4 Mar 2017

VR headsets: which ones are best?

From This Way Up, 12:50 pm on 4 March 2017
Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset (feat. Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+)

Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset (feat. Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+) Photo: (Flickr user Andri Koolme CC BY 2.0)

Hadyn Green of consumer.org.nz's been testing the latest virtual reality headsets. So what are the options on the market today and how do they work?

Although VR's potential is clear in areas like education and learning, the primary consumer application for the technology remains gaming. 

Hadyn Green is a keen gamer and has been looking at the advances that virtual reality headsets are making into the consumer mainstream.

He looks at the various options on the market, from top end gear costing more than $1000 needing a grunty computer, to cheap cardboard headsets that are literally being given away with breakfast cereal!

Google Cardboard instructions

Google Cardboard instructions Photo: (Flickr user Sally Wilson CC BY-SA 2.0)