Immerse Yourself in VR – Immerse Virtual Reality Headset Review

<p>With VR becoming more popular through the success of the Oculus Rift&comma; more and more VR options are rapidly becoming available &&num;8211&semi; with Sony&comma; Microsoft&comma; and other third party companies joining the fray&period; Not only is there a range to choose from&comma; they are also expanding to other platforms&period; From PC to console to even your mobile phone&semi; that&&num;8217&semi;s where the Immerse VR Headset comes in&period; This is a cheaper alternative to the bigger companies which might be what you need to step into the virtual reality world without running out of cash in the real one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This &dollar;40 &lpar;£30&rpar; headset for smartphones looks the part &&num;8212&semi; similar to an Oculus Rift &&num;8212&semi; and features an eye cushion to fit comfortably on your face&comma; adjustable strap&comma; and adjustable lenses to fit almost anyone&&num;8217&semi;s face shape and head structure&period; It is compatible with most smart phones with a retractable holder for phones between 3&period;5&&num;8243&semi; and 5&period;7&&num;8243&semi;&comma; which is pretty much any phone in today&&num;8217&semi;s market&comma; as long as it can download and run VR apps &lpar;sorry Windows users&excl;&rpar;&period; There are two slots on either side of the headset for headphones&comma; which shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t get in the way of the straps and is recommended for the immersion&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s also extra pads to keep your phone in place in case the current ones wear off&period; And that&&num;8217&semi;s the whole kit&comma; simple and ready to go&period; Here are some photos of the headset in and out of use&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04181559&sol;DSCF0728&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-90904" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04181559&sol;DSCF0728-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"DSCF0728" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04181705&sol;DSCF0730&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-90900" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04181705&sol;DSCF0730-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"DSCF0730" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04181542&sol;DSCF0729&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-90905" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04181542&sol;DSCF0729-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"DSCF0729" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While it doesn&&num;8217&semi;t compare to the technology used in much more expensive VR headsets&comma; this headset uses the technology of the phone&comma; so the performance varies based on how powerful your phone is&period; I was testing it with a Sony Xperia M2 Dual and the apps ran fine&comma; but looking around to move the point of view was very slow and prevented me from being able to use some apps&period; Was this related to the headset&quest; I don&&num;8217&semi;t think so&period; However&comma; the possibility of your phone not being compatible is something to keep in mind&semi; it might be best to download and try a VR app before buying the headset&period; A big problem with the set up is actually being able to interact with your phone&period; Unless you are in an app that only uses head movement&comma; or you&&num;8217&semi;re watching a video&comma; the only way to interact with the screen is to open the flap and access your phone that way&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m not too sure what they could do to fix this&comma; but it does cause a disconnect and can ruin the experience if your app requires the touchscreen at any one time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04181648&sol;DSCF0731&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-large wp-image-90901" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;04181648&sol;DSCF0731-1024x768&period;jpg" alt&equals;"DSCF0731" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For a mobile phone&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t see much wrong with this headset and even the price isn&&num;8217&semi;t half bad&period; I would say that after experiencing other forms of VR&comma; if you&&num;8217&semi;re looking for a true VR gaming experience&comma; avoid this and go for the more expensive alternatives&period; However&comma; if it&&num;8217&semi;s movie watching and 360 video viewing you are looking for&comma; then I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t recommend this enough&period; The better your phone is&comma; the better the experience&comma; too&period; As long as your phone is smaller than 5&period;7&&num;8243&semi;&comma; overtime this headset should become a more useful product&period; Is it worth purchasing over some others like the Google Cardboard&quest; It&&num;8217&semi;s certainly sturdier and nicer looking than a cardboard version&comma; but it does the same job and costs less so it&&num;8217&semi;s really down to personal preference&period; If you have the money to spend&comma; I believe the Immerse Virtual Reality Headset is a good buy to step into the world of VR&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;