A year ago, I had experienced several mobile VR boxes (plastic version of Google Cardboard), but those products at that time had rough visual effects and lack of applications, which made people feel like semi-finished products, leaving no deep impression on me. A year later, I tried a VR box again, and its performance made some changes.

It will ruin your hair, but it's very comfortable

The SVR Glass launched by Le Worm Technology is a device that turns a mobile phone into a headset display. In a word, it is a mobile phone accessory. The body adopts a three-point headband design, and the length of the horizontal and top bands can be adjusted. After being properly adjusted according to my head circumference, it is very stable. Even a fierce handsome head will not easily throw it off, but if it is worn for a long time, it will certainly confuse the hairstyle.

Most of the body is made of plastic, so the weight is relatively light. The contact part between the glasses and the eye socket is made of soft leather+sponge, which feels good. The front extension length of the glasses is relatively short. After putting on the Galaxy S6 edge mobile phone, it feels like wearing a thick cotton hat in terms of weight, and there will be no obvious discomfort when wearing the neck for a long time.

In addition to the ordinary hand-held remote control, SVR Glass also provides an independent Bluetooth remote control module on the side of the body, which is fixed in the concave area on the right side of the glasses by magnetic suction, and is easy to integrate with the body. Although its function is the same as that of a hand-held remote control, it allows me to operate blindly like Google glasses, and also avoids the situation that I can't find a remote control. This thoughtful design should be praised.

Gospel of adjustable focus myopia

SVR Glass provided the QR code downloaded from the application market of "VR Butler" in the manual, but at present it is only available for Android, and iOS users need to wait for a while.

After downloading and installing the VR butler application to the mobile phone, it does not mean that it is complete, because you need to adjust its focus and pupil distance to see clearly. By rotating the objective lens clockwise or counterclockwise, SVR Glass can adjust the focus of the image, support up to 800 degrees myopia compensation (diopter), and support independent adjustment of the left and right eyes. Well, the designers must be myopic because they think so carefully for myopic people, and their degree may not be low. However, because the adjustment part is inside the glasses, I can't adjust it when I wear it, but I need to take it off completely before I can twist it. Therefore, it may take more time to adjust it comfortably.

The pupillary distance of SVR Glass is adjusted through software. It needs to be adjusted in the setting by connecting the Bluetooth remote control. Because my pupillary distance is relatively short, after I adjusted my vision clearly, I found that the width of the view angle of the picture also became narrower. If I was a student with a relatively wide pupillary distance, the effect would be better.

The picture effect depends on your phone screen

SVR Glass supports mobile phones with a screen size of 4.7~6 inches, and of course, the thickness needs to be less than 9.9mm before it can be put in. I used the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge with a 5.1 inch, 2K resolution screen to experience the experience. The extraction and release of mobile phones are relatively smooth, and the stability of phone clamping is also good. Although the mobile phone has two curved sides, because the content displayed is on the edge of the perspective, the consistency of the overall picture can hardly be affected.

There are some 360 ° videos and games built in the market, but they are not too rich. After counting, there are only 27 360 ° videos and 58 360 ° games in the market. I selected some popular videos and games to experience, and the effect was quite unexpected. The video picture can cover most of the field of vision. When you rotate your head, you can watch any angle in the virtual picture from the first perspective, including the sky and the ground. The angle of view changes with the rotation of your head, which is very sensitive and accurate, giving you a strong sense of experience. However, it is a pity that the authenticity is slightly compromised because the sound source cannot change with the change of perspective.

After that, I also took several phones with different screen sizes and resolutions for experience. The larger the screen, the broader the vision will be, and the finer the screen will be. So if you want to have a better experience, you need a phone with a large screen and a high-resolution screen.

In addition to 360 degree video and 360 degree game, VR steward also provides local video playback function, which adds ordinary video from mobile phone to VR steward for playback, and can automatically generate the same left and right pictures on mobile phone. Viewing through SVR Glass, it has a 2D cinema effect. Although the definition of the picture is not as good as that of the cinema, the effect is far better than that of watching the mobile phone screen directly. However, the VR steward will play the imported local video at the default 16:9 ratio, and other videos with aspect ratio will be stretched when playing, just like the above picture.

Conclusion: What remains after passion?

However, after two days of experience, my attitude also changed from hopeless at the beginning to a little surprise later. But now, when the novelty has disappeared, I suddenly feel a little boring again. Because in the final analysis, the limited dozens of videos and simple games in the VR butler market are limited to the experience of tasting new things. It won't be long before this new interest will disappear and interest in it will rapidly decline.

For me, if I suddenly remember to use SVR Glass one day, I should use it to watch movies on my mobile phone to pass the time when there is no computer around. For those 360 ° videos and games, it is more likely that they will be given to others to experience and make them exclaim "Wow, the effect of this device is really good!". In a word, it still lacks Killer games and videos shot for VR devices.

As a primary VR experience, the bigger your face, the larger your screen, and the higher your resolution, the better the effect will be. Finally, I know why those 2K large screen mobile phones came.

The price of SVR Glass during the crowdfunding period is about 199 yuan, and the final price is not yet known. If you have experienced CardBoard or other cheap VR boxes and want to replace a better device, SVR Glass is a good choice. If the other plastic boxes are iPhone 3G or 3GS, SVR Glass can be regarded as iPhone 4.

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