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2016/07/08 19:22:26
craigb
I'm getting one of these for free!
 

 
When I had to upgrade my phone they just happened to have a promotion going on where I would get a free set of Virtual Reality goggles (about $100 normally).  Cool!  I never would have gotten them if I had to pay for 'em, but they work with my new phone so I'm looking forward to trying them out.
 

 
Your phone goes right onto the front of the unit.  Mushrooms not supplied however...
 

If you don't hear from me for a week or so, then you'll know I like 'em! 
2016/07/08 19:41:04
bayoubill
OK how do I get to your house?
2016/07/08 20:10:24
craigb
It's virtual... 
 
Toy just arrived and I'm still going through how to use it (I'm actually about to take a break and go for a walk first - I need to start exercising in the REAL world!).  I think I'm going to like this!  I'm pretty sure they have at least one roller coaster ride in their library - love those. 
 
Here's a funny thing though, of the free content that comes with the unit, one is...  Cirque Du Soleil's Zarkana!  I still don't know what that actually means yet, but that would be a bit weird if I'm watching Rain's better half in virtual reality! 
2016/07/08 21:32:38
bapu
craigb
 
Here's a funny thing though, of the free content that comes with the unit, one is...  Cirque Du Soleil's Zarkana!  I still don't know what that actually means yet, but that would be a bit weird if I'm watching Rain's better half in virtual reality! 


At least she won't look at and see you leering at her.
2016/07/09 04:30:29
craigb
On a scale of 1 to 10, I think I'm giving this device a 6 for now...  While it's interesting, different and definitely full of potential, it's just not quite there yet.  My phone has the highest resolution of any device I've ever owned (2560 x 1440) yet the image doesn't seem tight (even using the focusing wheel) and images are somewhat blurry.  A few of the apps suffer from not enough settings.  The image gallery app can present a bunch of images at a time (nice), but once selected, you can't get the image to be full-screen.  You can still see parts of the images before and after, the image name above and the selection cursor is this big blue dot right in the middle - annoying!  You can zoom in and out but it only zooms in its frame not within the field of view.  It also has a slide show but you can't change the wait time which is very quick.  
 
Other apps had their own quirks but one of the roller coasters was fun (what I was really looking for).  A couple of titles sounded great but fell short.  Oh well!
 
Oh yeah, the Zarkana one was only a short video, however I think Cassiopée is singing up in the rafters from the middle of a flower - hard to tell though.
2016/07/09 19:52:51
eph221
We already live in virtual reality Craig:
 
http://motherboard.vice.c...se-is-a-giant-hologram
2016/07/09 19:55:15
BobF
craigb
It's virtual... 
 
Toy just arrived and I'm still going through how to use it (I'm actually about to take a break and go for a walk first - I need to start exercising in the REAL world!).  I think I'm going to like this!  I'm pretty sure they have at least one roller coaster ride in their library - love those. 
 
Here's a funny thing though, of the free content that comes with the unit, one is...  Cirque Du Soleil's Zarkana!  I still don't know what that actually means yet, but that would be a bit weird if I'm watching Rain's better half in virtual reality! 




"Exercise" you say?
 

2016/07/09 20:44:10
Moshkito
Hi,
 
I have to admit ... the only VR I have really enjoyed in my time was ... a good hit of sunshine! 
 
It was real nice!
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