can zoom it out more.

jay22111

doublevr

I thought that was just a Quest issue with menu interfaces in general, but yeah, that definitely happens in DEO. In the meantime, the workaround is just to hold the Oculus button to recenter. The ghost controller disappears from your field of view (it's behind your head, so you can still see it if you lean back far enough).

You can roll/tilt your head and still get a coherent stereo image in HereSphere. The fact that you get an extra DOF alone is enough.

edited I have a few things to suggest, but to give accurate info I need to compare bsck to back.

The first thing I notice whenever I use DEO in my quest 2, after using heresphere for a while is that every single action/input in DEOVR takes much longer to take affect and requires several seconds of loading time. Usually about 4 seconds.

Search? 4 seconds loading time.
Next page? 4 seconds Loading time.
Select tag? 4 seconds Loading time.
Select studio? 4 seconds loading time.
Start playing video? 4 seconds loading time.
Finish playing video? 4 seconds loading time.

It feels like I'm spending just far too much time watching these loading dots dancing around in front of a black void instead of finding a porno to watch.

For me that's usually dozens of 4 seconds periods where my brain is momentarily switching from a variety of exciting visual stimulus on-screen to precisely none at all. And then back again.

On heresphere everything responds almost instantaneously. All stimulis all the time. No waiting. It's basically buttery smooth like a good user interface should be.

In heresphere the worst case scenario is maybe a slight delay between the first item to appear on screen and the last.

Also I can move pages forward or backwards with left or right on the control stick.

It wasn't until I started doing this that I realized how tedious it is to aim at the little button for the next/previous page

To me this increased responsiveness dramatically makes the interface more relaxing to use. To the point where DEO feels comparatively clunky boring and tedious.