Tested has a good hands on video that goes over just how customized this is for every individual. It’s a neat idea, but at $999 for just the head unit, it’s a major investment.
Tested has a good hands on video that goes over just how customized this is for every individual. It’s a neat idea, but at $999 for just the head unit, it’s a major investment.
Same, this is pretty cool, and I feel that it's just a couple generations away from really taking off, but it's not $1000 cool. Not much this does for movies that Nreal Glasses can do for half the...
Same, this is pretty cool, and I feel that it's just a couple generations away from really taking off, but it's not $1000 cool.
You're technically correct, but I feel that's an unfair comparison. If the primary thing that a customer wants to do is watch movies, then NReal is a fine alternative. However if someone is...
Not much this does for movies that Nreal Glasses can do for half the price
You're technically correct, but I feel that's an unfair comparison. If the primary thing that a customer wants to do is watch movies, then NReal is a fine alternative.
However if someone is looking to play VR games or do anything that requires 6DOF and hand controls, that's not what NReal was designed to do.
Don't let the BigScreen company name mislead you, this headset is a technical accomplishment on par with the other major VR players like HTC, Meta, and HP. The price tag is indeed steep, especially since it doesn't include the requisite lighthouses or controllers. However it's a reasonable bet to assume that the enthusiast crowd that is most likely to buy this already have those. So making it compatible with existing hardware wins them some goodwill IMO.
Keeping in mind that this is very clearly targeted at the enthusiast crowd, the completely custom face shield is a really smart move on their part. It sets them apart in a very clear way from every other HMD manufacturer.
I'm really excited to try one of these myself (as a work expense!). Regardless, the company has clearly put some careful though into their product, so I hope they do well and get to continue iterating on it.
I think if you’re already into VR, it might be worth the money for something so light and form fitting. But you’ve got to be really into VR. I love the concept of the nreal air but all of the...
I think if you’re already into VR, it might be worth the money for something so light and form fitting. But you’ve got to be really into VR.
I love the concept of the nreal air but all of the reviews have said it’s not quite ready for prime time. Once it’s refined and the battery life gets better, it would be amazing for something like a long plane ride.
The idea of a personally fitted, high-end, tiny, lightweight headset is awesome - and I can definitely imagine it providing some competition to the now four year old Index. I'm not going to be...
The idea of a personally fitted, high-end, tiny, lightweight headset is awesome - and I can definitely imagine it providing some competition to the now four year old Index. I'm not going to be buying one myself, but there's definitely a segment of the market that'll be happy to pay an extra $500 for something proportionately better than the current Valve & HTC flagships.
Only thing that surprised me was FOV and refresh rate; for the latter I can see the argument that they've prioritised other parts of the screen tech, and 90Hz isn't a dealbreaker even if it's not ideal, but 93º FOV seems like a huge step back in immersion compared to its price competitors. Getting the optics in there at all is impressive, but I wonder if that compromise was a step too far?
It does seem really narrow. They clearly had to compromise here in order to be able to stick with an OLED, and I'm really curious if it feels worth it once you put it on your head. It's one of the...
but 93º FOV seems like a huge step back in immersion compared to its price competitors
It does seem really narrow. They clearly had to compromise here in order to be able to stick with an OLED, and I'm really curious if it feels worth it once you put it on your head. It's one of the reasons I'm really curious to try one on.
It's worth pointing out that I can't find any FOV higher than the Pico 4's 105 degrees (diagonal) for pancake optics, and they do have a bit of very visible distortion on the edges. headsets with...
It's worth pointing out that I can't find any FOV higher than the Pico 4's 105 degrees (diagonal) for pancake optics, and they do have a bit of very visible distortion on the edges. headsets with bigger FOVs, including the Index, every Pimax and the upcoming PSVR2 all use fresnel optics, which have their own set of issues (take up more space, chromatic aberration, etc.) So 93 is low, and a personal deal-breaker for me, but to be fair it's not super low compared to the maximum.
Looked very interesting until I saw the price and what's in the box. You'd basically be looking to replace your Valve headset since this one does not come with controllers or base stations. Still,...
Looked very interesting until I saw the price and what's in the box. You'd basically be looking to replace your Valve headset since this one does not come with controllers or base stations.
Still, I wish them all the best. I love VR and the more companies doing it the better it will be for consumers.
Tested has a good hands on video that goes over just how customized this is for every individual. It’s a neat idea, but at $999 for just the head unit, it’s a major investment.
Same, this is pretty cool, and I feel that it's just a couple generations away from really taking off, but it's not $1000 cool.
Not much this does for movies that Nreal Glasses can do for half the price.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nreal-air
You're technically correct, but I feel that's an unfair comparison. If the primary thing that a customer wants to do is watch movies, then NReal is a fine alternative.
However if someone is looking to play VR games or do anything that requires 6DOF and hand controls, that's not what NReal was designed to do.
Don't let the BigScreen company name mislead you, this headset is a technical accomplishment on par with the other major VR players like HTC, Meta, and HP. The price tag is indeed steep, especially since it doesn't include the requisite lighthouses or controllers. However it's a reasonable bet to assume that the enthusiast crowd that is most likely to buy this already have those. So making it compatible with existing hardware wins them some goodwill IMO.
Keeping in mind that this is very clearly targeted at the enthusiast crowd, the completely custom face shield is a really smart move on their part. It sets them apart in a very clear way from every other HMD manufacturer.
I'm really excited to try one of these myself (as a work expense!). Regardless, the company has clearly put some careful though into their product, so I hope they do well and get to continue iterating on it.
I think if you’re already into VR, it might be worth the money for something so light and form fitting. But you’ve got to be really into VR.
I love the concept of the nreal air but all of the reviews have said it’s not quite ready for prime time. Once it’s refined and the battery life gets better, it would be amazing for something like a long plane ride.
The idea of a personally fitted, high-end, tiny, lightweight headset is awesome - and I can definitely imagine it providing some competition to the now four year old Index. I'm not going to be buying one myself, but there's definitely a segment of the market that'll be happy to pay an extra $500 for something proportionately better than the current Valve & HTC flagships.
Only thing that surprised me was FOV and refresh rate; for the latter I can see the argument that they've prioritised other parts of the screen tech, and 90Hz isn't a dealbreaker even if it's not ideal, but 93º FOV seems like a huge step back in immersion compared to its price competitors. Getting the optics in there at all is impressive, but I wonder if that compromise was a step too far?
It does seem really narrow. They clearly had to compromise here in order to be able to stick with an OLED, and I'm really curious if it feels worth it once you put it on your head. It's one of the reasons I'm really curious to try one on.
It's worth pointing out that I can't find any FOV higher than the Pico 4's 105 degrees (diagonal) for pancake optics, and they do have a bit of very visible distortion on the edges. headsets with bigger FOVs, including the Index, every Pimax and the upcoming PSVR2 all use fresnel optics, which have their own set of issues (take up more space, chromatic aberration, etc.) So 93 is low, and a personal deal-breaker for me, but to be fair it's not super low compared to the maximum.
Looked very interesting until I saw the price and what's in the box. You'd basically be looking to replace your Valve headset since this one does not come with controllers or base stations.
Still, I wish them all the best. I love VR and the more companies doing it the better it will be for consumers.