ViewR 2.0 Mobile Virtual Reality Headset

This it's my second pair of Powis since I have my first pair to my son who was visiting. Was looking for an inexpensive VR headset to try out the hype about virtual reality. The five stars take into consideration it's low cost and that my son and I were very impressed with the quality of the VR experience with the Powis. Is it perfect? No, heck it is only cardboard, but it is well designed. The Velcro clasp along with foam holds my iPhone 6s perfectly in place. There is rubber where it contacts your face which is comfortable. Even though I wear glasses (which fit inside the viewer), I actually get a clearer view without wearing them and I am pretty nearsighted. The only negative is that there is no strap (they say they are working on it), but unless you are going to watch a movie it it's not really needed and without a strap it makes it easier to pass it around to family and friends. Google Cardboard compatible. If you are going to get an inexpensive VR headset I highly recommend this one.

Viewing is great with my my iphone 6. However the button doesn't work at all. What does work is a strong fridge magnet, perfect trigger. The headset is comfortable and feels like it won't easily fall apart. However it's very easy to leave the phone on an angle resulting in double vision. I find my self taking it out and putting it better often to avoid double vision. But it does work to just adjust it alittle.

The Powis ViewR 2.0 is my 1st Google Cardboard viewr. From the moment I opened the box, it's a delightful experience. The product looks great and the instructions were super simple. I was experiencing VR within 2 mins of opening the box. (Depends on internet speed for downloading the apps) I had experienced VR at an expo earlier with some expensive Samsung gear. The Powis 2.0 experience although not exactly same, comes very close and still very thrilling for 1st time users. I have downloaded a few games since then and loving it. Worth a try.

While the Powis VR certainly looks nice, in practice it fails miserably, for me, at least. Though the specs say that it accommodates all phones up to 6.5", my 5.5" LG G4 did not fit well at all. But even if it had fit, the cheapness (in construction, not cost) and poor build quality of the entire unit would still merit a return. The lenses are not adjustable for PID at all, and the focus adjustment is crude. For the price, the sloppy gluing and flimsy cardboard button connector are inexcusable. Were it a $10 set it would be sort of OK, but for the price you can do much better without trying very hard.

This VR is definitely the best choice for a decent price. I've looked through other google cardboard headsets and this is the only one so far with adjustable lenses that are both easy to shift around and have a good magnification, not to mention within the slim selection of headsets with buttons. The design is really sleek and cool, too! Best part? I looked up the Powis company ( http://powiscustom.com ) and they have CUSTOM PRINT options! Cheap, useful, customizable, fun - what else do I need to say?

Pros - I love the rubber around the area where you rest your face. Sturdy design. The Velcro was just the right amount of "sticky", not to loose and not so tight that it felt like I was going to break the device while opening it, which needs to be done frequently. Adjustable eyepieces, nice to have if needed. Visually appealing, Pro/Con - I was able to wear my glasses while using the device. However if you need to adjust the eye piece to the fullest extent my glasses were then hitting the eyepieces and I had to take them off. Cons - I tried this viewer and a simple cardboard v2 viewer with several phones. My phone is 326 ppi. My friend's phone is 510 ppi. And we tried other phones as well. My phone with the lower ppi looked grainy in both viewers. Her phone was nice and clear. And here is the BUT...BUT no matter how much we adjusted the eyepieces or moved the phone around inside the Powis viewer there was always a double vision effect, causing you to feel sick and you couldn't look at the screen for long. Several of us tired to use it. (I did this because they said that pupil distance can make a difference). No one was able to get the settings to look good in the Powis viewer. The simple viewer can't be adjusted and everyone thought it worked great with her phone. So I am left to conclude that either this product is not well made or mine was defective (crooked eyepiece installation maybe?) Either way I returned the viewer and I will try again.

It's quite simply the best VR viewer in it's class. Having tested a dozen different kinds in the $10 - $30 price range, none even come close. It's really quite amazing how horrible most viewers are because of two main problems: 1. The curvature of the biconvex lenses are WAY too severe. No amount of goofy barrel distortion compensation in whatever VR app you are using is going to make up for the hidious curvature of many lenses. 2. The distance from the device to the lenses are usually too close. The Powis VR 2.0 gets these right on the money. The fact that it's one of the only viewers in it's price range that gives you adjustable depth in the optics is awesome. Most of the other brands (including the top sellers) are complete garbage and will give you a highly distorted VR experience that you might think is awesome, but it's not. Powis....Bravo.

No more functional than the $15 Google Cardboard version. The somewhat-adjustable eyepieces are helpful, but do not make a huge difference. If you have significant eye problems this will probably still be somewhat out-of-focus. It does look great and it's a bit more comfortable than the Google Cardboard generic ones. Button mechanism was hard to figure out. I'd say if you have eye problems, the extra $15 is worth it; otherwise, stick with the original.