As early as last year, experienced a storm of a VR headset - storm mirror 3PLUS, gave me the feeling of experience is less resources, lack of immersion, should not be seen for a long time; now have the opportunity to experience the storm mirror again new products - Storm 4 is a bit of a little excitement, because it has improved a lot in terms of value, function, and viewing experience. Let's watch this virtual reality headset with me:
First of all, let's talk about the overall feeling of experience: In the design point of view, and the previous version of the magic mirror has changed to a great extent, both the product structure and material can be described as very different, the weight is also a lot lighter; from the resources point of view , The resources increase a lot, including live video, more famous movies, high-end games, etc. From the experience point of view, 3D video viewing results, full of immersion, but the quality of personal feeling is not very clear and delicate, or some deficiencies; Step into it!
After unpacking the article, I got the first impression from the storm mirror 4 and gave me a lot of high-end atmosphere than the storm mirror 3, showing a bit of formal luxury! Like the previous model, the outer packaging also has a customized express delivery. Packing box, used to paste express orders and protect buffers; there are few elements in the box, and there is no one in the mirror pattern and model, and the function is not.
In addition, the biggest difference between the three generations of PLUS is that there is a plastic plastic sleeve on the packing box. It is really convenient to carry the magic mirror out, and the design is very human.
The composition structure of the storm mirror can be seen in the open box. It is disassembled in the box and needs manual splicing. Since it is the design of the paper box, a lot of groove fixing products are designed in the paper box;
Accessories: In addition to the magic mirror host, but also with a headset, remote control, instruction manual, more intimate is also accompanied by a few installation tutorials and a lens wipe cleaning cloth; if compared with 3plus, accessories are reduced Less, because the third-generation lenses are support replaceable, while the fourth-generation lenses are compatible with games, video experience, and do not need to be replaced;
Storm mirror 4 is not yet a one-piece VR machine. To be exact, it is still just a head-mounted device. It still needs the cooperation of a smart phone. Currently, it supports the insertion of a smartphone with a size of 4.5 inches or more; however, it is 5.2 inches and below. The size of the mobile phone needs to be watched normally by adding a black baffle when inserted;
Increase the black increase baffle as shown above, this is suitable for mobile phone size is relatively small, because if too small, can not reach the visual range, video appears to be truncated!
There is an interpupillary distance adjustment knob on the right side of the mainframe. Under normal circumstances, it should not need to be adjusted. If you think ghosting is a problem, you can use this knob to adjust. From the design point of view, the 3rd generation PLUS has two adjustment knobs. Respectively adjust the different left and right lenses, only one of the four generations, the use of symmetrical adjustment principle, adjust the button more precise: adjustment range up to 58mm-68mm;
There is a small hole in the middle of the top of the mainframe, which is used to assemble the main body and the head wear. It is very convenient by inserting the wearing part into the small hole. It is very convenient. The three-generation PLUS's headband is in the form of a sponge belt. It is rather troublesome to take down the assembly. The four-generation design is very hard;
The bottom of the cap body is a plastic structure, and the inner part of the cap body is made of a high-rebound sponge material, which is not soft or hard and has buffering. It can effectively reduce headband pressure and increase wearing comfort. Not really comfortable when it's tight, but it's easy to lose if it's not tight;
Behind the headband is the elastic adjustment knob. When worn on the head, it is found that the strap is not on or the headband range is relatively large. You can adjust the tightness through this adjustment knob; this design can solve the traditional head wear multiple adjustments and left and right Adjust unevenness;
The adjustment operation is very simple, first pull out the knob a little, then rotate to adjust the headset range:
From the scope of adjustment, the scope of storm mirror 4's head wear is relatively large, basically able to meet the wear of all the brain; but from the actual experience of the effect of view, this is a bit inconvenient to wear, and sometimes easy to drop;
Suspension structure, combined with ergonomic design, innovate the most comfortable suspension wearing style, perfect to solve the problem of light weight before the traditional head wear, reduce the weight of the host on the eye, more natural fit facial view more comfortable;
Storm mirror 4 still uses a detachable front cover for inserting the mobile phone. The front cover can be opened with a little force above the front cover of the mirror. When closed, there is a little elasticity. It is very convenient to close and ensure the front cover is closed. There is no separation between them, and the locking is locked by a bolt hole, making the fit very tight!
The front cover is equipped with a silicone pad, which can prevent the phone from directly touching the front cover. On the other hand, it has a certain fastening effect on the rubbed-in mobile phone. When you move with the storm mirror, it will not Loose phone;
The location of the mobile phone when watching is particular, there is a root line in the middle of the video, and it needs to coincide with the bisector on the host of the storm mirror 4, so that the viewing is normal;
In the design of the front cover, a hollow design is adopted, ie, both sides are empty, and there is no cover or the like. This design makes the heat emission problem of the mobile phone effectively solved. When using the third-generation PLUS, Basically, the mobile phone is very hot when playing for a while, but it can be eased in the 4th generation, but the heat still exists!
The mask part is made of medical silicone material. Compared with the sponge material of the 3rd generation PLUS, it is very smooth, but no sponge is soft, but it is still very comfortable to wear. It is worth mentioning that this design can support the wear of glasses. Watching; In addition, there has been an upgrade from the lens side, and the viewing effect has been improved!
Next, let's take a look at VR resources. According to official reports, there are 20000+ high-definition resources for storms. Currently, it is the largest VR resource pool in China. From the experience point of view, resources are actually being updated every day. Resources are quite rich. However, although HD resources are limited by the configuration of mobile phones, many mobile phones cannot be viewed;
The content of resources is still relatively abundant, not only panoramic video, but also live video, 3D video, etc. The most exciting and depressing is with film resources, but content is small and outdated; in addition to massive games Resources, the game has a kind of immersive feeling, but it's a bit dizzy when moving.
When watching the video, there are several scene viewing modes, including the sightings of immortals, cinemas, jungles, moons, etc. In the mode, they are all in panoramic view, that is, they can turn to see what is behind but cannot see the screen; This kind of immersive immersion has improved a lot compared to the 3rd generation. It has a kind of immersive feeling and the quality of the picture is also clear.
In the panoramic mode experience, immersion is particularly prominent, but due to the magnification, the video display is not very delicate, and the viewing experience is not so cool!
In terms of resources, if you feel that mobile phone resources are insufficient, you can transfer the resources in the computer to the mobile phone and then play it through the screen. However, the computer's resources must be downloaded videos, otherwise you can't watch it; of course, this is only 2D. Resources;
Experience Summary After the experience of this period of time, I feel that Storm Mirror 4 has a great improvement in product design, VR content resources, and viewing experience compared to the previous generation of 3rd-generation PLUS, but it generally gives the user a feeling. Is not very mature, there is still a lot of room for improvement; for example, can the picture quality be more clear and detailed? Game experience can not make users dizzy and so on; but overall from the price point of view, the price of 199 is still very real for consumers, if you like VR, you want to try it, storm mirror 4 this should still Very cost-effective, worth buying; if you have too much VR expectations or full of virtual reality, Xiaoling suggested not to buy, otherwise it will disappoint you, choose a good VR, the price is naturally higher So, you know!
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