what is the best mobile VR headset and
what's the difference between an oculus
gol Samsung gear VR or a cheap VR
headset and what's the cheapest decent
VR that you can get in this video I'm
gonna help you find the best VR headset
for you at the lowest price first let me
go straight to the point
here are my recommendations for the best
mobile VR headsets as of 2019
number one is oculus quest for 399
available spring 2019 if you don't want
to get that here's my number two
recommendation if you have a Samsung S 8
or above then get the Samsung gear VR 3
if you have any other kind of phone get
the oculus go if you don't want to buy
the oculus go then my number four
recommendation would be Google daydream
assuming your phone's compatible and
finally number five for everyone else
get Google cardboard so why did I
recommend the gear VR over to oculus go
and what's the difference between the
gear VR and the cheap VR headset to find
out one of these VR headsets I ranked
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first of all what is VR and how does it
work ever played peekaboo with a baby
they love it and scientists tell us it's
because babies have a different sense of
reality they think that when they stop
seeing something it ceases to exist but
of course when babies grow older they
learned that even when they can't see an
object
there's the object is still there in
other words object permanence
well Virtual Reality uses this same
principle to fool our minds into
perceiving something that doesn't exist
so to show you this concept let's load
this app here it's called sisters of the
Arco story don't worry it's all animated
how scary could it be right I mean
and in front of me I see a TV so like
like if I turn my head this way the TV
remains in the same direction so you
know and there's like a butch bookshelf
there I turn my head and it's doing
there oh look at that there's a doll
whoa
oh there's two dolls there are two dolls
okay yeah so there are two dolls there
and if I turn my hand it's gonna be
there and whoa lights out oh my gosh
oh I mean it's a cartoon made so creepy
man da heck
whoa gosh oh oh I thought the it's more
stressful than I expected because I mean
it looks like a cartoon right I mean how
scary can it be to look like this is a
real sweat like it it kind of felt like
like you know if Excel someone's
standing behind you or something like
that even if you're not seeing them you
can kind of feel that they're there so
it felt like that I mean even though it
was a cartoon and my mind was like
telling me it's just an animation
it felt so creepy because it felt like
to my mind it felt like there was
someone else there with me so this is
the illusion of virtual reality it can
make you feel things and perceive things
that aren't there even though your
conscious mind might be fully aware that
this is not supposed to happen yet it
convinces you at a primal level that
there's something there now there are
many apps like that another good one is
the trailer for conjuring part 2 it's
only three minutes long but it's scary I
mean if you watch it on your phone then
it's it's nothing right but when you're
viewing this same trailer in VR it feels
like you're in that house and the scary
nun is like right in front of you so
yeah if you don't believe me please
watch it and gear VR I've tried Google
cardboard wasn't that impressive so glad
you asked because not all VR are equal
which leads me to my next point what's
the difference between the gear VR and a
cheap VR headset so here's the
difference cheap VR headsets and Google
cardboard in general are passive whereas
Samsung gear VR is active what does that
mean here's an example for Google VR
headset it can be as simple as this just
the holder and a lens and just clip it
on your phone so there are no
electronics here it's all plastic now
here's the Samsung gear via
I'm not gonna take mine apart but inside
this it has its own sensors now with
those sensors the gear VR has much
better ability to track your head
movement actor tracking is absolutely
essential to maintain the illusion of
object permanence
well what about Google cardboard doesn't
it do the same thing as gear VR I mean
the view should change right when you
move your head around and it does but
see it's not as accurate all right so
here's a Google cardboard headset and
there are a lot of things that are
different with this first of all there's
a lot of distortion so whenever I move
my head you know either image changes it
warps differently the way depending on
how I move my head
secondly when I move my head there's a
little bit of blur so those things the
the fact that the way I move my head
affects how the image looks immediately
close my brain into thinking that what
I'm seeing is still in the headset and
so there's no illusion that what you're
seeing is outside of the headset and
there's no illusion of virtual reality
not only that but gear VR also has
software tricks to enhance this illusion
of object permanence for example it has
what oculus calls a synchronous time
warp it's just a fancy term for reducing
judder so with Google cardboard for
example if you move too fast you might
see like the frame might stop or might
there might be dropped frames whereas
with a gear VR it is able to interpolate
frames in between those missing frames
so that it looks like there's no judder
another difference is that with gear VR
it forces your phone to give it higher
processing priority so that reduces the
chance of judder or drop frames and
another important difference is the low
latency from the time you move your head
until the time you see the image change
there is a difference of less than 20
milliseconds it's extremely low motion
two-photon late
see makes it even more convincing makes
this makes us feel like our movement is
independent of what we are seeing and
finally newer gear VR headsets come with
a motion controller that kind of acts
like a laser pointer in VR so as Sampson
give the art the only mobile VR headset
that qualifies as true VR not anymore
2017 four processors started to include
much better I am use with these improved
I am used it became possible to use a
passive VR headset it had accurate
tracking similar to gear VR and that's
the concept of Google daydream in terms
of performance Google daydream is almost
like gear VR but the problem with
daydream is the echo system is not as
well supported as Samsung gear VR so
there the software library is much
smaller now gear VR and Google daydream
are awesome but they have a big problem
compatibility out of the dozens if not
hundreds of phones out there very few
support gear VR or Google daydream that
leads us to the oculus go the oculus go
is a standalone VR headset that means it
doesn't need to be connected to a PC or
a phone and the oculus Go has access to
the same library of software as the gear
VR how does it compare with the gear VR
in general the oculus go provides a
better viewing experience than the gear
VR and I'll explain why so number one is
the pixel density is very high excels on
the oculus Go are much less noticeable
they're they're very tiny compared to si
plus or a larger Samsung phone when you
view them in VR another advantage is
less distortion in newer Samsung gear VR
s the ones that come with the remote
control there's a little bit of
distortion so it means that I'm turning
around there's a little bit of waviness
or distortion in objects with oculus co
there's no distortion at all no matter
which direction I move my head ACOs go
is also a lot more convenient to use you
don't have to insert the phone or
anything like that it's just ready to
use right away and one of my favorite
features
the oculus go is the audio it's really
cool because the first time I tried it
I'm wondering like wow where's the sound
coming from it really does feel like
you're listening to invisible headphone
sounds are actually coming out from
hidden speakers here right there and of
course the biggest advantage of opera's
go is the universal compatibility
whether you use an iPhone or Android any
kind of Android phone doesn't matter
you'll be able to use oculus go so the
arcus go sounds like a really good Ted
said why would you recommend the gear VR
over dhoklas goal
well the gear VR has one very important
advantage in some phones well see the
oculus go uses a Snapdragon 820 one
processor and it's decently powerful but
it's not powerful enough to run high
resolution 3d 360 videos it also
struggles with some apps for example one
of my favorite apps for gear VR is
Jurassic Park blue if you viewed that
app on oculus co you'll notice it will
play a little bit slowly but if you have
a Samsung S eight or above with a
Snapdragon 835 or better then not only
will you be able to play Jurassic Park
blue smoothly but you'll also be able to
record a video simultaneously without
skipping a beat and if your main reason
to get a VR headset is to view videos
then fYI using a gear VR with s 8 or
above will enable you to play a K 3d
using insta 360 moment whereas with
oculus go you'll be limited to 6 K 3d on
insta 360 moments or mean this one
advantage of the gear VR overcomes all
the advantages of the oculus go in
addition the gear VR has other
advantages use the length of the gear VR
here are the lenses of the oculus go
what you'll notice is that the lenses of
the gear VR are clear lenses whereas
with the oculus gold it uses right now
lenses you know the ones with concentric
rings so when you're viewing bright
things in the dark background on the
oculus go you'll see what they call God
rays
so the
bright objects will look like they have
the glowing halo around them so shadows
on the gear VR look more black whereas
on the ACOs gold they'll look a little
more gray and every time you upgrade
your phone you'll get a better processor
for your VR and let's not forget that
their gear VR is much cheaper than the
oculus go and so that's why I would
recommend a gear VR over an aqua scope
if you have a Samsung S 8 or above but
if you don't have a Samsung S 8 or above
then aqus go is a great choice except
for one more headset and of course we're
talking about the oculus quest so the
arcus quest is a new standalone VR
headset with six degrees of freedom not
only can you rotate your head but you
can also move forward backward up down
left right in any direction it can track
your movement anywhere you go whereas
with the gear VR you can only rotate
your head but it won't be able to track
your movement if you go forward
backwards up down left or right having
six degrees of freedom makes a huge
difference for presence when you have
six daf VR your mind will be truly
convinced that what you're seeing is
reality and you'll feel it on a gut
level so the only difference is the
controller the ACOs go and the gear VR
have a motion controller that detects
only three degrees of freedom that means
you can rotate it but just like the
headset it cannot trap forward backward
up down therefore right of course
question the other hand has two motion
controls and each one tracks six degrees
of freedom so you'll be able to move
them around in almost any direction so
you can play games like beat Sabre and
finally the oculus quest runs on a
faster processor the Snapdragon 835
that's the same processor as the Samsung
s8 so remember all those advantages I
talked about with the gear VR versus the
oculus go well all those advantages now
belong to the ACOs quest as well and
that's why oculus quest is my number one
recommendation for a mobile VR headset
if you can afford the 399 price now
there are a couple
headsets that I haven't mentioned like
the Google daydream 2.0 the Nova Mirage
solo I do have that 10 set as well and
yes it performs as promised it's a $6
headset just like the oculus quest came
out last year and it works just as
promised the problem is the ecosystem
it's really small they're very few
developers who are supporting Google
daydream 2.0 so I can't say it's really
viable as a system and that's why I
can't really recommend it
there's also a vibe focus it's very
expensive for one thing and the other
thing is again the ecosystem it's
nowhere near as large as the oculus
quest ecosystem will be now so far this
video we've only been talking about
viewing VR experiences now did you know
that you can create your own VR
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