preface

Thanks to Lei Feng's trial and Xiaomi's offer of this opportunity. Cardboard is a popular product this year, and the number of mobile phone users has increased to more than 100 million. There is a great demand for VR glasses. The market is not popular yet, and there is still much room for development. What kind of experience can Xiaomi VR glasses (toy version) bring us as a 49 yuan product?

Unpacking

First, unpack the package of Xiaomi VR glasses (toy version), and you can see that the red characters "Go to explore" are very striking. The black outer box is very aggressive with Xiaomi VR glasses. Although the "Baby" box was still damaged after getting it, fortunately, the "Baby" was safe and a heart was put down.

The items included in the product, the supported mobile phone version and the manufacturer are described behind the packaging box of Xiaomi VR toy version.

There are VR glasses, a black strap and a "card" Xiaomi envelope in the family photo.

On the packaging box with black straps, there are instructions for Xiaomi V glasses and the download QR code of Xiaomi VRapp.

Appearance

The millet VR glasses have a red "mili" millet logo in the middle, representing the official. Lycra cotton material and two-way zipper are adopted. The zipper greatly reduces the labor cost and also brings lighter weight to the product. The zipper can accommodate mobile phones with ears in different positions. When the zipper is closed, there are two "doors and windows" to ventilate and cool the mobile phone, which can also make it very firm in use. It can be adapted to 4.7-5.7 inch mobile phones, which can be used by most people.

Xiaomi VR glasses are well cleaned, and the lenses are sealed with the manufacturer's protective film, which ensures that the lenses are clean without damage. The concave and convex shape adopts the body setting, which is closer to the skin. The material is made of Lycra cotton, which is very comfortable to wear. Its workmanship does not support the adjustment of eye comfort, whether the focus or pupil distance is fixed. Unable to adjust the focus and pupil distance, which is really inconvenient for users with eyes to use.

There is a round button button in the middle of Xiaomi VR glasses. It can touch the corresponding position on the mobile phone screen through this button, which is more flexible and convenient to operate without taking out the mobile phone.

It can hold 4.7 inch to 5.7 inch mobile phones, which can be used by most people. This toy version uses a two-way zipper, so you don't have to worry about the problems caused by the mobile phone looseness during the experience, but it sacrifices the flexibility of the mobile phone, making it inconvenient to hold the mobile phone.

The big gear used for the zipper is more convenient to open and close. The part of the phone that contacts Xiaomi VR glasses also uses rubber and sponge, which have high friction, to prevent the phone from moving in use and affect the user experience. It is inevitable to adjust the position of the mobile phone through the heat dissipation area.

Practical

Open the Xiaomi VR app to provide a VR interface, as shown in the figure below; There is also a cinema mode, which is used to view non panoramic videos in the VR interface using a large screen. In the actual experience, the cinema mode does feel like a large screen, but because of the low resolution of the tested (Hongmi 3) mobile phone, the image is not exquisite enough, and the mobile phones above 2k have no effect.  

Xiaomi VRapp mainly provides panoramic video and applications. It mainly focuses on video, which also conforms to Cardboard's positioning - video based, which is basically difficult to play VR games. At present, there are few videos and applications in it. The Xiaomi VRapp is not perfect yet. There are QR codes in the product manual that can be downloaded. Later, the resources in it will be more perfect.

The app provides VR video download, which can also be played directly. Users can download games, videos or movie resources according to their needs. And look at the download center. There is a round blue icon on the interface. We can direct the virtual center to the button we want through the button on the head, and then click the button on the top of the VR glasses to operate. After entering the video, you can also use video sound, brightness, pause, fast forward and other operations for convenience. For some phones below 5.0 inches, the keys may not work well, and the screen position is not correct.

Trial and experience

For the experience of Xiaomi VR (toy version), users will pay attention to whether they feel dizzy when watching the video? This Xiaomi VR toy version will make you feel dizzy after watching it for a long time. Use according to your own physical condition. It is not advisable to look too long at one time. You should put down your glasses and release your eyes The instruction manual of Xiaomi VR glasses also shows the following notice:

Health reminder: experiencing virtual reality may produce a similar feeling of carsickness (taking carsickness medicine is invalid). Please use the mini editor depending on your physical condition. It is suggested that you watch and move your eyes half an hour later.

In addition, when switching to VR split screen mode in Xiaomi VR app (download address), there will be a reminder like the following figure.

In order to reduce the experience of dizziness, Xiaomi reminded users to "try to avoid rotating the head quickly to reduce dizziness; please use it appropriately according to your physical condition; children under 13 years old should not use it." In the actual experience, if you rotate the head quickly for many times, you will get dizziness. This is very good. Every Cardboard product should add a similar reminder.

summary

advantage: 1. This product is very light and light, so there is no heavy feeling on the head.

            2. The two-way zipper setting is adopted, taking into account the position of various mobile phone headsets, which is also more secure.

3. There is a metal button on the glasses to operate in VR, which is very convenient and does not need to take out the phone.

Disadvantages: 1. There are not many resources in the Xiaomi VRapp, and some mobile phones are not compatible with it, which may cause out of focus.

2. The pupil distance and eye distance cannot be adjusted, which is inconvenient for users with eyes.

Although this Xiaomi VR glasses (toy version) is not ideal, it can basically satisfy users' entertainment. As a toy version, we can't have too many requirements. What kind of experience can other versions of Xiaomi VR glasses bring to us!