Gamma Difference on Oculus Rift Headset - surfaces snap to black

I'm working on a game on the Rift that takes place in low light. In the Editor, as I get the light intensity very low, I can get very near to black without getting all the way there. However, when viewing on the rift, everything is a little brighter (a lot actually) - like the gamma is brighter on the Rift or something.

What this means is that when I try and get the light really low (like a dark blue moonlight (directional light)), as I approach smaller values - the surfaces lit by the light snap to black. I can't see this snapping in the Editor, but because the Rift is brighter, it's very apparent in the headset.

Have I got some setting wrong? I'm working with Deferred and Linear in the Player Settings...but I can't seem to get around this.

 

Did you find out what the issue was? I'm having the same problem. When I view a scene in unity with the oculus headset, it's definitely brighter than what I see in the editor. Especially if the lights are realtime - their intensity seem completely off.

 

Nope...still a complete mystery. For any dark scenes, what I see on any screen, and what I see on the Rift is very, very different.

 

Forgot to mention , using Unity 5.4 beta - Windows.

 

I'm having this issues also, just wondering if anyone's found a solution or if this is normal behavior.
using Unity 5.4.0f3

 

I'm having the same issue. In the Oculus Forum there's a post how to solve banding issues:

https://developer.oculus.com/blog/tech-note-removing-dark-scene-color-banding-in-unity-/

But it does not work for me, maybe I'm doing something wrong.

A user posted he solved this issue by implementing dithering in shaders, which I'm not confident enough to do.

Is there anything else to do to fix this issue?

 

I met extactly same issue. I am developing a horror game, the headset lighting is too bright make many design not work well. Why there is no further update on this issue?

 

Experiencing the same issue with Rift and Unity 2019.1.5f1.
When trying https://developer.oculus.com/blog/tech-note-removing-dark-scene-color-banding-in-unity-/

Code (CSharp):

1. OVRManager.eyeTextureFormat =
2. VRManager.EyeTextureFormat.R16G16B16A16_FP;
3. Debug.Log(OVRManager.eyeTextureFormat);

Returning Default instead of R16G16B16A16_FP.

 

One solution would be to use linear gamma and post processing colorcorrection ACES colorspace. With this i could get rid of any banding and low light scenes work now. Only problem is that the monitor output will get too dark.

 

What do you mean by Linear Gamma? Monitor output will not be a problem, but different headset (Vive) could be - but this can be enabled only when Rift detected.