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Review on πŸ”Œ Buy SAMSUNG Gear VR w/Controller (2017) SM-R325NZVAXAR - US Version with Warranty by Anastazja Kubicka ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I like the product, the quality didn't let me down.

Disabled VR: Your head and joystick will spin in place, but not move, which the built-in sensors can't. Bought for my s8. To be able to sometimes watch some kind of VR video, I think that kind of money is quite adequate. One of the key disadvantages is that when you install the phone in this thing, the Samsung VR application automatically starts on it. It has its own ecosystem - terrible mobile toys, poor quality videos that still slow down even through home Wi-Fi in the center of Hong Kong, naturally paid content. This application does not allow you to run anything from outside. Despite the presence of USB on the case, you can only connect it to your computer for charging. To play this PC game, there are options: 1) Put the software for streaming on your phone and PC, put the phone into the glasses backwards so that the USB does not connect, stream via Wi-Fi. It will be with brakes and poor quality, and it is very inconvenient to manage what is happening. 2) Buy an angled USB C cable, remove the USB attachment from the goggles, insert the phone by connecting it directly to the PC through an angled cable, and stream via USB. Perhaps the phone will fall out, but at least the brakes will be reduced. 3) Install a special stray that cuts off the Samsung software, connect the phone to the glasses as usual. These stray things in the Google play store constantly appear and disappear, usually paid and produced by some Wang Hui Dong company, with a description passed through Google translate. I didn't risk it, I don't know how it will work. But you still most likely will stream through Wi-Fi. In general, in my opinion, the most adequate use of this device, in terms of the effort spent / pleasure from the result, is to download any player from those that Samsung offers in its software, download high-quality VR videos by torrent, upload them to your phone and watch. And yes, the s8 overheats like hell in this thing. After half an hour, the eyes become hot, after which something is sure to freeze.

Pros
  • Cheap and cheerful if you already have a normal Samsung phone.
Cons
  • Little content, inferior VR, overheating, streaming from a computer through hellish dances with a tambourine. The distance between the lenses (from eye to eye) is not adjustable.