AVATAR is the first virtual reality headset sold by a Romanian company and last weekend I had the opportunity to test it with the terminal 6 iPhone Plus of the Apple company. As you can see from the images of this article, we are talking about a helmet that the people from E-Boda seem to have removed from a science fiction movie, but it is as real as possible and can help you travel in - a world that you cannot normally experience in such a way.
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AVATAR it is designed to be used with smartphones that are between 4.7 inches and 6 inches, so both iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are compatible with it, along with an extremely diverse range of Android terminals. Exactly as you can see in the pictures, the terminals are inserted into a slot positioned in the front of the AVATAR, which opens to allow the insertion of your terminal, even if it has a mounted case. After insertion, the device will remain fixed near the lenses with the help of a sponge, not being scratched or damaged in any way during use.
After inserting the terminal into its slot, you will have to mount the AVATAR helmet on your head and fix it as well as possible so that it does not move during use, and here you must be extremely careful because the experience is seriously affected if you do not position it correct. In order not to damage your skin, AVATAR protects the face with a series of sponges that are mounted on its sides, the elastic straps on the edges applying a light pressure on the user's head.
AVATAR virtual reality for you at an affordable price
Well, we talked about the exterior, but let's move on to what matters most, the user experience. If you have never used a virtual reality headset, well, E-Boda AVATAR offers you an experience that you must try, no matter what mobile terminal you have. As you probably already imagine, you need special applications (available in various forms in the App Store) to use such a product, more precisely applications that divide the screen of your terminals into two parts and display the same content for each of them.
Having the same content displayed in front of each eye and being completely disconnected from the surrounding world, you will experience an immersion in the virtual world created by the developers for you. Practically, the fact that you don't see anything that happens around you and you are 100% connected to what the terminals display gives you a completely new feeling, and after testing an application with a simulator for a roller coaster, I can say that I felt a very slight feeling of fear during the falls from great heights.
The unique experience offered by AVATAR E-Boda is based on two components: the helmet through which you disconnect from all the visual images around you, but also the virtual reality applications available at the moment. If a rollercoaster simulator, or one that helps you explore a forest, a jungle, or a scary house will awaken feelings of excitement or total fear, a racing simulator or a first person shooter will put you in the shoes of a complete character different.
AVATAR E-Boda can be used together with a dedicated gamepad that gives you the option to control various games without touching the mobile terminal placed in the case, and for this you need a little skill. After you get used to the control mode without seeing the buttons, you will quickly discover that being a formula 1 driver or a soldier on a dangerous mission are roles that you will love to assume precisely because of the sensations that you will experience , but the intensity depends on the game you are testing. Virtual reality is based on disconnecting the user from the world around him for a total immersion in the virtual world created by software, and the brain reacts to what it sees, so without external visual stimuli, you will experience new sensations based only on the interaction with the virtual environment .
Considering that the virtual reality experience is based on the software, the applications you will use with AVATAR E-Boda will be decisive in having the most original sensations possible, so you have to make the right choices, otherwise not you will have the desired experience. In this idea, I tell you that without a gamepad connected to your terminals, you will have to choose applications that either show you movies or allow you to explore worlds using the gyroscope integrated in your terminals, the choice being each of you in this situation.
AVATAR - worth buying?
From my point of view AVATAR E-Boda creates an experience that anyone should try with the right applications to provide the expected experience and considering the low price to have such a technology anyone interested in virtual reality should to think about such a product. Moreover, considering that more and more virtual reality applications appear in application stores around the world, the user experience offered by a product of this kind will improve as new, more complex and interesting titles appear .
AVATAR E-Boda is available for sale with free delivery throughout Romania on Carrefour-Online.ro and it could prove to be the perfect gift for a technology enthusiast. After reading this review, I invite you to participate in the contest to win two headsets for virtual reality, the contest to be announced on the front page of iDevice.ro.
