I often see it on the technology website recently VR The figure of, two thousand and sixteen Nian can be said to be in the true sense VR The first year. I am lucky to be here two thousand and sixteen At the beginning of the year, I met the first model in my life VR Virtual reality glasses ---PICO1 . Here I would like to thank Lei Feng.com for their trust and the designer of this product --- Beijing Bird View Technology Co., Ltd. VR The magic of virtual reality technology is that it can let you feel some exciting, thrilling, magnificent, or exquisite different scenes in person. The author has always been looking forward to this technology. Okay, don't talk nonsense, let's start our VR Experience the journey!

Simple unpacking

There are many black boxes. Open the box and you can see the VR glasses and the small box for assembling accessories at a glance. The soft black foam is well protected to ensure the safety of the product during transportation.

All accessories are here, including a pair of VR glasses, head strap, membership card, instructions, special glasses cloth and a charging cable. The accessories are very complete, they have everything they should have.

Appearance design

The contact position between glasses and face is supported by a large area of foam, which effectively improves the comfort of wearing. The two optical lenses are covered with a film as a means of protection.

Here is the upper part of the PICO1 VR glasses. In the upper right corner is the power key. Long press for 5 seconds can switch the on/off state. In addition, short press can also turn on/off the camera view of the phone to switch between virtual and real at any time. Another function is to answer/hang up the phone when you wear VR glasses. It is really a very useful key. The roller in the middle is the focus knob, which can adjust the image definition, so that people with myopia can also experience the charm of virtual reality.

The lower part of the glasses is designed with a charging port and a headphone jack. After the connection between the PICO1 VR glasses and the mobile phone is established, the voice can be received through the 3.5mm headphone jack, which further improves the sense of presence.

Like most domestic VR glasses, PICO1 also needs mobile phones as display devices. Therefore, a removable mobile phone compartment is designed for fixing mobile phones, which can support mobile phones with 5-6 inch screens. After the mobile phone warehouse is pushed in, the mobile phone is in a closed environment. This structure is not conducive to heat dissipation. It is hoped that heat dissipation holes can be added later.

After the mobile phone is put into the mobile phone compartment, the touch screen of the mobile phone cannot be used, so the control function needs to be realized through the external rocker. Many VR glasses use this solution. PICO1 is special. The control functions are concentrated on the right side of the glasses, including the volume+- button, the round return button and a touch pad. In particular, the addition of the touch pad makes the control easier and more convenient. A small bulge is added to the return key and the touch pad. When using VR glasses, you can find the corresponding key position through these two bulges to achieve blind pressing.

user's experience

Before using PICO1 VR glasses, you need to download the corresponding App. At present, there are abundant resources in the App, mainly including 360 ° panoramic video, 3D video, 2D video and VR games, mainly short videos and clips. Although there are a lot of resources, the overall quality is not high, the definition is poor, and the cache speed is also very slow. In particular, a complete movie can't be seen at all, and you must download it to see it.

Positioning is required when placing the mobile phone in the mobile phone compartment, and then inserting the mobile phone compartment into VR glasses. The following is a panoramic video screenshot. Two different images are seen by the left and right eyes, and then through the mirror of VR glasses When the film is magnified, it has a certain stereoscopic feeling, and it really has an immersive feeling. As if you are at the bottom of the sea, groups of big sharks and schools of fish are swimming around you. Panoramic video is the advantage of VR glasses. Use the built-in acceleration sensor of the mobile phone to shake your head, and the perspective will move with you. You can observe 360 degree images around you, and feel different landscapes.

When watching 3D and 2D videos, PICO1 creates a private cinema atmosphere for you to enjoy leisure time alone. Here, you can see the chairs around, the ceiling above your head, and the sound on the wall. The effect is very realistic. However, the disadvantage of this method is that the utilization rate of the screen is reduced a lot. The screen area that is really used to play movies is less than 1/4. At present, most mainstream mobile phones are 1080P screens. On this basis, after dividing by 4, the resolution is extremely low, so there will be obvious pixels on the screen when watching videos. The author happens to have a Sony Z5 Premium, the world's first mobile phone equipped with a 4K resolution screen. When playing local 4K videos, the pixels become less obvious, and higher resolution screens can really get a better viewing experience.

summary

PICO1 is the first VR glasses I came into contact with, which can be said to be a very fresh experience. In fact, the technical threshold of VR glasses is not high. It is nothing more than to enlarge the mobile phone screen through two optical lenses, and use the small screen to obtain a similar experience of watching movies on a large screen. After a period of trial, I felt that the effect was quite ordinary, and there was still a big gap with my expectations. There are many similar VR glasses, which are similar in function and structure. They can only be regarded as a kind of entry-level equipment. VR all-in-one machine and VR glasses connected to computers are the future development direction of virtual reality.