Light, good build, great starter VR set for kids!
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This review is for the HooToo 3D VR Glasses. I've used this a few times and have had no issues. My Galaxy S7 fits in there with no issues (with case). The front cover pops right off and you place your phone on the ledge and close the cover. You can adjust how wide the lenses are under the headset. On the left side, there is the magnet control for controlling on some apps. I've used this on rollercoaster apps and the Frogger app called "Crossy VR." To find games, type "VR" in the app store and to find apps w/ magnet control, I searched for "VR Cardboard" The build on this headset is nice and the straps are comfortable. I notice 2 small slits within the headset so I can see the floor if/when I am looking down. This is good because you can bust your butt in an enclosed space. Good starter product for use with your phone, especially for kids to play for a bit. Make sure you don't let them sit in it too long as phone is close.
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I understand these are cardboard headsets and they are worth the money if you want to see what VR has potential to be! However if you are familiar with VR already I would definitely recommend spending a few more dollars and getting a headset that will have some support. The ridges of the cardboard make you not want to use it and if you want to use it often as I did, You will be looking for some electrical tape to smooth out the edges. Lenses could have been slightly larger as well to increase sharpness. All in all i was pleased with the level of quality this item gave me for the cost!
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I have tried and used all of the VR headsets that are well known: The Gear, The Rift, The Vive and now The PSVR!

Setting the headset up was fairly easy. Inside the box is a large instructions manual with extremely clear instructions on how to set everything up properly. However, I did not use them and was able to set it up quickly.

The headset comes with a bunch of wires that connect to the headset and to the processor box, which you must use as a pass through box in order to use your TV alongside the headset.

Of all of the headsets, the PSVR has the most comfy design. It is also the most unique. While the other headsets have a google-like design, the PSVR has a design more akin to a visor. The cushions in the headset where it meets your head are very plush and allow one to wear it for long periods of time. While the headset is heavier than the Rift and the Vive, it actually feels like it is lighter.

Tracking of the headset itself is quite good. It also has lights on the back, so it can do full 360 tracking. No issues here. As people on reddit have said, you need to keep your camera slightly to the left in order to not have significant drift. If you followed the setup properly, you won't run into the issues others have had regarding occlusion, drift, etc. You need a dark place, at least 4 ft of space, and a clear view of the camera (you should be centered on the left lens).

The inline remote in very good and easy to use. On the inline remote is an audiojack you can use to take advantage of 3d audio. I highly suggest you take advantage of this!

Now lets talk about the tightening mechanism. You press the button on the back, pull the headset over your head, and tighen the headset by turning the button to your liking. Its that simple and can easily be done without needing much adjustment after, something I can't about any of the other headsets.

The visor like design allows you to adjust how close the main unit is to your face, allowing you to switch from total immersion to allowing interaction with the real world without needing to take off the headset. The second biggest reason as to why this is the favorite of the 3.

You might have noticed I said second above. That is because the biggest reason is the screen. While 1080p, it has the LEAST screendoor affect of the headsets allowing total immersion. This, in addition to using different lenses that the other headsets, allowing for a lack of a need to adjust the inter-pupillary distance while also not having the "godray" affect. The combo of the type of OLED screen and the glass lenses make this superior to the Rift and Vive, despite the lower resolution and cheaper lenses.

When you also take into account the fact that this is made by one of the major console companies, you know you can expect great games. And there are plenty of great games. Eve, Battlzone, Batman, and Rigs are all amazing games. Each one of them make the price of the headset totally worth it to play them.

The cinematic mode is no pushover either. The gorgeous OLED display makes movies and games look like they are being played on a large screen. In terms of size and distance away, to me it feels like a 40 inch screen about 6 inches from your eyes; the very tip of the corners are just outside your vision when looking dead center. This improves immersion a LOT.

To sum up, this headset is amazing and is better thean the Rift or Vive in my honest opinion due to its lack of godrays or screen door affecr, its gorgeous OLED display, its superior comfort and adjustment options, and the type of games available to it.

And thats before taking into account its amazing price for the tech! This is hands down the best headset one can buy in my opinion.
822369
I enjoy it and have bought them for friends.  Nice introduction to the VR world - not GREAT - the lenses are a little warped - but fun for what it is
116755
I reviewed this with the help of my two boys, ages 9 and 12. They have experience racing with the Anki Drive set (original kind, with a mat track, not the separate pieces), which they love, and also RC vehicles of various types and sizes.

So far, they really like the Real RF Racing set. There are some rough spots, and the track can take a while to put together, but overall its pretty fun to race the cars around, both on and off the track. The RC mode basically turns them into standard remote control race cars that you can use anywhere with a smooth enough surface. Thats fun, and a cool bonus.

Pros:

- RC mode lets you drive the cars wherever you want, no need to stay on the track.

- Doesnt require an app, or an iPhone/iPad or Android device. Everything you need is already in the controllers.

- Racing/driving the cars around the track is fun. The steering action is good.

- Tracks layouts can be built however you like (provided you have enough pieces). Over 40 different layouts are possible with the 20 pieces we have in our set.

Cons:

- No display of any kind on the handsets. All the feedback is audio. In the beginning its not always easy to understand what to do next, or what each button will do.

- No obvious volume control on the controllers. Theres a headset jack, but whos going to use that during normal gameplay? (Maybe if playing alone in a shared home or apartment, where you don't want to bother others. But when playing together?)

- The track isn't hard to put together, but its not exactly easy either. It takes some patience, as the pieces must be slotted together, and its easy to knock them apart again before its completely assembled by accidentally pushing on a section of the track.

- The track pieces are flexible, with the feel of a thick plastic-coated paper. They have to lay flat on a relatively smooth surface, such as a hardwood floor. Otherwise they may buckle, and the overlap where the pieces connect can have gaps that cause the cars to strike the edge and stop.

- Cars feel a little cheap. The right rear wheel on one of our cars kept coming off by itself after a crash. Kind of a cool effect (like real racing!), and it goes back on easily without any apparent permanent damage, but at the same time its a little worrying that it just comes off.

- Cars and controllers use AA and AAA batteries. On the one hand, that makes it easy to swap out dead batteries and replace them with fresh batteries as needed. But on the other hand, youll need to keep charged batteries ready, and open the battery covers with a screwdriver each time. We would have preferred built-in rechargeable batteries, like the Anki Drive cars have.

Overall, its a cool idea thats not quite there yet. The controllers and the cars themselves need a little more polish and thought. The track would benefit from having a stiffer backing, so it could be used on less even surfaces. In particular it needs an easier way to quickly assemble the track pieces. Still, all that said, they're getting hours of fun out of this set as it is today.
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After considerable research, I settled on this pair of vr googles for my 13 year old daughter.  I have tested them out with the help of my 9 year old son and these are worth the purchase.  I have a iPhone 7 and was able to connect it with the google cardboard app and play a few cardboard games with no controllers.  Each of the games worked very well and were a lot of fun.  We tried sisters, proton pulse, vanguard v, in mind vr and within.  We were even able to watch videos on you tube in cardboard mode.  Overall this is a good value.  They are very comfortable and adjustable.  They also fit over my husbands glasses.  I gave it 4 stars because the magnetic button is a little fussy in google cardboard but does work after a couple of tries.  For $25, I am really happy with it.
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Will need AA batteries. I like it for a perfect present for Kids!

Thank you MOTA!
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It is a good entry level relatively inexpensive device to have the first experience with virtual reality (VR). It is pretty much, more rugged version of Google Cardboard.
Off course, it needs one of the supported smartphones to work.
It worked well with my Nxus 6 and Nexus 6p smartphones. You also need to download one of the VR apps  from the play store, launch it, and insert your smartphone in the device.
You do get some VR experience with multidimensional sphere of view, but it's nowhere near an immersive experience where you feel you are inside that virtual world. I and kids loved it initially but the interest got worn pretty fast with the device not much used after a couple of days.
Also the shipped device had dirt and grime attached to it, some if which was visible when using it, so I ended up returning it.
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It's amazing!  Looking forward to seeing more software developed for VR, and other gear like standing platforms (to simulate walking for movement in game).  Everything is nicely packaged and parts are very well made.  It's fairly easy to setup and works well once setup correctly.

Be careful of mirrors or reflective surfaces in the area (line of sight) of your base units, this can really throw things off.
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We purchased this from Amazon for my 3-year-old daughter this last Christmas, and she's been having a blast with it since. She's already a computer nut, since that's what I do for both living and hobby, and she constantly appears out of nowhere when I'm playing my own video games. So a machine of her own was the next step in things, and I wanted something that would help her with the basics of mousing and keyboarding, with flexibility enough to keep her learning from there.

She enjoys the various games that came with it, especially playing with the little dog in his house and the balloon-splatting game, though she now spends more time with the Dora the Explorer cartridge I purchased at the same time. The Memory-type games on there have kept her especially intrigued.

I would recommend the adapter to power the base unit, which brings up one of the complaints I've heard elsewhere - the keyboard never completely turns off, so for instance when we took this on a road trip and put it in a toybag, it kept activating as things shifted. Fortunately, battery life is still pretty long even so.

Also, the mouse is a little annoying as the tether often prevents it from sitting properly on the also-too-small pad attached to the side of the keyboard. It also has precision issues which sometimes frustrate my daughter, especially when targetting moving objects.

Finally, I've had trouble getting it to hook up properly to various devices, either getting bad sound levels or no video depending on what I hooked it up through. This may reflect my lack of audio-visual equipment knowledge, though I'd still rank myself as a moderate-level user.
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I've been saying for ages that Leapfrog devices could do with a larger screen. Now Leapfrog has a device with the biggest screen of all -- your tv screen!  LeapTV is a great first gaming system for young children, with all the basic components found in most video gaming systems like Wii U and Playstation and Xbox.  It includes a console, a game controller (and you can buy multiple game controllers for multiplayer games), and a camera for tracking players' motions.

The three things I love best about LeapTV are that the system is specifically designed to make it easy for little kids, the games contain familiar characters already on other Leapfrog products, and that the games help kids develop important skills in reading, math, and logic.

Easy for kids to use: the game controller has only the most basic buttons, so things don't get too confusing for kids. The handles are chunky and easy for kids to hold.  The controller has 2 positions. The first position, with handlebars pointing down, functions as a traditional game controller that kids can use to toggle between selections on a menu and selecting items. they also use it to control certain games like Kart Racing or the Disney Pixar Pals learning game. The second position of the game controller lets the handlebars swivel out to 180 degrees so the child can hold it like a play sword for games like Jake and the Neverland Pirates or Marvel's Ultimate Spider Man.  There are other games that do not require the controller at all -- the camera captures kids' movements, so they can dance, jump, and wiggle their way through games.

Familiar characters: Kids will love seeing their favorite characters like Leap and Tad. All the pets in the pet game seem to be the same as the pets in the LeapBand and in the LeapPad.

Educational: all of Leapfrog's games have educational components. For example, in the Kart Racing game, players have to solve math facts in order to build their race cars, then on the race track they have to figure out simple patterns in order to steer their race cars through the correct gate. Kids love it, and they don't even realize they're practicing important skills!

Just a couple of issues. First, game loading can be slow.  Second, my sons found the game consoles difficult to get working properly. The toggle switch requires a very light hand, otherwise you'll end up selecting something that you didn't want.

* I received a LeapTV system for review purposes. The views and opinions expressed in this review are my own*.
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SO FREAKIN' COOL!!! As a $20 entry into the world of virtual reality, this thing is truly amazing.  I got interested in Google cardboard after reading about a surgeon who created a VR sim for himself for a novel and complex surgery he was planning.  You can build these on your own and there are other kits available, but this is ready to play with right away.  So, I downloaded some random apps and within a couple minutes had my mom riding virtual roller coasters and visiting the alps, my husband exploring fantasy-esque caves, and me playing a point-click haunted house adventure.  I'm sure it's no oculus rift, but WOW.
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Pros:
built well
comes with batteries
fun
cool sounds

Cons:
none

Overall super fun you'll enjoy these RC tanks for sure, I got this one as a free sample so that I could provide my best evaluation.
I hope my comments and video will help you make an informed decision
cbenzy
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Each morning I wake up with 3 kids fighting over who gets to wear these VR glasses first. This has been a new ritual since this arrived in the mail. The beauty of these glasses are:
- they are comfortable as hell with soft, easily adjustable straps that can fit adults or 4-year olds
- they are aesthetically pleasing, otherwise known as fly
- they are compatible with a ton of free apps on the iphone - in the first day, in minutes, I had virtual reality videos with sharks, roller coaster rides, and flight cockpits. Also, there are quite a number of interesting horror scenarios that will give your kids nightmares. In each app, you are able to walk around and feel fully immersed in these glasses.
- there is a dial that makes it simple to alter blurry images

The only problem with these googles is that there is no button to move through videos or press play on a video. Thus, you have to open up the front and remove the smartphone to press play or make choices. However, for the low price, and the ease and speed of removing a smartphone, this is not a big deal.

Of note, I received a free version of this. However, the review and opinions are mine, uninfluenced by the company.
2708613
What's not to love.  Google cardboard meets nostalgic childhood toy.  Great, affordable, entry level taste of VR.  It's mostly a big piece of plastic with lenses, that holds your device.  Feels clunky but hey, it's a kid's toy and not serious hardware.  Fun "parlor trick" at gatherings, drinking with your buddies, family event, work lunch, whatever.  Lots of free content available by a large number of 3rd party devs.
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Neither of my two older kids, (8&10), have ever been into building toys, except for blocks. However, my son does love lights and magnets so I figured it wouldn't hurt to give this set a try, (except for the high price tag, which is pretty painful at first glance).
After a long morning of bored kids watching tv and playing on phones, the delivery van arrived and I immediately opened the magformers up. Tv off, screens off, and I waited.
There are enough pieces that both kids can build comfortably together, with a little sharing, and enough shapes that their imaginations were sparked. It has instructions to make some simple shapes and do some shadow play, but it wasn't necessary. They were both entranced and entertained for hours. Literally, HOURS. The back and forth interaction was fun to listen to, and the buildings they came over with were impressive.
The lighted part was the only minor disappointment, it's a single light up cube that you build around. The translucent pieces 'glow' when it's on, but again, there is only one and it's not going to light up all the pieces. It didn't seem to slow down their play, and i did appreciate that it didn't require batteries, just plug it into the computer usb port for a little while and it's good to go. They mostly ignore it when playing with the set, which is fine, but I might have opted for the other set without it.
Honestly, excellent investment that we've gotten a lot of building fun from.
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purchased couple of these for the kids to have their own first computers. mind you these are 7 & 9 year olds. at school they currently use chrome books so it was a natural choice to pick up chrome books for them as they already identify on how to use them. i don't have to worry about viruses and these things are pretty much instant on. the build and feel on these is pretty impressive. after playing with these the last couple days to make sure worked and build and add profiles i've been pretty impressed. if i didn't already have a tiny profile macbook i'd be all over one of these for myself.

some will argue this doesn't do apps, but does give you access to google webstore. i like how initially after connecting to internet it performed an update where my larger acer chrome book i couldn't figure out why some websites weren't displaying and i had to manually update. now websites work fine. go figure.

next is trying to figure out parental controls/family. update again soon.