Viewmaster VR Headset

Entry posted by atari2600land December 25, 2016

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So I got a Viewmaster headset, the VR thing along with two "disc packs." You need a smart phone to make it work. So armed with my Galaxy 4, I went to work trying to download the needed apps. I logged onto the Play Store with my Google+ account. I downloaded the Space app. It does not work the way you expect. Instead of putting the Viewmaster reel inside the machine, you put your smartphone in the machine and look at the disc. Then, if you're looking at the rocket disc, a rocket pops up upon the disc in your camera mode. I eventually got it to do some other stuff, like get a menu, looking at a rocket close up without the camera mode. It's all well, underwhelming. Cool, but, well, not very much so. Each pack comes with three discs. I got the Space and the Destinations packs. Haven't done the Destination pack yet. I must be either heavily crosseyed, or the app doesn't work very well once you put your phone in the machine and look at through it with the viewmaster. There is no way to fix it or alter it. The text is kind of fuzzy and hard to read. I'll get the third pack and the game I saw in the store, just to get a sense of "completeness."

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