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what's going on guys lon here from android authority and we are still here at e3 it is the last day and we just wanted to bring you guys a quick roundup of the VR experiences that we saw here at e3 and I'm joined by andrew grush one of our writers so we're just going to get right into it and start off with the first one that we got to check out which was the merge VR and basically this was a it's sort of like a google cardboard type experience I accept the headset was actually made of foam it was a high-quality phone that's designed so that we can wipe off sweat easily you know it's just it was opposed to be very resilient you could drop it without damaging the without damaging the headset and really not a lot about the design I mean what really makes it stand out is yes it's gear it is a not gear I'm sorry it is cardboard compatible but the the the big advantage of this is that it also has a remote that acts kind of like oh I want to call out a Wii Remote basically you know you could swing around and you have full access control and so that kind of gives you a whole new level of you know to the gaming experience the remote definitely does add a extra level of gameplay to the VR experience at least on a more simplified VR headset so you do get to interact with the game a lot more for example the game that we got to play use the control to basically shoot balls of magic or whatever they were to sort of attack the bats that were going at you so it does add a little bit extra to the experience but for the most part it's really kind of pretty much the same would you say it's really kind of the same thing as Google cardboard or yeah it will have its own SDK you that they will have their own apps apps too well it's not really an app store it's an app and then it has all the links or everything and then when you find what you want pushes you out to google play or the demo that we did show was on was on an iphone but the final version when it arrives we'll be on Android as well but yes basically it is an over glorified cardboard with a few stress that make it you know interesting it's about 130 dollars alright so jumping to our next one next VR headset that we got to experience was a Fauve and this was the cool thing about this particular headset was it uses on top I just moved using your head to track motion it also use your eyes and I was like she's only one that got to experience this particular one but I was actually pretty impressed by because the eye tracking works extremely well and basically the game that we were playing was a alien type game where a bunch of aliens would pop up on the screen and you would just look at them in order to shoot them and they sort of made you feel like cyclops in a way because they're just shoot lasers at these spaceships and all you had to do is just basically move your head or just use your eyes to basically aim at them and blast everything away so there's actually a really cool experience to kind of experience something a little bit different from your standard VR headset that just repoed relies on your head quality of it was actually pretty good too they were they were quad HD quad HD resolution so it definitely was a pretty decent experience for just a simple headset so let's go ahead and talk about oculus and I'll let you start off with your experience with oculus this is both our first time experience the oculus rift so what did you think about it so I absolutely loved it I played the edge of nowhere and it's a dark if you like dark edgy type games you're starting out an Arctic setting and just going around and basically just the experience is not where as we kind of talked about in another video the experience it's not true as far as like you don't feel like you're the controller you're like it's you around the controller but it is still a really immersive experience that it's similar to what we have already had seen with gaming but at a whole new level and this game in particular was great because it was scary to a point because you had like stuff like running around you you didn't what was going on there was a lot of noises eventually likes all these monsters and yeah I as far as the hardware itself though moving beyond the game uh I think there's a lot of potential there right now it is a pricey I mean I know they're aiming you know over a thousand dollar pricing but as far as a big next big thing I think we are I think that uh the the it is an excellent example of where we're heading with VR and I'm really excited when for the rift yeah I think oculus is doing a great job with the rift and I got to experience it for my before the first time as well but what I really want to jump into is project Morpheus that was also a first time thing for me so I and I was only one here that was able to actually get a chance because it was a really long wait it took a little bit over an hour just to kind of get up there and just 45 minutes of gameplay and it definitely was worth the five minutes that I got to experience with it's really cool it's very immersive feels a lot like oculus except the resolution isn't quite as great but the particular game that I mentioned in the reactions video that I did it's called rigs and basically you're inside a giant robot and you go around blasting other players and you have to score goals things of that nature so it was a really cool game I had a really fun time with it and the experience is really great there's no latency to it whatsoever other than that it was a really awesome experience I would say it's very comparable one of the best VR experiences that you can get out there very comparable to the oculus rift the last thing that we want to jump into is the accessories that we saw for all the different VR that we saw here at e3 so brush you had more more time with these accessories than I did so I'll go ahead and let you talk a little bit more about them sure so absolutely accessories were a big deal here there were there quite a few of them it's clear that there's a lot of companies that are interested in making VR move beyond just like a traditional controller I saw a particular Dumanis mike mussina and it is a basically you remember some of you some of our audience remember the Nintendo Power glove from back in the day you know your slipped on the glove and allowed you to basically that's the same thing here you have a glove and it has little sensors inside with each finger and you then have full access control to move around with your hands you can actually like point your fingers and like shoot and it's just uh it's a unique way of doing it it was paired with the gear VR which that was my first time with the gear VR as well and as far as being like truly revolutionary it was not but it was cool you know it was a different way to control V are beyond just having a traditional controller some of the other things we noticed like there's a thing called the nod and I didn't personally get experience it but what if it's a smart ring and like we saw some really cool stuff like there was a boxing where you have in one on each hand and they were you know virtually boxing with it there was also cyber cyber earth is a treadmill and it's kind of a treadmill / trampling hybrid that people get in with like a NOC list or another you know ne ne ve R can be made to work with it and you get in and you jump around and it just got kind of ridiculous but it is uh it's cool I personally think that it's a little bit too much um but yeah I think that that's where we're heading is you're seeing virtual reality here at e3 and you're seeing a push towards making it more and more immersive and it's only going to get bigger from here yeah I think you definitely hit the nail on the head there vr is definitely becoming a big thing and we're super excited to actually be here to cover it for you guys so hopefully you guys have been enjoying all the coverage that we've been bringing to you from e3 and besides just DVR coverage but it's very exciting stuff and hopefully it's going to expand and grow and become an even bigger thing than what it is already so but this has been a quick roundup of the VR experiences that we've had here III if you guys enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up down below and make sure to subscribe if you haven't already so you don't miss out on any of our e3 coverage and anything else we have coming on down the road so as always thank you guys so much for watching keep it tuned here to android authority because we are your source for all things android and e3 2015