I would not call it sturdy if you directly try and access it from within the viewer. > How sturdy/reliable is the interocular adjustment? Will it survive frequent changes by noobs? I do also own a M圓D viewer and have no problem with the focus on that either. I'll have to ask a few people to try it out to see if they can view with the same ease as I can. I don't know if people who have various eye problems would get similar results. I can only speak for the viewer I received and the fact that I don't wear glasses. > Good to see that they fixed the lens problem But don't expect the quality of a more expensive viewer. My verdict: Definitely worth the price I paid for a viewer to experiment with. Whereas Roger states that he paid over $40.00 + shipping, I paid only $21.99 postpaid. Another marked difference is the price I paid. So I don't know if Roger got one from an earlier batch, but I have not experienced any focus problem with the lenses that came with mine. In sharp contrast, I had no problem getting a very sharp picture with the lenses on my viewer. One important note here: Roger reported that the lenses on his viewer were impossible to focus. But once the lens was properly seated, it seemed to hold pretty well. I realized at that point that if I didn't hold the mount from the inside to get the lens unstuck, I might break something. I didn't seat the lens properly and when I tried to turn it, it got stuck. That became obvious when I removed one lens and then tried to fit it back. The lenses can not only be individually focused, but interocular can be easily adjusted for varying screen sizes using external sliders. Even though I found this viewer generally sturdy, I found the lens holders a bit less so.
Therefore it's necessary to start the slideshow or clip on your phone before sliding it into place or use a bluetooth keyboard or mouse, as Roger suggested. I am not sure if every phone would fit, but most probably do.Īs Roger pointed out however, once the phone is securely fitted in the mount, there is no way to access the display. But all four panels of the viewer can pull out to accomodate larger phones. I only have an iPod Touch 4 here to test and it fits fine when left in its silicone cover in the completely closed position. The problem with the 3D Director is that its lenses cover only half the FOV of even the small iPhone 4 display, while the Colorcross viewer has lenses that cover the entire FOV of an iPhone 4 display.Īnd that leads me to the next unique characteristic of this viewer: It has a surprisingly clever holder that can adjust to just about any phone format. Therefore viewing regular pairs with this viewer does introduce some distortion, but I found it much less objectionable than on the 3D Director viewer which not only distorts but uses much shorter optics. Again, that is not for any other reason than to reduce the cost of the optics. That pincushion effect is precisely how VR lenses are designed. Those who have been using stereo slide viewers for a long time will know that the cheaper optics often were plagued with the "pincushion" effect. To be more specific, the lenses distort simply because they aren't corrected optics. Now, is it a VR or a 3D viewer ? By this I mean, do the lenses distort or not ? The answer is yes, the lenses distort, but no they are not wide angle. So, as far as I am concerned, I will continue to hold a 3D viewer in my hand, whether one wishes to call it a 3D or a VR viewer - which is what I have done with this viewer. And certainly, women won't care to get their make-up smudged or to end up with a nice red outline on their face after having worn a VR display on their heads for a few minutes !!! And I can easily imagine women (and many men) would object to the straps messing up their hair. Attaching a viewer to one's head is simply not comfortable.
In fact, I think this will be a very major hurdle to the adoption of VR. I personally found that the viewer was a good fit for my face, but I simply don't enjoy having a viewer stuck to my face. The viewer has head straps permanently attached and it is a pretty tight fit out of the box, but there is a means to loosen it. It even came in a nice printed cardboard box with Chinese only text. It only took 17 days to get here (Canada) from China. I received my ColorCross VR viewer yesterday.