ever since flicks like The Lawnmower Man
and The Matrix sci-fi enthusiasts and
gamers alike have dreamt of immersive
virtual reality experiences but despite
a few small innovations over the years
they’ve been more virtual than real
until now there’s one problem
it needs your eyes hey everyone welcome
to gear up the WatchMojo series that
looks at the latest in tech I’m Marc
Saltzman and in this video we’ll look at
five hot VR systems available today
perhaps to help you decide which one is
for you of course when we talk virtual
reality we’re referring to a lightweight
HMD a head mounted display that when
connected to a source like a computer
smartphone or video game console plays
stereoscopic 3d images onto a pair of
high resolution screens in front of your
eyes and the visuals are mapped to your
head movement in real time too in other
words you can look up down and even
behind you and it’ll look as if you’re
really there in this digital world and
there spatialized audio too so you can
hear sound seemingly coming from
specific areas of the world that you’re
in whether you’re into gaming 360 degree
movies or using VR for education therapy
commerce socializing or other
applications here’s what’s available
today
first up HTC vive a new era of reality
arguably the most comprehensive solution
for virtual reality buffs built for
computers HTC vive ships with a
comfortable VR headset with twin
high-resolution screens and a built in
camera for when you need to see around
you there’s two room scale base stations
that track your movement in a 3d space
so no you don’t just sit there with HTC
vive and there’s two wireless
controllers that let you interface with
content speaking of content the valve VR
store now has more than 700 downloads
supported by HTC vive plus you get a
couple of games for free when you buy
the system next up oculus rift purchase
by Facebook for two billion dollars yes
that’s billion with a B oculus rift also
plugs into a compatible personal
computer like HTC vive and delivers an
immersive 360-degree experience with
video games movies educational software
and more including many exclusive titles
you won’t find elsewhere included with
the headset is an Xbox one controller
but oculus touch is now available a pair
of wireless controllers for a more
engaging interactive entertainment
experience here’s some oculus rift stats
for you there’s more than a hundred
titles available today and more than 130
expected by the end of 2016
35 of those will work with oculus touch
one of the dozens of launch titles for
oculus rift is called farlands it lets
gamers explore an uncharted planet and
discover new forms of life including
insects fish and plants while Lucky’s
tale which is included is a fun
platforming adventure
number three PlayStation VR the only VR
headset in our roundup that works with a
TV based game console PlayStation VR
debuted in October of 2016 and was
designed to plug into the ps4 or ps4 pro
set up is a breeze as you simply plug
the gear into the console mount the
PlayStation camera just below or above
your TV which is not included by the way
and then Don the comfortable and
lightweight headset and put in some
earbuds optional but recommended grab a
pair of the PlayStation Move wireless
controllers for the full experience with
a strong focus on gaming more so than
the other VR platforms PlayStation VR
launched with the lineup of 30 games
including exclusive titles like Batman
Arkham VR PlayStation Worlds res
infinite driveclub VR and Riggs
mechanized combat league roughly 50
PlayStation VR titles are expected by
the end of 2016
number 4 the only VR headset in our list
that debuted in 2015 but recently
revamped is Samsung gear VR using
virtual reality you will take on the
powers of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes your
mission
become an Avenger the newly refreshed
gear VR is a portable virtual reality
platform to use with one of six
compatible Samsung smartphones by simply
popping the phone into the headset
supported devices include Samsung Galaxy
s6 s6 edge s6 edge+
galaxy note5 galaxy s7 and the galaxy s7
edge after you insert your phone you can
run games and apps by touching a small
touchpad on the right side of the
headset or via an optional Bluetooth
controller the new gear VR is 30%
lighter and more ergonomic than last
year’s model plus you can even wear
glasses with it
here are some gear VR stats there are
millions of gear VR owners in 150
countries people have spent more than 20
million hours in gear VR there are more
than 400 apps at the oculus store for
gear VR and when it comes to
cross-platform play about 30 gear VR
titles are also available for oculus
rift and finally number 5
Google daydream the newest player on the
scene Google daydream is also a mobile
centric VR headset like Samsung’s gear
VR where you snap in a compatible
daydream ready smartphone into the
fabric lined headset grab the small
wireless control pad that you get with
it and then launch one of the many
experiences that work with the Google
daydream platform which unlike Google
cardboard is built into the Android
nougat 7.1 operating system more
affordable than the other VR headsets in
this round up Google daydream only works
with a couple of phones right now like
Google’s own pixel and pixel XL and
there’s not a ton of content yet about
25 titles but Google has courted many
developers who are working on some cool
VR projects for 2017 hey thanks for
watching gear up I’m Marc Saltzman let
us know in the comments section which
tech products you want us to review next
and if you’re interested in any of these
you can find links in the description
below for more tech tastic lists be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com as
exhilarating
you
and The Matrix sci-fi enthusiasts and
gamers alike have dreamt of immersive
virtual reality experiences but despite
a few small innovations over the years
they’ve been more virtual than real
until now there’s one problem
it needs your eyes hey everyone welcome
to gear up the WatchMojo series that
looks at the latest in tech I’m Marc
Saltzman and in this video we’ll look at
five hot VR systems available today
perhaps to help you decide which one is
for you of course when we talk virtual
reality we’re referring to a lightweight
HMD a head mounted display that when
connected to a source like a computer
smartphone or video game console plays
stereoscopic 3d images onto a pair of
high resolution screens in front of your
eyes and the visuals are mapped to your
head movement in real time too in other
words you can look up down and even
behind you and it’ll look as if you’re
really there in this digital world and
there spatialized audio too so you can
hear sound seemingly coming from
specific areas of the world that you’re
in whether you’re into gaming 360 degree
movies or using VR for education therapy
commerce socializing or other
applications here’s what’s available
today
first up HTC vive a new era of reality
arguably the most comprehensive solution
for virtual reality buffs built for
computers HTC vive ships with a
comfortable VR headset with twin
high-resolution screens and a built in
camera for when you need to see around
you there’s two room scale base stations
that track your movement in a 3d space
so no you don’t just sit there with HTC
vive and there’s two wireless
controllers that let you interface with
content speaking of content the valve VR
store now has more than 700 downloads
supported by HTC vive plus you get a
couple of games for free when you buy
the system next up oculus rift purchase
by Facebook for two billion dollars yes
that’s billion with a B oculus rift also
plugs into a compatible personal
computer like HTC vive and delivers an
immersive 360-degree experience with
video games movies educational software
and more including many exclusive titles
you won’t find elsewhere included with
the headset is an Xbox one controller
but oculus touch is now available a pair
of wireless controllers for a more
engaging interactive entertainment
experience here’s some oculus rift stats
for you there’s more than a hundred
titles available today and more than 130
expected by the end of 2016
35 of those will work with oculus touch
one of the dozens of launch titles for
oculus rift is called farlands it lets
gamers explore an uncharted planet and
discover new forms of life including
insects fish and plants while Lucky’s
tale which is included is a fun
platforming adventure
number three PlayStation VR the only VR
headset in our roundup that works with a
TV based game console PlayStation VR
debuted in October of 2016 and was
designed to plug into the ps4 or ps4 pro
set up is a breeze as you simply plug
the gear into the console mount the
PlayStation camera just below or above
your TV which is not included by the way
and then Don the comfortable and
lightweight headset and put in some
earbuds optional but recommended grab a
pair of the PlayStation Move wireless
controllers for the full experience with
a strong focus on gaming more so than
the other VR platforms PlayStation VR
launched with the lineup of 30 games
including exclusive titles like Batman
Arkham VR PlayStation Worlds res
infinite driveclub VR and Riggs
mechanized combat league roughly 50
PlayStation VR titles are expected by
the end of 2016
number 4 the only VR headset in our list
that debuted in 2015 but recently
revamped is Samsung gear VR using
virtual reality you will take on the
powers of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes your
mission
become an Avenger the newly refreshed
gear VR is a portable virtual reality
platform to use with one of six
compatible Samsung smartphones by simply
popping the phone into the headset
supported devices include Samsung Galaxy
s6 s6 edge s6 edge+
galaxy note5 galaxy s7 and the galaxy s7
edge after you insert your phone you can
run games and apps by touching a small
touchpad on the right side of the
headset or via an optional Bluetooth
controller the new gear VR is 30%
lighter and more ergonomic than last
year’s model plus you can even wear
glasses with it
here are some gear VR stats there are
millions of gear VR owners in 150
countries people have spent more than 20
million hours in gear VR there are more
than 400 apps at the oculus store for
gear VR and when it comes to
cross-platform play about 30 gear VR
titles are also available for oculus
rift and finally number 5
Google daydream the newest player on the
scene Google daydream is also a mobile
centric VR headset like Samsung’s gear
VR where you snap in a compatible
daydream ready smartphone into the
fabric lined headset grab the small
wireless control pad that you get with
it and then launch one of the many
experiences that work with the Google
daydream platform which unlike Google
cardboard is built into the Android
nougat 7.1 operating system more
affordable than the other VR headsets in
this round up Google daydream only works
with a couple of phones right now like
Google’s own pixel and pixel XL and
there’s not a ton of content yet about
25 titles but Google has courted many
developers who are working on some cool
VR projects for 2017 hey thanks for
watching gear up I’m Marc Saltzman let
us know in the comments section which
tech products you want us to review next
and if you’re interested in any of these
you can find links in the description
below for more tech tastic lists be sure
to subscribe to watchmojo.com as
exhilarating
you
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