If we can say that VR as a whole has been in a tepid state in the past few years, this year, especially in recent months, with the explosion of the concept of the metauniverse, the volume and attention of the VR field as a specific mapping of the metauniverse are undoubtedly rising rapidly, and even has the potential to become the next number one hot spot in the field of digital technology.
As an important participant in the domestic VR all-in-one machine field, iQIYI VR took the lead in popularizing VR products among mass consumers. Following the launch of the Adventure 3 VR all-in-one machine in August this year, iQIYI VR recently brought a national flagship product, the Adventure Dream VR all-in-one machine, with a price of only 1999 yuan.
We have also experienced this adventure Dream VR all-in-one machine these days. Let's take a look at the performance of this new product with flagship features such as Snapdragon XR2 and the first 6DoF tracking.
configuration parameter
Screen: 72/90Hz Fast LCD dual screen, double eye resolution 2560 × 1440
Lens: double aspherical surface
Pupil distance: standard 63mm, adaptive 57-69mm
Location tracking: Toushou 6DoF
SoC： Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2
Memory: 8GB LPDDR4x
Storage: 128GB UFS 3.0
Battery capacity: 5500mAh
Interface: Type-C charging/data interface, 3.5mm headphone hole
Appearance&Wearing Experience
Different from the previous Adventure 3, Adventure Dream adopts a hat wearing design. It can be seen that there is an arc head cover (forehead support) above the head display host. Compared with the structure that completely depends on adjusting the tightness of the headband to achieve fixation, this design is more conducive to sharing the force on the face, more comfortable to wear for a long time, and not easy to press the hair.
Also because of the hat design, the connection between Dream's headband and the head display is relatively fixed, and there is no need to make a large rotation. Just twist the knob embedded on the back of the head rest to adjust the tightness and find a suitable wearing posture.
The color matching of the whole machine is mainly black and white. The left side of the host is the power button, and the right side is printed with the logo of iQIYI Adventure.
The four infrared cameras on the front have small holes. If you don't look carefully, you may think they are screw holes. There is a large amount of space left on the front. Users can freely use them for decoration.
The lower part of the body is equipped with volume keys and speaker openings, and the upper part is equipped with cooling holes, Type-C and 3.5mm headphone interfaces.
In terms of lenses, it should be based on the product positioning that Fresnel lenses are not used but two aspherical lenses are equipped.
In terms of wearing experience, the Adventure Dream can be worn simply by turning the knob to control the tightness, and then fine-tuning the upper and lower positions of the host to make the vision clear. The whole operation is simpler than many competing products, and wearing glasses does not affect viewing at all; Sponge and soft skin friendly materials used in the back brain support, forehead support and mask ensure the wearing comfort to the greatest extent.
The design of the two control handles is basically similar to that of the previous Adventure 3. The upper part is a hollow ring with built-in sensors. The handles are equipped with trigger key, grip key, rocker, menu (left)/home key (right), X/Y key and A/B key, each powered by an AA battery.
After each boot, you need to press the corresponding menu/home key on the handle to complete the pairing connection. If you are not playing games, you can generally connect only a single handle; The handle supports vibration feedback and can adjust the vibration intensity in the setting.
System&Viewing Experience
The QIYU OS 5.0 (version 5.1.12) system on Adventure Dream is based on Android 10. The system layout has not changed much compared with Adventure 3. The main interface is still divided into four parts: app store, online cinema, resource library and settings (the icon is a bit materialized). The right side shows the status of time, power, etc., and the control center with integrated shortcut switches.
The app store provides all VR games and third-party application downloads; The online cinema is the IQUT cinema application of iQIYI, which is the main entrance to watch movies; The resource library integrates photo album, file management and Firefox VR browser, and is also the entrance to open all applications and games.
This system supports the installation of third-party applications. After downloading through a browser, or importing the installation package of a third-party application store with a data cable, a richer application ecosystem can be expanded. It is still a pleasant experience to watch Station B, microblog, and Ku'an on the head display with a vision comparable to that of a cinema giant screen.
In terms of viewing experience, first of all, I would like to talk about the clarity I care about. Since the screen binocular resolution of Adventure Dream is 2K, there is a perceptible difference in the image fineness compared with the flagship VR all-in-one machine with 4K resolution on the market, which is mainly reflected in the slight graininess when viewing text or images with a large white background, But in addition, it has little impact on watching videos and games.
Many users' demand for VR may be based on watching videos and blockbusters. As a manufacturer starting from the video platform, there is no need to worry about film and television resources in iQIYI.
Play panoramic video effect
3D movies like Avatar are suitable for viewing on VR all-in-one machine
Its IQUT cinema has synchronized the resources of iQIYI. There are rich choices in panoramic videos, 3D movies, and ordinary 2D movies and TV dramas that VR head displays are good at presenting.
The movie scene simulates the environment of the cinema, and it is very immersive in the cinema with the 2000 inch giant screen.
In contrast, third-party apps such as Station B only display a video playback window, and the sense of immersion is not so sufficient.
Game experience
Compared with the Adventure 2/2S era, the focus and strength of iQIYI on VR games can be clearly felt on Adventure 3 and Adventure Dream launched this year.
In terms of resources, after the update in recent months, 38 games have been launched in the QIYU OS App Store. The official said that under the premise of ensuring the high-quality strategy, the introduction speed of games will be improved in 2022. It is expected that 100 games will be launched by the end of 2022, so there is little need to worry about the lack of games to play.
Dream still has the first game sending activity in this adventure, and will present three games, namely, Happy Future: Sound Plan, Professional Table Tennis VR and Crisis Action Team 2. We also have a simple trial of these three games.
Music Moving Future: Music Plan is a music game. In the rhythm of music, players need to hold lightsabers with both hands to chop down incoming targets of different colors, and also to dodge obstacles from time to time. Playing it can be said to test both reaction and physical strength, and of course, it is also a test of the overall performance of the all-in-one machine. Thanks to the "Adventure Chasing Light" 6DoF VR interactive technology carried by Adventure Dream, the action capture, tracking and feedback are very fast, which can well cope with such games with high action frequency and speed.
Professional Table Tennis VR, a sports game, has been tried in depth when experiencing Adventure 3 before. This time, there is no difference in the feeling of playing on Adventure Dream. The feedback on the speed, strength and rotation of the ball is quite precise.
Crisis Action Team 2 is a shooting game. Players need to shoot against bandits several times more than themselves in the game. In addition to the fact that the action of loading is not very intuitive, the process of aiming and shooting with guns and constantly squatting down to dodge relying on obstacles during the game is very generational.
Due to the limited time available, I haven't played most other games in depth. However, the extremely low latency+highly immersive game performance of Adventure Dream has successfully aroused my strong interest in VR games, and these VR physical games with a large amount of activities are undoubtedly more healthy than PC games or mobile games that sit for hours at a time.
Summary&purchase suggestions
To sum up, the most prominent feature of this Adventure Dream is its cost performance ratio. For 1999 yuan, you can buy the Snapdragon XR2 plus the VR all-in-one machine with 6DoF in the mobile phone field, which basically means that you can sell the flagship machine of the Snapdragon 888 for 2000 yuan, so you can know how fragrant it is; In addition, the official has also held a cash back activity - within 90 days, users can return 1000 yuan when they release product experience videos on platforms such as Tiaoyin and Fasthand every week. Rounding up is like taking a machine for nothing. In addition, if you buy five years of iQIYI Star Diamond members, you can get free machines!
The current VR market actually needs this kind of relatively low-cost all-in-one machine without too many restrictions on use to popularize users, just as a large number of thousand yuan Android phones popularized smart phones that year.
At the same time, Adventure Dream does not sacrifice the overall experience because of the pursuit of cost performance. Whether it is wearing comfort, watching movies or playing games, especially in game performance, there is not much difference compared with Adventure 3 of 3000 yuan. Personally, if it is to meet the demand of tasting VR physical games, Adventure Dream is definitely the most competitive choice in the current market.
Small partners interested in this machine can pay attention to it on the e-commerce platform recently. At present, Adventure Dream has opened an appointment in JD and Tmall, and will be officially launched on December 8. Tmall and JD have 7 and 30 days of worry free return service respectively.
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