Lenovo Explorer Mixed Reality Headset and Controllers - Windows 10 - Black - PC Compatible

A great bit of kit with a shaper resolution than the vive or occulus. Very easy to set up on windows 10 which you must have with up to date updates . Very light weight and lift up visor . Buy this and try VR . I bought mine 2nd hand for £200 in June 2018

Had to buy HDMI and USB long cables so you can move around the room plus it’s a bit tricky to work out how to get it all working but when you do...well VR is impressive. Luckily no one here had problems with the distance between the eyes so the graphics are impressive. Tip for glass wearers is to wear a spare pair and cover in a think layer of washing up liquid to remove any misting. It mists when you start breathing heavily. Lots of demos to try and sales to buy the big titles too. Overall worth it for gamers and technophiles but give it a few more years if you want more mature tech. For less than £200 then why not try now as it does work and no need of those annoying 2/3 cameras other VR sets need.

This is an amazing product if you are familiar with VR. This is new technology which is not yet fully integrated with the computer industry. This means there are compatibility issues and installation and initial usage can be frustrating. If you are familiar with VR or are prepared to learn then I highly recommend this product.

Came across an amazon warehouse deal for this headset for £246 and decided to give it a go. It definitely works and i was able to get into the Microsoft cliff house (VR Windows) before too long. Also got Steam VR up and running and installed some apps like a VR video player and VR Chat. For sound I used ear buds rather than my big headphones so as not to add too much more weight. You can either set up a space where you're just sitting down, or you can outline a space where you can stand up and move around while in VR. It's pretty easy, you just move the headset around the boundary while pointing it at your computer. You need to have the lights on reasonably bright while youre doing all this and also when starting up Windows Mixed Reality and playing games. If not, Windows will tell you 'we can't find your space'. The lighting is needed so the headset's cameras can see the controllers and the space. It's really great when everything's working, but very often in the few days I've had it, things stop working. This goes for sound (Windows fails to start the right sound driver sometimes), controllers, bluetooth, Steam VR and I'm sure others that I've forgotten. Only today i spent 40 minutes troubleshooting my controllers which decided to disappear. I tried an art gallery tour app from Steam. With that one I was stuck at reception being told to 'take a pamphlet' which i couldnt take, unable to move anywhere. No button did anything. There are never any help menus on anything. It takes a while to get the headset comfortable and lined up right so you have a decent view. With all the problems, you're constantly having to take it all off again to fix the latest thing that's decided to stop working. It's a real nuisance. You basically can't fix anything in the VR cartoon world. Apps on Steam VR don't even seem to have a way of exiting them and going back to Steam VR home. You end up having to go back to the Microsoft house. Hopefully I'll have a better experience going forward. Going to keep the headset for sure.

I purchased this in Jan 2019 . Set it up and worked ok briefly ! Purchased some games from Microsoft but couldn’t get them to play ! So boxed it back up until my son came down to visit as I thought it was me ( not very technical/PC minded ) He tried it and it would not play at all as need to plug headset into a different usb ! Contacted the seller who refuses to change it due to the time span ! On checking more reviews a lot of people have had the same problem and a known fault of the product! Conclusion - waste of money - do not purchase unless you want to do with it as I’m doing !!!! Only good for the bin , so you be better off spending your money on anything but this from Amazon or Box in future! P.S given one star only because you can’t give no stars

When it comes to cheap VR headset this one is probably the best out of the bunch (Acer, Dell, HP, etc.)

This was my first time using vr and it was totally mind blowing to me. I was not expecting this level of quality for the price I paid. Sure there might be better experiences out there but this is cheap and works great. No loss of tracking and it really is immersing. If you can pay less than £300 then it's a steal amd hard to say no.

Desperately wanted to like this. I have an Oculus Rift which is hooked up to my racing setup in a dedicated room and as I wanted to mess around with VR in a front room, I thought this would be a quick solution with no need for sensors etc so a good plug and play option. Unfortunately whilst it is plug and play it's nowhere near the quality of an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. The biggest problem is there's no physical IPD adjustment and the software is limited to 67mm which means anyone outside of this will really struggle with eye strain/visuals. As the IPD is limited physically, adjusting by software doesn't move the sweet spot so I can only assume the more adjustment you use the smaller the sweet spot. Due to the IPD limitations I could not get a clear image on both eyes and could not use the headset for more than a few minutes before getting eye strain. I've had all the Rift iterations since being a kickstarter so I know what a VR experience should be like and unfortunately this is the first headset since then that's failed to meet expectations. Also the foam for the nose piece does not seem to be fixed so moved around differently every time I put the headset on. I am really disappointed with this, it was so promising and I really wanted to love it. I'll probably bring my Rift into the front room from time to time, I have spare sensors which I can leave set up but the prospect of inside out tracking is something I want so may even look at importing a Samsung Odyssey. Who knows. Needless to say the Lenovo is back in the box and on it's way back to Amazon.

Works well. Dont have any issues but i did need some adaptors to make it work with my laptop. The ones i found that work are these ones Mini DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 Adapter https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00S0BWR2K/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_B5jXCbAJJKYH8 USB-C to USB 3.0 https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01GGKYXVE/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_L4jXCb66P0P35 Other wise its great.

+++ Verpackung & Versand +++ Die Verpackung wirkt hochwertig und aufgeräumt. Der Versand durch Amazon lief schnell und reibungslos ab. +++ Verarbeitung & Tragekomfort +++ Das Headset macht einen hochwertigen Eindruck, die Controller könnten etwas ergonomischer sein. Durch das geringe Gewicht kann man das Headset lange tragen, ohne das es unbequem wird. Die Oculus Rift z.B. wurde mir nach einer Stunde schon zu unbequem. Der Mechanismus zum hochklappen der Front ist praktisch, jedoch etwas schwergängig. +++ Einrichtung +++ Die Einrichtung über die Windows Mixed Reality Software ging einfach und schnell. Nach wenigen Minuten konnte ich bereits durch mein virtuelles Wohnzimmer laufen. Hier ist unbedingt darauf zu achten das man das Headset direkt in einen USB 3.0 (oder höher) anschließt, oder einen aktiven HUB verwendet, da die Brille über USB seinen Strom bezieht. Der Betrieb an einem passiven USB Hub nicht möglich. Auch habe ich einen neuen Bluetooth Stick benötigt, mein BT 2.0 Stick konnte sich zwar mit den Controllern verbinden, jedoch ist dann die Verbindung/das Tracking immer wieder unterbochen worden. Die Einbindung in Steam könnte besser sein, für die Einrichtung dafür muss die Software "Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR" in Steam installiert werden (welche sich noch in der Beta befindet). Für den Einstieg kann ich die kostenlose Spielesammlung/Tech Demo "The Lab" empfehlen, welche eindrucksvoll die Möglichkeiten von VR Demonstriert. +++ Technik +++ Von der Bildqualität bin ich - gerade im vergleich zu Rift - positiv überrascht. Das Bild wirkt sehr scharf und man hat kaum einen "Fliegengitter-Effekt". Das Tracking funktionierte auf Anhieb und ist sehr präzise, habe es in mehreren Räumen getestet. Zum Lesen/Arbeiten ist die Auflösung aber leider noch immer nicht hoch genug. +++ Fazit +++ Von mir gibt es eine klare Kaufempfehlung, ich ziehe das Headset auf jedem Fall einer Rift vor. Softwareseitig muss noch was gemacht werden, in Verbindung mit Steam VR musst ich viel rumprobieren/neustarten bis es geklappt hat.

J'ai longtemps hésité avant de franchir le pas et d'acheter un casque VR. Au vu des tarifs surtout et aussi des avis sur les différents casques disponibles. J'ai mis 5 étoiles bien que l'on ne touche pas la perfection mais parce que le rapport qualité / prix est bien là. Les 2 points négatifs sont : en premier la légère présence de ce que certain appelle une "grille" (présente pour tous les casque en fait) qui pourrait faire peur mais qui au bout de quelques heures d'utilisation se fait vraiment oubliée. Notre cerveau doit la faire disparaitre en quelque sorte surtout quant on est pris par ce que l'on regarde ou "vie" dans le casque. Le second point c'est le contenue disponible à ce jour. Il y a pas mal de chose à faire, payantes mais gratuite aussi, mais ça reste un peu trop accès sur les jeux de tirs à la première personne ou des trucs un peu trop simplistes. Les casques WMR offre moins de contenus que certains autres casques (qui coûte le double !!) Les points positifs : Il y en a beaucoup et en premier le côté bluffant de la VR. Se retrouver dans une maison immense dans un lieu enchanteur que l'on peut aménager. On peut vivre dans un garage de 15m² parce qu'avec un casque devant les yeux il se transforme en une villa sur la côte ! Je vous invite à tester apollo 11 car vous marcherez sur la lune avec N. Amstrong et le voyage est incroyable. Avec le portail de Steam pour avez également des environnements très beau et marcher sur Mars à côté du rover Oportunity est une chose à faire. Côté jeux j'ai pas encore vraiment testé ce qui est proposé mais je dispose du jeu simulateur IL*2 et se retrouver dans le cockpit d'un P40 c'est incroyable . On tourne la tête et on voit le bout de son aile, on suit une cible des yeux en virage, etc... incroyable. Bon vous comprenez que je suis conquis et que je ne regrette pas mon achat. Techniquement rien de compliqué, on branche le casque et il est reconnu sans problème. J'ai acheté des rallonges USB3 et HDMI en 3m pour pouvoir me déplacer sans problème car le câble est un peu court. J'ai également acheté un dongle Bluetooth pour les manettes car mon PC n'a pas de carte Bluetooth. Ca fonctionne très bien. Conclusion : je conseille ce produit.

Ho comprato questo visore per provare la VR per PC (ho già una PSVR che userò come riferimento). Il sistema Windows Mixed Reality è una piattaforma abbastanza solida e richiede un impegno minore di spazio rispetto al Vive o all Oculus ma per molti dei giochi da una esperienza più che idonea, ad esempio il tracking è nettamente superiore alla PSVR. Se come me costruite un pc Small Form Factor, potete portarvi il tutto in un altra stanza all'occorrenza senza troppo sforzo di assemblaggio. Quindi questo lo rende idoneo a chi non ha un ambiente da poter dedicare fisso alla realtà virtuale. La qualità grafica è migliore di PSVR ma questo non è per solo per la risoluzione leggermente superiore ma perché dietro si può mettere un hardware in grado di supportarla senza compromessi (ma a caro prezzo). La compatibilità su steam VR è buona ma non totale. Personalmente ho verificato che funziona anche con giochi non ufficialmente supportati (purché supportino il vive); tuttavia dato che i controller di WMR sono più grandi di quelli del vive potrebbero esserci problemi con giochi che richiedono interazioni ravvicinate tra le due mani. Ma parliamo del visore Lenovo. Indossato è abbastanza comodo, leggero, e ha un isolamento dall'esterno pressoché totale (molto superiore alla PSVR), vi è un lieve effetto "screen door" ma appena percettibile e la resa visiva è pressoché ottima anche se perde un po' nelle scene poco illuminate. L'aggancio in stile PSVR di questo visore è quasi al pari di quello del PSVR (sebbene il più confortevole resti il PSVR) non stringe sulla faccia e lo si può tenere senza problemi anche per più ore. Va detto che non ha molto spazio per gli occhiali e vi sconsiglio di usarlo con questi. Altro neo (soggettivo) e che l'imbottitura mi stringeva il naso quindi la ho sostituita con una VR Cover che non da questo problema ma al costo di una riduzione dell'isolamento della luce. Come tutti i visori di fascia bassa che ho valutato non ha l'aggiustamento hardware della distanza focale (come neanche la PSVR) quindi se avete una distanza focale molto fuori standard non fa per voi. In conclusione: avete un pc VR ready e volete provare la realtà virtuale? Questo è un ottimo visore (se lo trovate al giusto prezzo <300€).

Los compré hace un año en Black Friday por 150€ y la verdad que para probar el tema de la VR están muy bien en relación calidad precio. Solo van conectadas por 1 cable al PC (HDMI+USB), por lo que son cómodas en ese sentidos, sin engorros de cables. Se configuran facilmente y su funcionamiento en bueno. La imagen también es correcta y el sonido depende de ti. He probado varios juegos como Beat Saber, Skyrim VR, Moss, Superhot VR, Tetris Effect, Seeking Dawn, y es muy divertido. Lo malo es que de comodidad van justicas... la goma que apoya en la frente te hace una marca roja a los 5 minutos y a la media hora te puede empezar a picar / molestar, por lo que es importante que te los coloque muy bien, tanto la posición del casco como a fuerza del apriete. Si te los pones bien puedes estar un par de horas sin molestias. De todos modos, personalmente no lo veo como un producto para pasarte horas con el, si no para echar ratos mas bien cortos, ya que tampoco apetece estar con los cascos mucho tiempo. También añadir que yo no me he mareado nunca, y eso que juego con movimientos de cámara fluidos, y nada de moverte a saltos. Juego con un Intel i5 6500, 16GB RAM y una GTX 1060 6GB.