Carl Zeiss is a prestigious German optical manufacturer. In particular, he has released many masterpiece models for camera lenses. Carl Zeiss made the VR head-mounted display "VR ONE Plus". It was also released in Japan last December. Let's deliver a mini review of this machine.
Carl Zeiss "VR ONE Plus" The function of VR ONE Plus is extremely simple. All you have to do is store your smartphone in the universal tray and watch the video displayed on your smartphone. It is compliant with Google's "Google Cardboard". In other words, the basic structure is the same as cardboard goggles that you can buy for about 1,000 yen. Still, the selling price is 15,800 yen, which is a big difference from the cardboard product. The reason why it is so expensive is that it is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens. Lenses are a very important factor for VR goggles. And if you look at the price of high-end camera lenses, you can see that it costs a lot to make a lens properly. The viewing angle of VR ONE Plus is 100 degrees, and the interpupillary distance is 53 to 77 mm. Equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens. To use VR ONE Plus, which does not require focusing and allows you to enjoy VR with glasses or the naked eye, pull out the tray on the front and set your iPhone or Android smartphone there. Corresponding smartphones are 4.7 inches to 5.5 inches. This time I used iPhone 7. I'm wearing a genuine Apple silicone case, but I was able to set it while wearing it. After setting, store the tray in the goggles. With the iPhone 7 set in the universal tray, the VR content you can see on Google Cardboard is available in many places. For example, if you enter a word such as "VR 360" in the YouTube app, there is a wide variety of content. When you start playing it, make it full screen, and then press the goggle-shaped icon at the bottom right, the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed side by side. I also recommend "Within" as an app that has a lot of high quality VR images. There is a lot of content that is quite energetic. This time, I mainly watched the content called "INVASION!" Of Within. When watching, you can set the type of goggles in the app, so be sure to do this. Setting is easy, just read the QR code of the package with the camera from the setting screen of the application. Read the QR code and register the viewer information in the app. Finally, try using it. First of all, the appearance is wonderful. Just having the white ZEISS logo on the blue background makes you feel the joy of owning a luxury item. Goggles made of cardboard and paper are cheap, but VR ONE is just over 10,000 yen, the design is beautiful, and the texture is not cheap. The difference is clear when you compare them side by side. Rather, it's hard to believe that it offers the same functionality. Comparison with corrugated cardboard goggles (I used it a lot) Also, there is a ventilation part so that the inside does not get stuffy, the cushion part that comes in contact with the face has a multi-layer structure, and it can be easily removed. , Every detail is attentive. The cushion has a multi-layer structure. It can be removed. There is also a slit to prevent the inside from getting stuffy. Check the fit. Cardboard goggles must always be held by hand, but VR ONE has headbands in the left-right direction and on the top of the head, and can be adjusted freely. Personally, I recommend tightening it tightly with a headband because the goggles are firmly fixed. In addition, the goggles themselves are lighter than they look, so you won't get tired even if you wear them for a long time. The band says that you can hold not only the left and right direction but also the top of your head. The package says that you can wear this machine with your glasses on, but my Wellington-type glasses didn't fit in. If you have glasses that are thin in the vertical direction, you may be able to fit them. Therefore, it was used with the naked eye. Then, what about the essential lens performance? Compared to cardboard goggles, the difference is clear. Corrugated cardboard goggles are clearly perceived as "looking at the screen of the smartphone at a close distance", but VR ONE feels more like an expanse of space while maintaining a sense of resolution. This is the difference in lens performance. However, the iPhone display isn't very high resolution for close-up viewing, so you can clearly see the black grid between the dots. Also, if the image quality of the content is not so good, the image will be moody. In other words, there are many situations before the lens performance of VR ONE Plus can be fully utilized, so please be aware in advance.