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By Sean Hollister , a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Head-mounted displays have always been a niche product, but they were still relatively commonplace a decade ago. By putting a pair of tiny LCDs right in front of their eyes, HMDs helped digital professionals and extravagant early adopters immerse themselves in a pixelated virtual reality They've never truly disappeared, of course, and companies like Vuzix even sell relatively affordable versions to this day, but none have captured our interest quite like the HMZ-T1 from Sony.

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Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. How we test monitors. Back in the s, giddy with the promise of this new thing called "cyberspace," video arcades around the country started birthing games with a newfangled VR virtual reality headset. The new games enabled players to stand in a little box that resembled a cherry picker without crane attached and shoot at pterodactyls and interact with blocky "Money For Nothing" characters. But as the Walkman had little to do with feet, I think the T1 would be more aptly named the Couchman. The headset is made of two-tone plastic that would perfectly match the armor of a Storm Trooper. It's a little subtler in design than the prototype I saw at CES , with just a single blue power light. The headset weighs almost a pound at The headset comes with adjustable rubber straps and a number of different cushions for people who do or don't wear spectacles, though it was still difficult to achieve a comfortable fit.

Hmz t1

By Sean Hollister , a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Head-mounted displays have always been a niche product, but they were still relatively commonplace a decade ago. By putting a pair of tiny LCDs right in front of their eyes, HMDs helped digital professionals and extravagant early adopters immerse themselves in a pixelated virtual reality

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Sony says the display is equivalent to a inch screen viewed at a distance of 12 feet. Menu Expand. But this can also translate to incomprehensible dialogue from mumbly, deep-voiced actors like Harrison Ford. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. The screen boasts a resolution of p for both 2D and 3D, and comes with a slider that enables you to adjust the separation between the screens to account for different eye spacing. The T1 could be seen as a companion to the other specialist 3D screen the company released this year, the Sony PlayStation 3D display , but having used both products for an extended period, I can say the T1 is undoubtedly better. Games with intricate onscreen displays that include figures on the far edges, on the other hand, definitely suffer. I found I was able to turn up the 3D effect to maximum in Uncharted 3 , Killzone 3 and MotorStorm Apocalypse without any additional eyestrain, and even with loads of jagged edges due to the lower resolution, they felt more natural in 3D than 2D here. Video Video Review. If you're masochistic enough to wear a video headset to listen to tunes, you'll be greeted with flat, muddy replay. In addition to the top plastic and bottom rubber ratcheting straps and the five diopter adjustments, each earpiece moves forward, back, up and down through 24 different positions as well, and the kit includes a second, thicker forehead cushion and a second place to attach those cushions for larger skulls.

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It's not terrible if the edges of your movie or game aren't crisp and Sony has a handy overscan function too but trust me, staring at slightly blurry fonts and icons in documents and websites for hours on end isn't particularly pleasant. Sony's on the stereoscopic 3D bandwagon in a big way, and it turns out it can be a lot easier to enjoy three dimensional content with one screen per eye. Video Video Review. Adjust the straps again if necessary to keep it that way, and enjoy your content. It's not possible to get the whole screen in focus at once, resulting in blurring at the edges. Still, it mostly feels like a quality product, and if you're looking for an interactive conversation piece, this is definitely one. I found I was able to turn up the 3D effect to maximum in Uncharted 3 , Killzone 3 and MotorStorm Apocalypse without any additional eyestrain, and even with loads of jagged edges due to the lower resolution, they felt more natural in 3D than 2D here. Based on OLED technology, the headset is capable of deep, deep black levels, and whether in 2D or 3D, all images have surprising amounts of depth. I found that the cable was long enough for most living room setups and didn't snag when I put the headset on. The Good It's fun! Sony says the display is equivalent to a inch screen viewed at a distance of 12 feet.