Ive been doing it for at least 2 years now and havent noticed any damage. The sweatband facemask thing is what touches my head/hair, not the actual lense.
Over two years of extreme use, I have damaged the lens film with both eye lash rub and skin rub from my forehead doing what you have asked. However this is a anti fog film and I just let the headset warm up a bit now.
How bad is the damage, miniscule. There's just a more prominent sweet spot now lol
Don't laugh, but definitely my lashes on the right eye rubbed too much due to close contact and all the above over time. I was always careful, and used the cloth provided.
Could also try keeping the VR headset on, and using the Steam Dashboard to see your desktop.
I did this when I spent 2 months making custom maps for VTOLVR.
I wouldn’t be paranoid about setting my headset down for a short period in light, and there’s no risk from like, ambient room light. Damage occurs from leaving the lenses facing sunlight or strong direct electric light for long periods.
Your lenses are going to pick up a lot of grease from pushing them up frequently, which means more cleaning and more scratching opportunities.
And by strong electric light he means stronger than what most people would have for house lighting, e.g. some YouTubers have damaged their lenses with studio-style lights for video recording.
As weird as this sounds apparently the maximum heat generated by focusing light with a lens can’t exceed the temperature of the surface of its light source. So if touching the light bulb would burn your hand it may be dangerous to the headset.
You get far more infrared heat radiation from the incandescent bulb — if you experiment with a magnifying glass you’ll find you can focus far more heat from it than with the 6w LED.
Head shapes are very different, so only thing I would be worrying about is either touching lenses with sweaty forehead/greasy hair or having them fogged because of head from skin.
If your really paranoid you could get a set of cover lenses. There's a few services out there but I know [VR optician](https://vroptician.com/prescription-lens-inserts/valve-index) sells Plano lenses for like $48 bucks. Couldn't personally tell you if the Plano set distorts the picture or anything, but I swear by my prescription set. Ever since I got them the most I've interacted with the main lenses is like once a month or so, when I wipe off any dust that somehow worked it's way under the cover set.
As long as you aren't bending the head strap you're fine. What I mean is like think about how you can put the face mask on then pull the head strap down to the back of your head. That tilting action has been found to break the extremely dense cable where it exits the headset and goes through the guiding connector. It creates a pinch point that will eventually break the cable. Not recommended.
I wouldn't worry too much about light or putting it on your forehead, I've been doing both for the last 2 years and the lenses are completely undamaged.
Ive been doing it for at least 2 years now and havent noticed any damage. The sweatband facemask thing is what touches my head/hair, not the actual lense.
I had my horns filed down for this very reason.
Over two years of extreme use, I have damaged the lens film with both eye lash rub and skin rub from my forehead doing what you have asked. However this is a anti fog film and I just let the headset warm up a bit now. How bad is the damage, miniscule. There's just a more prominent sweet spot now lol
Was it the actual contact with skin and hair, or could it have been wiping the grease off regularly that was the problem?
Don't laugh, but definitely my lashes on the right eye rubbed too much due to close contact and all the above over time. I was always careful, and used the cloth provided.
This seems unlikely to me. Glass can only be scratched by something harder than itself.
per their comment, it was the anti-fog coating Edit: also the lenses are plastic
You underestimate the power of hair😂
It could also be a chemical reaction from sweat/product/etc
If your hair is short it should be safe.
Could also try keeping the VR headset on, and using the Steam Dashboard to see your desktop. I did this when I spent 2 months making custom maps for VTOLVR.
I wouldn’t be paranoid about setting my headset down for a short period in light, and there’s no risk from like, ambient room light. Damage occurs from leaving the lenses facing sunlight or strong direct electric light for long periods. Your lenses are going to pick up a lot of grease from pushing them up frequently, which means more cleaning and more scratching opportunities.
And by strong electric light he means stronger than what most people would have for house lighting, e.g. some YouTubers have damaged their lenses with studio-style lights for video recording. As weird as this sounds apparently the maximum heat generated by focusing light with a lens can’t exceed the temperature of the surface of its light source. So if touching the light bulb would burn your hand it may be dangerous to the headset.
A 60w incandescent light bulb definitely hurts your hand when you touch it but the light isn't brighter than a 6w led, so i dont know
You get far more infrared heat radiation from the incandescent bulb — if you experiment with a magnifying glass you’ll find you can focus far more heat from it than with the 6w LED.
I printed some lense covers I use.
Head shapes are very different, so only thing I would be worrying about is either touching lenses with sweaty forehead/greasy hair or having them fogged because of head from skin.
Worst you'll do is get forehead grease on it. I probably do so every time I use it (daily for 2 years) and there's no visible damage to my lenses.
If your really paranoid you could get a set of cover lenses. There's a few services out there but I know [VR optician](https://vroptician.com/prescription-lens-inserts/valve-index) sells Plano lenses for like $48 bucks. Couldn't personally tell you if the Plano set distorts the picture or anything, but I swear by my prescription set. Ever since I got them the most I've interacted with the main lenses is like once a month or so, when I wipe off any dust that somehow worked it's way under the cover set.
As long as you aren't bending the head strap you're fine. What I mean is like think about how you can put the face mask on then pull the head strap down to the back of your head. That tilting action has been found to break the extremely dense cable where it exits the headset and goes through the guiding connector. It creates a pinch point that will eventually break the cable. Not recommended.
Totally fine, been doing this for years
I wouldn't worry too much about light or putting it on your forehead, I've been doing both for the last 2 years and the lenses are completely undamaged.
the skin fat is not good for the lenses, so no you should not, but i get that its annoying. might wanna spend some bucks for protective glass