![]() ![]() ![]() The black borders are caused by the fact that the human eyes have a total FoV of up to 270° (with eye movement), so everything outside of the virtual screen will be black. Your 4.5" screen would grow to 25.2", so you could get only about 72° FoV. Cardboard uses 5.6x lenses, so a 5" display would be enlarged to a virtual 28" image showing up close to your face and "filling" the field of view of your eyes. The FoV you get in any viewer depends on several factors: size of the screen, magnification of the lenses and distance between eyes and lenses. Recommended as a usable entry level for current cardboard apps would be something like the LG G2 with 5.2" 1920 * 1080 for about USD 130. The Galaxy S2 with 4.3" 800 * 480 sells for about USD 45 on ebay with a performance well below the slowest phone listed as supported by Google for the initial Cardboard, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with 4.65" 1280 * 720, which sells for about USD 65. I'd strongly recommend to save the money even a cheap viewer would cost and invest it into buying a better phone. Without a gyro (orientation sensor isn't the same), no VR software will work, the only thing you can do is watch SBS videos. Some have used Cardboard software with a 4.3" Samsung Galaxy SII with 800 * 480, and some apps actually work, but it has a gyro. But it probably will not help you due to your phone. We've been waiting a long time for affordable viewers usable for VR to come out of China, and it seems that the VR BOX may be the first that matches the criteria. All the plastic viewers have been discussed and reviewed a lot on /r/GoogleCardboard in the past, and the result is always "avoid". Both were designed for watching movies and provide an FoV of about 55°, so a lot less than Cardboard which provides about 80° with a 5" screen. It is more comfortable than the ColorCross and uses the exact same lenses. The 3D viewer you've linked to is a Xiaozhai 360 (I have one). Hope I can get some opinions here, thank you so much for reading! Do you think I will be able to have a good experience with a phone which only has a 4.5 inch screen with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels (~218 ppi pixel density)? I don't really mind if I will have to play at a lower resolution, but I really want to know if I will get rid of the black bars from the left and right side (happens when using the Google Cardboard) and feel that "FOV" thing, like being there, not seeing a "black room" where I have the actual screen (that's how I feel when I use the normal cardboard). I was thinking about ColorCross or this one, which seems pretty promising I have decided to upgrade from a simple Google Cardboard to a plastic VR headset. I have learnt how to do that, and even if my phone doesn't really do its job, I don't want to give up. It doesn't have a gyro, so I can only enjoy using it together with my PC. Unfortunately, I got a really cheap device, a Vodafone Smart 4. I'm glad there are so many persons interested in this subject :)! I've been really interested in the idea of VR lately, especially because I can use my android phone to enjoy it. Hello everyone! I would like to thank you for creating this awesome lobby. Schedule an AMA! Related Subreddits & Communities *PLEASE READ A MORE DETAILED VERSION OF OUR RULES HERE. Posts seeking advice on compatability/system choice need to meet certain requirements* Generic let's play & 360 degree content is not allowed. Also flair self-promotion appropriately.Please make sure you self-promote reasonably and it consists of less than 10% of your total posts at all times.If you want to hold a giveaway - please contact the mod-team first.Personal buying/selling/begging is not permitted, as well as affiliate links to any site.No buying, selling, begging, giveaways or crowd-funding. Alternatively, join the VRDiscord here and check our wiki.Contact the support desk associated with your hardware.Please, before posting for technical assistance & troubleshooting, purchasing advice & other one-off questions, Low-Effort Memes - Overused meme formats with little added to them, reaction images.Requests - including friend requests, looking-for-group requests, account sharing, etc.Showing off posts - Purchases, tracking information screenshots & unboxing photos.Posts must be on-topic and relevant to Virtual Reality or r/virtualreality. Posts must be related to Virtual Reality & must not be low effort. No personal attacks, disrespectful language, drama or trolling. ![]() This includes personal projects, so feel free to share what you're up to! The VR wikipedia article is a great place to begin learning. We are a common ground for discussion relating to Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds.ĭiscussion relating to any and all facets of virtual reality is encouraged. ![]()
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