@googe - do you actually own one? I love tech but baulked at the KS price on these. However, last week, I picked one of these up on FBMP for £100 off a backer who'd bought it and 'didn't want it'...That old chestnut. I thought for £100, I'll give it a go for my Switch - and you know what? It is surprisingly good.
When I first saw the Kickstarter a few months ago, I thought it was just another load of AR crap and a PR exercise we've seen a million times before. A flimsy plastic visor with two projection screens projected onto a plastic magnifying lens with a barn door effect that would ruin the experience. When I got to the guy's house, the first thing I noticed was how well made they are. They're not too heavy and have a pin-sharp display (which, tbf, does take a bit of setting up). The pair I bought is not the 4K version either (I don't think they're out yet), but for Switch, they're ideal and perform far better than I expected them to.
Once you have you got the visor comfortable and set the pupil separation correctly (to get rid of the blurriness), the image is bang on. It's not 200 inches, but it's big. After that, all you do is connect it to your WiFi and download the apps you want (and this is why I'm wondering if you actually own one, Googe?). Using the remote (which is a mini Android PC), you click on the top icon 'apps' and select app AR and then it takes you to a store where you can download Netflix, Youtube, Prime and a raft of other Android apps/games. It's a doddle. I'd put pictures up and show you if I could because there is very little out there by way of hands-on reviews.
Connecting to Switch is a doddle too. You just remove the Switch HDMI from your TV and put it into the HDMI slot on the Dreamglass controller, change the input channel and bingo, the image is on the Dreamglass. That is literally all there is to it. I've not noticed any lag either despite reports on Reddit and other places. That being said, I've not tried it on PS4 or PC (don't have an Xbox which seems to be the main console causing lag issues).
As I said, I bought this primarily for my Switch for full-screen gaming on the go, and having to have the connection piped through the dock is, obviously, not ideal and kinda defeats the point of a mobile big screen. So, I've purchased a third-party USB-C dongle/dock with HDMI pass-through that will allow me to use my Switch without the clunky dock. So I'll see how good it is when it arrives today.
In summary, though, it's a very good piece of hardware and much, much better than I expected it to be.
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Re: Hands On: Using Dream Glass 4K Is Like Strapping A 200-Inch TV To Your Face
@googe - do you actually own one? I love tech but baulked at the KS price on these. However, last week, I picked one of these up on FBMP for £100 off a backer who'd bought it and 'didn't want it'...That old chestnut. I thought for £100, I'll give it a go for my Switch - and you know what? It is surprisingly good.
When I first saw the Kickstarter a few months ago, I thought it was just another load of AR crap and a PR exercise we've seen a million times before. A flimsy plastic visor with two projection screens projected onto a plastic magnifying lens with a barn door effect that would ruin the experience. When I got to the guy's house, the first thing I noticed was how well made they are. They're not too heavy and have a pin-sharp display (which, tbf, does take a bit of setting up). The pair I bought is not the 4K version either (I don't think they're out yet), but for Switch, they're ideal and perform far better than I expected them to.
Once you have you got the visor comfortable and set the pupil separation correctly (to get rid of the blurriness), the image is bang on. It's not 200 inches, but it's big. After that, all you do is connect it to your WiFi and download the apps you want (and this is why I'm wondering if you actually own one, Googe?). Using the remote (which is a mini Android PC), you click on the top icon 'apps' and select app AR and then it takes you to a store where you can download Netflix, Youtube, Prime and a raft of other Android apps/games. It's a doddle. I'd put pictures up and show you if I could because there is very little out there by way of hands-on reviews.
Connecting to Switch is a doddle too. You just remove the Switch HDMI from your TV and put it into the HDMI slot on the Dreamglass controller, change the input channel and bingo, the image is on the Dreamglass. That is literally all there is to it. I've not noticed any lag either despite reports on Reddit and other places. That being said, I've not tried it on PS4 or PC (don't have an Xbox which seems to be the main console causing lag issues).
As I said, I bought this primarily for my Switch for full-screen gaming on the go, and having to have the connection piped through the dock is, obviously, not ideal and kinda defeats the point of a mobile big screen. So, I've purchased a third-party USB-C dongle/dock with HDMI pass-through that will allow me to use my Switch without the clunky dock. So I'll see how good it is when it arrives today.
In summary, though, it's a very good piece of hardware and much, much better than I expected it to be.