The ULTIMATE Guide to IPD for VR (Why it Matters, How to Measure It, & More)

IPD, or inter-pupillary distance is quite literally the distance between your pupils. It's essential that every VR user knows theirs BEFORE they buy a headset. Do you know yours?

Join me as we explore the importance of IPD in virtual reality, how can affect your experience using a VR headset, and how you can measure your own.

Created by Rory Brown.

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Chapters
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0:00 Intro (Do you know what your IPD is?)
0:19 What is IPD?
0:47 IPD Calibration
1:41 Software IPD Adjustment
2:11 Hardware IPD Adjustment (Moving lenses)
2:38 Hardware IPD Adjustment (Moving lenses & displays)
3:02 Automatic Hardware IPD Adjustment
3:30 How to Measure Your IPD
4:18 Choosing the Right Headset for Your IPD
5:20 Conclusion

[VRcompare]

Hey everyone! This took quite a while to make, and it's definitely the most editing work I've put into a video so far. I really hope you all enjoy watching the vid as much as I did making it, and I'll see you on the next one. Cheers!

- Rory

[darkxvias]

Great to see an in depth video on this, can only imagine how many first time VR users have been put off because the headset seemed blurry. Hopefully this will help people be more informed when buying their first headset. Keep up the good work!

[samgao]

Wow... this makes me very appreciative of PS5's PSVR2 IPD adjustment software for a newbie. Without proper IPD, I would get insane headaches!

[FatalRPM]

My IPD is around 71-72 and had a quest 2. I couldn’t play it for more than a half hour because of the terrible headaches I’d get from being constantly cross eyed. Since switching to the quest 3 with it being much closer to my IPD with a max of 70, I’ve been playing headache free ❤

[Fish-fhgh]

Thank you for the video and nice massive website. I might be missing, but is there a way to search on my specific needs, basically iRacing and a IPD of over 72

[YourCrazyUncleSam]

I fixed it but everything still looks blurry up far away no matter what I do

[dharkbizkit]

ok, i just tried the ps5vr2 with my wife. cant tell you numbers. the digital adjust tells me that my idp is almost center of the range the devies offer.. my wife on the other hand.. minimum setting is 58mm for the ps5vr, yet she has to go even smaler, since on 58 it still shows red but the lense housing is already colliding with her nose ridge (she has a rather big nose). so from estimate, id guess since the calibration shows a lot of way to go, that shes at 55m or even 54. which is outside of what most headsets offer and puts the lenses so close together, that theres almost no space for the nose. the thing is: no one cares, its an exeption, though luck, sucks to be you, get a different hobby

[Dawooded]

I just found out today that my IPD is 74. This really narrows down my future endeavours and explains why the Quest 2 seems blurry.

[RoxieVR-]

I used to ruler and figured out that i’m at 63 exactly

[brasoe]

Im 75, hoping the index 2 goes up to that or im spending thousands i guess lol

[jacobjb]

I've been using 65 on my quest turns out I'm 68 whoops.