Poor Man’s VR Update
I got my headset in early. Last night I tried and wasn’t happy with my scripted SBS video I had ready. Maybe one or two angles looked nice, but no dice. Was more than half expecting that, though. I DO NOT want to view anything specifically designed as 3D like that Mia clip because it will shatter whatever small enjoyment I hope to get out of something I can create from JAV, because…there aren’t any 3D versions of the JAV titles I would want to see. But tonight I will try some tweaking. Didn’t have time but I think I at least need to tweak the values for it to stretch a bit more. That’s what’s supposed to give the illusion of depth. I played around with this app and that app (listed below) and even paid for one ($4.99 via Paypal, so, not bad).
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can say, however, watching just a normal 2D video was actually a good experience. The video was a clip from a 720x404 SD title. Now, if I had viewed that in full screen on my monitor I would have been reminded just
how SD it is. Fuzziness, blurred movements occasionally, detail degradation…I’m sure we’ve all experienced that. But viewing with the headset it was like watching a nice picture rather close to a big screen TV. Really a huge difference. I’m excited to try some other clips from other titles. So far I’m only clipping scenes where something (from the actress) is up at the camera and in your face. I also tried a clip from one of the new Knights Visual titles. That looked pretty cool as well. Basically the apps have to be set to show a single video and it creates the SBS view on the fly. But, just two normal pictures side by side, I don’t think it adjusts anything.
And now…the Cinema experience. You’ll notice almost all the free ones I tried have the word “Cinema” in it. That’s because they pretty much try to simulate sitting in a movie auditorium. You know, to give you the feeling you’re watching on the big screen. It seems kind of interesting, but, I lost interest in that novelty kind of soon. Why? Because like a movie theater, you have to keep looking in the direction of the screen. No different here. Then there is something calling “drifting” where you seemingly remain still looking at the screen and before you know it you’re having to turn your head to see it straight on again until you find you’re all messed up. I’m sure there are settings to handle that but it was frustrating so I gave up on that. I don’t care about Cinema, I want JAV nice and big. No theater seats or lights. Hell, you can even turn all the way around and see the projector. No thanks. I’d rather put on the headset and sit back or lay back and see the picture dead center in front of me. Also, to be able to use headphones I had to turn my phone upside down and let the app adjust the screen. The opening for the line is at the bottom, but (upright) my headphone jack was at the top.
Thank you
xvii32 for the important tip about just watching a video in your favorite player with the headset! Now I have another test for tonight. Use the same SBS video from before using VLC on m HTC with the headset. It is the lenses, not the app, that blends the two images. Maybe the apps are doing something else and not just displaying the already SBS video. I’ve also ordered another headset from a different company on eBay. Just got the shipped email a moment ago. These have different lenses other than oval, they are Aspherical instead of Normal Spherical. Something about distortion vs. no distortion, the Aspherical providing no distortion. Maybe I’ll have a better experience with those. I’m using these on my HTC One.
Free Apps I tried:
AAA VR Cinema
VR Cinema
Cardboard Theater
Go4D 2.2D Player Pro (needs Go4D World to launch)
Purchased:
VR Player
All of this, of course, is my experience with my gear. I may create a thread in the Other Downloads sub forum where I will post some of the samples I’m trying. Maybe others will have better viewing experiences with their gear. And hopefully others will post their efforts at getting JAV inside our heads. (…headsets, that is.)
Imagine seeing this big bold and brassy!!
So I guess it will be the same when the VR is out (I mean really out - the consumer versions, not the developer ones). 
