How much do you lose in decay if you were to baghold 1000 shares until next summer <| sep |> I was prepared for all sorts of softwarerelated trouble when I bought my HDK 2 , and I didn ' t mind that because I ' ve always been very tenacious when it comes to solving computerrelated problems . So I basically ignored everyone who said things like don ' t buy a HDK 2 unless you want to spend more time trying to get it to work than you spend actually using it . But when it arrived I didn ' t really even get a chance to flex my troublesbhooting muscles because it actually didn ' t take much for me to get it running after all . The AIO installer , a SteamVR plugin update , a couple of firmware updates , a bit of tinkering with configuration files , and voila . A couple of hours is all , most of which was spent reading . But what I wasn ' t prepared for was the optics and the ergonomics , and that ' s where my personal disappointment with the product lies . I was enthused about the dual element lenses and what was purported to be a nice big optical sweet spot without the God rays that plague the Rift and the Vive . And I was enthused about the prospect of pereye myopia adjustment so I wouldn ' t need to wear glasses or contacts . And I anticipated some reasonable degree of comfort . But here ' s what I found instead Yes , there ' s a nice optical sweet spot but the peripheral distortion is rather extreme which inhibits immersion I don ' t just mean that things get soft at the edges , I mean there ' s some quite dramatic distortion because one of the lens elements doesn ' t cover the entire FOV When I adjust for my myopia the lenses literally end up touching my face . I tried bulking up the padding but this reduces the FOV and brings more of the peripheral distortion into view . It ' s too heavy , which makes you want to tighten the straps to compensate , which obviously doesn ' t help with the problem aboveIn other words it ' s uncomfortable and the visual experience leaves a lot to be desired . So I really don ' t feel inclined to wear it , which is a pretty big problem for a VR headset . I haven ' t sold it though . Next time I ' m in the mood to tinker with hardware I ' m going to look at some mods . Remember though that this is just one person ' s opinion . We all have different faces , different eyes , and different sensibilities . But I think there ' s generally too much of a focus on the software side of things and not enough on the finer points of the hardware experience itself when it comes to the question of whether or not to buy a HDK 2 . So that ' s why I ' ve chimed in .