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3.0 out of 5 starsField of View and Focus Provided a less than enjoyable VR Experience
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2019
I was a bit enamored with the Oculus Go when I first encountered it, and so since I had a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge phone, I was expecting a similar experience, but at 1/2 the price. Unfortunately, this was not the case, because the field of view is a bit smaller than the Oculus Go. I did not like the fact I was always peering through a pair of binoculars which took away from the full immersion. Although it has the Focus adjustment (which Oculus does not have), the center was able to focus for me without glasses, but still not far from the center, the focus rapidly deteriorates. These two factors were my major reason I returned it. I also find that the S7 Edge does not quite have the horsepower to keep up with rapid head movements, and get jerky action on moving images. In a static room environment, though its good as I move my head. The good parts: 1) Has a relatively large number of apps to select from 2) The pixels on phone were small enough to not become annoying as I've seen in earlier VR, 3) There are a large number of VR clips, but choose only those in 4K, 5K or more to be able to get a non-blurry playback, 4) the remote controller is actually easy to work with, although it will sometimes loose direction and have to re-center the cursor. Keep in mind, wearing this device for more than 1/2 hour becomes heavy and although the face pads are soft, it seems to get tighter and tighter the longer you wear it. Also annoying is when a call comes in there is no way to answer it without taking the phone out of the headset holder. There should be a way to click on the notification, and use the Bluetooth headset to begin a conversation (like you can with the Oculus rooms) I think perhaps when these headsets can be lighter, provide a better field of view so you don't have the binocular effect, it will greatly improve the VR experience.
