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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > Does there exist a decent Non-VR display headset?
 
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Rookoo
Jul 24, 2007
 I've been looking to see if there's some kind of dumbed down, cheaper equivalent to an Occulus Rift/VR headset that I can use to watch movies and stuff through by simply plugging a hdmi cable into it from a computer.

There's obviously a bunch of cheap novelty poo poo that does a bad job but is the product i'm looking for out there?

Or am I better off just getting some kind of VR headset, even if i'm not really going to use it to its full potential?

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Don Lapre
Mar 28, 2001

If you're having problems you're either holding the phone wrong or you have tiny girl hands.
Get a phone VR thing

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Rookoo
Jul 24, 2007
 Yeah I looked into that stuff but I need something that can take hdmi input from my laptop/computer.

Only thing that looks decent is Vuzix iWear HD which is £100 less than a pre-owned rift from ebay (Obviously there's a risk in buying pre owned.)

I suppose that's what i'll end up going for if there's no alternative.

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Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

 So just to be clear here you wanna sit in your room, strap something to your face, and pretend you're sitting in a different room to watch a movie on the computer that is in your room. And you're willing to spend several hundred pounds to do it

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Rookoo
Jul 24, 2007

Blue Train posted:

So just to be clear here you wanna sit in your room, strap something to your face, and pretend you're sitting in a different room to watch a movie on the computer that is in your room. And you're willing to spend several hundred pounds to do it

Nah, I just liked the idea of watching stuff in bed without having my heavy laptop balanced on my chest or having to hold up a tablet for hours at a time (Yeah, I know it's not a herculean effort, but still)

Plus it seems as if It'd be an immersive experience.

Edit: I suppose there's always the hobo option https://www.amazon.co.uk/niceEshop-...2AYK5RNXF73A6H4

Rookoo fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Aug 29, 2017

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Don Lapre
Mar 28, 2001

If you're having problems you're either holding the phone wrong or you have tiny girl hands.
Laying in bed with a vr headset isn't going to be comfortable either lol

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MY INEVITABLE DEBT
Apr 21, 2011
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Rookoo posted:

Yeah I looked into that stuff but I need something that can take hdmi input from my laptop/computer.

Only thing that looks decent is Vuzix iWear HD which is £100 less than a pre-owned rift from ebay (Obviously there's a risk in buying pre owned.)

I suppose that's what i'll end up going for if there's no alternative.

https://riftcat.com/vridge

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