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what does the "Takumi" version listed for a few more yen on the Afesta site mean?

Takumi is a higher quality version. It usually has more bitrate and looks a bit better. It's worth it for the 200 to 300 yen more they cost.
 
Something which confuses me still regarding codecs and video quality

Between 5K UHQ VP9 and 8K HEVC, which version should I get? The file size for 5k is surprisingly larger than 8k.

In other news, we can never have enough Sakura Momo and Kinoshita Himari.

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It depends on your hardware. Normally you should see better an 8K VR video with less bitrate than a 5K one with more bitrate, because the 8K one has more resolution, and in VR the resolution is more important than the bitrate, since the lenses magnify the pixels. The more pixels there are, the sharper it will look. With fewer pixels it looks a bit blurrier.

But as I say, it also depends on your hardware. In Quest it seems that the difference is less noticeable, I use PC VR where I apply 2X supersampling and MSAA filter even to 8K videos, and I see more defined 8K than 5K, even if they have a crappy bitrate as JAV 8K VR has.

The 8K VR videos that are being uploaded take up less space than the 4K and 5K versions because they have very low bitrate. They are a big mess. I don't know who is to blame, Fanza or the uploaders.

The best thing to do is to download both versions, and compare them yourself.

That Sakura Momo video lacks one thing to be perfect: face-to-face missionary. I love Kinoshita Himari, but I'm not going to download that video because of what you already know... ;)
 
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It depends on your hardware. Normally you should see better an 8K VR video with less bitrate than a 5K one with more bitrate, because the 8K one has more resolution, and in VR the resolution is more important than the bitrate, since the lenses magnify the pixels. The more pixels there are, the sharper it will look. With fewer pixels it looks a bit blurrier.

But as I say, it also depends on your hardware. In Quest it seems that the difference is less noticeable, I use PC VR where I apply 2X supersampling and MSAA filter even to 8K videos, and I see more defined 8K than 5K, even if they have a crappy bitrate as JAV 8K VR has.

The 8K VR videos that are being uploaded take up less space than the 4K and 5K versions because they have very low bitrate. They are a big mess. I don't know who is to blame, Fanza or the uploaders.

The best thing to do is to download both versions, and compare them yourself.

That Sakura Momo video lacks one thing to be perfect: face-to-face missionary. I love Kinoshita Himari, but I'm not going to download that video because of what you already know... ;)
Ah, I see. Well, I'm on PC as well. I just wasn't aware Heresphere had supersampling and MSAA filtering. What app are you using?
 
Ah, I see. Well, I'm on PC as well. I just wasn't aware Heresphere had supersampling and MSAA filtering. What app are you using?

I also use HereSphere. I told you about the filters the first day, you have a bad memory, ha ha.... :p

In the Advance Video Settings, try to change MSAA to 2 and Resolution to 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc, As far as your graphics card will let you.

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In Basic Video Settings, move the Sharpen option to the right:


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You can also zoom out, increases sharpness. With these options the definition of the videos is improved, if your graphics card can handle it.

But you didn't have Quest 3? What headset do you use?
 
I also use HereSphere. I told you about the filters the first day, you have a bad memory, ha ha.... :p

In the Advance Video Settings, try to change MSAA to 2 and Resolution to 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc, As far as your graphics card will let you.

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In Basic Video Settings, move the Sharpen option to the right:


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You can also zoom out, increases sharpness. With these options the definition of the videos is improved, if your graphics card can handle it.

But you didn't have Quest 3? What headset do you use?
I actually did get the Quest 3 haha. I didn't think the sharpen helped and actually made things worse, but maybe if I crank up the other settings it might be better instead.
 
I actually did get the Quest 3 haha

Beware, if you have Quest 3 then it's not the same....

I have HP Reverb G2 that connects to the PC via HDMI cable, with direct image. But when you connect the Quest 3 to the PC, it is not direct image, because it does not have HDMI, it is compressed streaming.

Even if you do all this I have explain, it doesn't do much good because to be able to watch it on the Quest 3, the video is compressed to 4K, or whatever you use with the streaming software you have.

If you are using the PC version of HereSphere I think you are losing image quality, because the video is compressed for streaming to the glasses. You should use the Quest version of Heresphere, which runs directly on the headset. You won't be able to use as much supersampling and as much MSAA as on PC, but you don't compress the video as you do if you send it from the PC.
 
Beware, if you have Quest 3 then it's not the same....

I have HP Reverb G2 that connects to the PC via HDMI cable, with direct image. But when you connect the Quest 3 to the PC, it is not direct image, because it does not have HDMI, it is compressed streaming.

Even if you do all this I have explain, it doesn't do much good because to be able to watch it on the Quest 3, the video is compressed to 4K, or whatever you use with the streaming software you have.

If you are using the PC version of HereSphere I think you are losing image quality, because the video is compressed for streaming to the glasses. You should use the Quest version of Heresphere, which runs directly on the headset. You won't be able to use as much supersampling and as much MSAA as on PC, but you don't compress the video as you do if you send it from the PC.
Oh dang, I bought the Steam version of Heresphere cos its cheaper with regional pricing. Ah well, I'll consider buying it again for the Quest.
 
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Has anyone been able to test the JAV VRs descensored by IA? They are already out there, but I've only seen them on a site where you have to subscribe to be able to download them.

I thought you couldn't remove the censorship with AI with the VRs, as they are two different images that merge in the eyes.
 
"Decensored" JAV already looks bad enough, i wouldn't have high hopes. in VR it would have to be high quality, consistent and matching for both eyes to be watchable. I would love to be wrong though. For now if you want to see Japanese pussy your best bet is the few JAV performers that emigrated to the west, amateur girls at CovertJapan, or some very few leaked scenes that are circulating here and there. Or take a vacation to Japan and visit a soapland, although that might be a bit pricey.. ;)
 
Yes, that's what I think. In VR everything is magnified, the details, but also the flaws. To get it right it has to be very precise.

It has caught my attention because I thought it couldn't be done with current software. That it can is already a start.... I would like to watch a sample for curiosity, but I haven´t found any...
 
You'd have to manipulate the image a bit first to flatten it before removing the censorship(like the player does for each eye) and then put it back as it was after the decensoring so it is technically not too hard.

The problem is that all decensoring will look very blurry with weird movements on it so I doubt it would be enjoyable to watch in VR. But I can't watch decensored JAV in 2D because I think it looks too awful already and many obviously are fine with it so my standards are on the high side.
 
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Thanks, then it seems that's the reason why there aren't many JAV VR decensored: they must look really bad.
Too bad that when hundreds of 2D movies were leaked before censorship was applied, a couple of years ago, there wasn't a single title in VR.... :(
 
"Decensored" JAV already looks bad enough, i wouldn't have high hopes. in VR it would have to be high quality, consistent and matching for both eyes to be watchable. I would love to be wrong though. For now if you want to see Japanese pussy your best bet is the few JAV performers that emigrated to the west, amateur girls at CovertJapan, or some very few leaked scenes that are circulating here and there. Or take a vacation to Japan and visit a soapland, although that might be a bit pricey.. ;)
Actually, there was a guy who did really high quality de-censoring with AI but he has since been arrested by the Japanese authorities. Of course, his technique wasn't actually removing or unblurring the mosaic and more akin to Deep Fake, as in he just wrote over the mosaic with AI rendered genitals.

Still looked pretty damned good though, and was waaaay better than the JAVPlayer de-mosiacs.

In theory, what he did could also work for VR, but no one else has taken up the mantle.


Apparently, its not illegal to make them for personal consumption. Its just illegal to sell or distribute them.

I wonder if it would be legal in Japan to lease out GPU power to folks looking to make such vids though, cos there's a potential business model right there...
 
AI is advancing so fast, it's something they won't be able to stop. We will be able to decensored at home, as we already do with translations. Maybe in Japan it's illegal to remove censorship, but I don't think it is if you do it outside Japan, where there is no censorship....
 
I actually did get the Quest 3 haha. I didn't think the sharpen helped and actually made things worse, but maybe if I crank up the other settings it might be better instead.
I have the quest3 as well, let me know what settings you end up settling on.
 
I have the quest3 as well, let me know what settings you end up settling on.
Left it at default. I tried to crank up the resolution and the MSAA and the video acted up. Video literally just started to stutter and I lost control of the err...controllers. Had to hit the button to shutdown the app cos I can't stop the video due to the laser pointer thingy jerking wildly all over the place along with the video.
 
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Anyone else noticed that pre-surgery Mori Hinako had uneven breasts? Its not immediately obvious and barely noticeable in 2D cos her natural pair is small. But pay enough attention to them in VR and you will see it. Her right breast is somewhat smaller than her left one. She probably augmented them cos she was feeling a bit self-conscious about them. A shame really. I didn't mind. If she were my girl, I won't be able to keep my hands off them anyway.

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Fact is few girls have symmetrical breasts like...say...Suzumori Remu. Quite a few girls actually do have a slightly larger left breast which dangles just a bit lower. Than you have the unusual nipple cases, like Shirato Hana whose right nipple points downwards and inwards. And there's one girl whose left nipple is an outie but the right nipple in an innie, can't remember her name.

Never liked it when the girls feel it is a reason to undergo surgery. All breasts are awesome, cos err...breasts...yes. True men of culture don't judge. I'm just not a fan when they're too large but that's a personal taste.
 
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I feel the same way. Breast development is independent of each other, and many women have one breast larger than the other, or a different nipple. What does it matter? That's nature...

I liked Mori Hinako a lot, I had not even noticed the detail you mentioned, being natural is enough for me, whether they are big, small or uneven. Since she has plastic tits, I haven't watched or bought any of her movies.
 
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Left it at default. I tried to crank up the resolution and the MSAA and the video acted up. Video literally just started to stutter and I lost control of the err...controllers. Had to hit the button to shutdown the app cos I can't stop the video due to the laser pointer thingy jerking wildly all over the place along with the video.
Gotcha. I set resolution to 2.0 and I don't ahve an option to change msaa

I feel the same way. Breast development is independent of each other, and many women have one breast larger than the other, or a different nipple. What does it matter? That's nature...

I liked Mori Hinako a lot, I had not even noticed the detail you mentioned, being natural is enough for me, whether they are big, small or uneven. Since she has plastic tits, I haven't watched or bought any of her movies.

I'm on the same boat as you. Real > fake, then can get picky about size after.

Since you're also a real tits lover, who are your favorites actresses and scenes?

I currently have too many scenes to count, but momo sakura is definitely the GOAT for me. Any scene with her is an automatic buy
 
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