Tagged: Review

February 24, 2016

Review: Viewbox light, but tricky to assemble

I took a chance on the Viewbox from Evomade when experimenting with other mid-range virtual reality glasses made it obvious that weight would be a major issue for me. As inconsequential as 10 or 14 ounces looks...

Maria's Worlds / VR & AR

December 20, 2015

Pros and cons of new Gear VR

My Samsung Gear VR arrived in the mail, and I’m super stoked. Now I get a chance to try all the cool virtual reality apps that aren’t available for Google Cardboard. And they are...

Maria's Worlds / VR & AR

December 16, 2015

Review of Powis: A step up from plain cardboard

I got my Powis virtual reality headset in the mail this weekend. Although the main body is made out of cardboard, it’s a couple of steps up from a standard Google Cardboard headset. The...

Maria's Worlds / VR & AR

December 14, 2015

Review of Dscvr: Mostly overpriced plastic

I just received the Dscvr virtual reality headset in the mail, from manufacturer I Am Cardboard. At $30, this headset is a reasonable-priced upgrade by I Am Cardboard standards, which sells a plain cardboard...

Maria's Worlds / VR & AR

November 8, 2015

Showdown: Goggle Tech vs. Baofeng vs. AntVR

Update: In August 2016, I bought a FiiT VR 2S, and that is now my new favorite. Another headset I’m recommending is the BoboVR Z4 headset, which has a 120-degree field of view, built-in headphones, and a...

Maria's Worlds / Most Popular / VR & AR

September 25, 2015

Review of Gear VR: Wait for November

I just got my Samsung Gear VR a couple of weeks ago and have been testing it out. It’s a nice headset, light, wide field of view, but I sent it back today for...

Maria's Worlds / VR & AR

September 20, 2015

The Vive demo blew me away

I have tried on my share of headsets. The Oculus Rift development kits. The various Google Cardboards and the higher-end smartphone-based headsets. The Fove. Let me just say that even if I didn’t know...

Maria's Worlds / VR & AR

September 6, 2015

Review of Freefly VR: Immersive, light, and sleek

My Freefly VR headset came in the mail a couple of days ago — I ordered it from Amazon exactly a week earlier. Bottom line: this is a great headset, and I’m looking forward to...

Columns / Metaverse

August 22, 2015

Review: How AviWorlds hosting compares

Editor’s Note: AviWorlds, an OpenSim-based virtual world, launched a sister hosting company in late June, Avi-Labs. At Hypergrid Business, we’ve been hesitant to recommend it because it had no track record and no customers,...

Maria's Worlds / VR & AR

August 3, 2015

Review of Goggle Tech: My new favorite VR headset

Update: In August, I bought a FiiT VR 2S, and that is now my new favorite. Another headset I’m recommending is the BoboVR Z4 headset, which has a 120-degree field of view, built-in headphones, and a built-in...

Maria's Worlds / VR & AR

July 11, 2015

Product Review: Sunnypeak virtual reality headset

My cardboard-based Google Cardboard is getting a little worn from use — and is just barely large enough to hold my new Samsung Galaxy S6 Android phone. So today I upgraded to the $40...