Top 10 VR Headset 2016

Top 10 VR Headsets to buy in 2016

The virtual reality headsets will give you a mind-blowing experience. So many VR heasets come out every year. 2016 is set to be the year of virtual reality, with many manufacturers set to release their headsets this year, including the likes of Oculus, HTC and Sony. On this page, we have colleted the 10 best VR Headsets that have revolutionized gaming and movie watching in the present day. Just choose the one you like to buy in 2016.

10 Best Virtual Reality Headsets 2016
1. Samsung Gear VR – Virtual Reality Headset

Yes, mobile virtual reality is here and you will not believe what you can enjoy with this Samsung product. You can play amazing games and even watch the latest or your favorite movies. This headset is more like a personal cinema. Samsung partnered with Oculus to give the world best VR on the mobile platforms. The headsets can also be on social media and other online websites of your choice. (Learn how to watch downloaded YIFY or YouTube movies with Gear VR)

Gear VR is available for around £100, and there's a controller, which you can get for about £70. You'll need to make sure it's going to fit your chosen Samsung smartphone, however. We're also expecting more from Gear VR alongside the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S7 later in February 2016. Gear VR opens the door to mobile devices, but you'll need to supply the Samsung smartphone.

2. Homido Virtual Reality Headset

If you are interested in entertaining your eyes with unimaginable 360 degrees fun, this headset will give you just that. Homido created a great VR headset that has eye range (farsightedness and nearsightedness) settings so that you can watch at best eye comfort. This headset is compartible with most Smartphones and the pairing process is very easy. Homido VR also comes with a custom made virtual reality lens.

There's a sprung section on the front into which you can slide your phone, and you can then strap the thing to your head to view your VR content. It's a little cheaper, so you can get your hands on it for around £50, so if you're a little more of a VR fan and think that Cardboard will get too annoying with the constant handholding, then Homido might be a solution for you. It's easy and widely available now.

3. Oculus Rift

The current VR arms race is all thanks to one man: Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. As a teenager, Luckey collected VR tech and was fascinated with making his own headset in his garage. Numerous prototypes and a $2bn Facebook buyout later, Oculus is still the biggest name in VR, thanks to a partnership with Samsung and its own headset.

It's on pre-order, with the first units expected in April, although the demand means you'll be waiting until July if you order now. The headset features two 1080x1200 screens, the highest quality of any VR display at the moment, along with two touch-and-button enabled controllers that can simulate anything from a gun to a paintbrush. Unfortunately, all this comes at a price, and judging by the price of the Oculus Rift, we imagine this will cost upwards of £500 when available for pre-order although there is no confirmed pricing at the moment.

>> Read Oculus Rift vs. Samsung Gear VR comparison

4. HTC Vive

Valve is one of the biggest names in PC gaming: it made Half-Life, Portal and DOTA 2, and operates Steam, the biggest online storefront for PC games. At the end of 2015, it's set to release two pieces of hardware: Steam machines, which are console-like boxes that run PC games, and the Vive headset, a partnership with Taiwanese hardware manufacturer HTC.

As of right now, Vive offers the best virtual reality we've ever experienced. This is thanks to the headset's two 1080 x 1200 screens, the highest resolution displays out there, and the two sensors that hang on your wall to track movement. The downside is that the Vive is expected to cost more than other headsets, possibly between £200 - £400.

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Make yourself

BUILD IT YOURSELF

To build your own viewer all you need are a few everyday items you can find in your garage, online, or at your local hardware store: cardboard, lenses, magnets, velcro and a rubber band.

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Cardboard

Corrugated cardboard sheet, preferably E Flute (corrugated cardboard comes in a variety of thicknesses called "flutes"), available at many art supply stores and online . For best results, you should look for strong, thin cardboard (sturdy shoe box rather than moving box). Minimum size: 8.75in (22cm) by 22in (56cm), and 0.06in (1.5mm) thickness. Online sources hereand here

Lenses

This is the trickiest component. Lenses that have a 45mm focal distance might work. Biconvex lenses work best because they prevent distortion around the edges.

Magnets

One neodymium ring magnet - likethis or this - and one ceramic disk magnet - like this or this. Approximate size: 0.75in (19mm) diameter and 0.12in (3mm) thickness.

Velcro

Two strips of regular strength adhesive-backed velcro. Approximate size: 0.75in (20mm) by 1.25in (30mm).

Rubber band

One rubber band, to prevent the phone from sliding out. Minimum length of 3.2in (8cm).

NFC tag (optional)

One sticker NFC tag. Program it with the URL cardboard://v1.0.0

क्‍या है वर्चुअल रिएलिटी

क्‍या है वर्चुअल रिएलिटी

वर्चुअल रिएलिटी शब्‍द आपने कई बार सुना होगा, लेकिन इसका अनुभव कुछ ही लोगों ने किया होगा। अगर आप नहीं जानते हैं कि वर्चुअल रिएलिटी क्‍या है और अाप इसका अनुभव कैसे कर सकते हैं तो आईये जानते हैं -

क्‍या है वर्चुअल रिएलिटी - 

वर्चुअल रिएलिटी एक ऐसी अाभासी दुनिया है जिसे कंप्‍यूटर सॉफ्टवेयर द्वारा बनाया जाता है, लेकिन आप इसका हिस्‍सा बन सकते हैं। वर्चुअल रिएलिटी का अनुभव लेने के लिये दृष्टि और ध्वनि का प्रयोग किया जाता है। जिन गेम्‍स को आप अब तक मोबाइल और कंप्‍यूटर पर खेला करते थे, वर्चुअल रिएलिटी के माध्‍यम से आप उनका हिस्‍सा बन सकते हैं। यह उससे भी कहीं आगे हैं। आप कमरे में बैठे-बैठे अंतरिक्ष की याञा पर जा सकते हैं। किसी कार को ड्राइव कर सकते हैं। गेंमिग की दुनिया में वर्चुअल रिएलिटी ने कमाल कर दिया है। इस नकली संसार को वास्‍तविक बनाने के लिये गेम डेवलपर्स ने कृत्रिम रूप से द्रश्‍य, आवाज, स्पर्श और गंध को शामिल किया है। जिससे वर्चुअल रिएलिटी गेम्‍स और भी वास्‍तविक लगते हैं।यूट्यूब पर 360 डिग्री वीडियो वर्चुअल रिएलिटी पर ही अाधारित हैं।

घर पर कैसे लें वर्चुअल रिएलिटी का अनुभव

अगर आप वर्चुअल रिएलिटी का अनुभव लेना चाहते हैं तो बस अापको खरीदना होगा गूगल कार्डबोर्ड यह बहुत ही सस्‍ता वर्चुअल रिएलिटी डिवाइस है जो आपके मोबाइल फोन के साथ जुडकर आपको वर्चुअल रिएलिटी की दुनिया में ले जायेगा। वीआर कार्डबोर्ड गूगल द्वारा लाॅन्च किया गया वर्चुअल रियालिटी प्लेटफाॅर्म है। इस कार्डबोर्ड से अाप घर में ही मोबाइल में एंटरटेनमेंट, वर्चुअल टूअर, एजुकेशन और वर्ड टूरिज्म का मजा ले पायेगें।

वीआर कार्डबोर्ड एप्स

साथ ही मोबाइल पर मजा लेने के लिये आपको डाउनलोड करनी होगी वीआर कार्डबोर्ड एप्स जो खासतौर पर गूगल कार्डबोर्ड के लिये डिजायन की गयी हैं।

Google Cardboard डाउनलोड कीजिये, यह एप्‍लीकेशन अापको गूगल प्‍ले स्‍टोर से मिल जायेगी । इससे अाप गूगल अर्थ, स्‍ट्रीट व्‍यू और यूट्यूब 360 वीडियो का शानदार अनुभव प्राप्‍त कर पायेंगे।अगर आपको स्‍पेस में जाना चाहते हैं तो डाउनलोड कीजिये Titans of Space, यह आपको घर बैठे बैठे अंतरिक्ष की याञा पर ले जायेगा। अगर आपको डायनोसोर से प्‍यार है तो यह एप्‍प आपके लिये ही बना है इसका नाम है Jurrasic VR। समु्द्री की गहराईयों की सैर करने के लिये आप Fish Schooling को डाउनलोड कर सकते हैं। और अगर कभी रोलर कोस्टर पर नहीं बैठे और उसका अनुभव करना चाहते हैं तो डाउनलोड कीजिये VR Roller Coaster। 

More about google cardbord

Forget Oculus Rift. Google Cardboard is a DIY project that lets you turn any Android 4.1+ phone oriPhone into a reality headset for £3. Here's how to get started with Google Cardboard. Also see: Best Google Cardboard apps

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Originally unveiled at Google I/O 2014, the first Google Cardboard was compatible with 'small'-screen Android phones running 4.1 or later (we tried the original Google Cardboard using both a Samsung Galaxy S4 and a Nexus 5). In the past year we've seen more and more phablets released, and Google Cardboard is supposed to be about virtual reality for everyone. The new Google Cardboard revealed atGoogle I/O 2015 works with all phones with screens up to 6in, with a button that works with every phone, and the SDK is now available to iOS app developers - now Cardboard truly is virtual reality for everyone.   

Learn more about virtual reality: see Oculus Rift, Project Morpheus,HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR. Plus: Samsung Gear VR vs Oculus Rift.

Does Google Cardboard work with iPhone? 

As of 28 May 2015, yes it does. Along with Google Cardboard 2 Google announced that its SDK was now available to iOS developers, and that the button inside the new headset works with any phone. There isn't a great many VR apps out there for iPhone, but expect that to change very soon. Some of those available now include Dive City Coaster, The Height, Dive Zombie, Moorente and Stereoscopic Tunnel Effect. 

Where to buy a Google Cardboard kit in the UK 

A variety of Google Cardboard headsets are available on Google's site, both first- and second-generation, or head over to Amazon and you'll find headsets from just £3. Note that some are supplied without head straps and NFC. Having thrown out our original Google Cardboard (cardboard and sweaty foreheads aren't a good match when passed around a busy office for everyone to try - yuck), we'd highly recommend a darker or non-cardboard model.  

The catch of getting Cardboard on the cheap can mean you'll find no instructions, inferior lenses and a generally cheaper build. And as we mentioned, there may not be a head strap or NFC. Buy a more expensive one and it may even be pre-assembled. Still, it all does the same thing. 

How to make a Google Cardboard VR headset 

In the following workshop we show you how to build a first-generation Google Cardboard headset, although the process should be largely the same for Google Cardboard 2.

Step 1. If you've ever completed an old jigsaw that you've found lying in the loft, you'll know how important it is to make sure you have all the pieces before you begin. In the box you should find two lenses, two magnets, two Velco pads and three pieces of cardboard. You'll need to supply your own Android phone, obviously, which must run Android 4.1 or later and have no larger than a 6in screen.

 

Step 2. This is the annoying bit. The cardboard has been pre-cut, but the unwanted material has not been removed. You'll need to carefully press out the cutouts without ripping or bending the card. That shouldn't be too difficult, though: it's pretty sturdy.

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Step 3. Place the two supplied lenses in the large circular holes (it doesn't matter which way around they go), then fold the cardboard around the front and back to keep them in place. You can use a bit of tape or glue to secure them if necessary.

 

Step 4. Fold the main piece into shape starting with the section shown in our photo. The circle should face inward, and is used to hold the magnets. Again, you can use glue or tape if you like, but it's not necessary.

 

Step 5. Now fold this component around the piece with the lenses, with the centre hole facing the front. The small divider piece slots in here to make sure each of your eyes see only the images intended for them.

 

Step 6. Create an easily opened yet secure compartment for your phone by using the two Velcro pads to fasten the flap to the top of the headset.

 

Step 7. Next you need to download the Cardboard app from Google Play. It's a large app - 74.63MB - so make sure you both have room on your phone and that you're connected to Wi-Fi.

 

Step 8. Place your phone inside the Google Cardboard headset so that the camera can be seen through the cutout. It looks as though it won't fit because the divider is in the way, but the Velcro should give you enough wiggle room to secure your phone in place. Note that you might need to take off any case you might be using first.

 

How to operate Google Cardboard 

With the Google Cardboard app launched and your phone inside the headset, you'll feel it vibrate. You can then look left and right to scroll through the menu - from Tutorial to Tour Guide, Exhibit, Windy Day, Earth, YouTube, Photo Sphere and Street Vue. 

All the apps are cool - we particularly like Windy Day, a cute game in which you have to search the forest for a mouse - but they are relatively limited. For example, with Exhibit you get to look at only one item; in Google Earth you get to explore only one corner of the world; and in Street Vue you don't get to pick your street or where you go. 

 

YouTube is one of the best of the bunch: you look around left and right to see multiple video screens, then stare at one and pull down the magnet to play it. The video will open on what looks like a cinema screen, from which you can look down to select voice search.

 

It's difficult to tell from our screenshots, since they are unable to separate the view for each eye, but the experience really is cool. 

Roller Coaster VR

Roller Coaster VR

You can't have a VR app roundup without including one roller coaster themed one can you? The pick of a very big bunch is this one, which adds beautiful jungle scenery - and some water travel - to the equation as well.

Out of the apps and games that we've selected, this is also the VR app most likely to make you puke. You've been warned.

Google Cardboard

Google Cardboard is a virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google for use with a fold-out cardboard mount for a mobile phone. It is intended as a low-cost system to encourage interest and development in VR and VR applications.^[1][2] It was created by David Coz and Damien Henry, Google engineers at the Google Cultural Institute in Paris, in their 20% "Innovation Time Off",^[3] and was introduced at the Google I/O 2014developers conference for Android devices.