Cheap VR solution for $15

[Ju1ce]

So basically if I buy a cardboard VR for $15 and put my phone inside and then use Google Stadia to stream to my phone I can get the full VR experience without spending tons of money for real VR headset.

[x-calibar]

There seem to be several 3rd party ways of trying VR without a HMD. At the very least people can probably test VR fairly cheap if you have various equipment already (console VR headsets, phones, a big TV, etc and some kind of controller or with certain webcams like kinect.)

Here's a few I found:
iVRy on Steam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLokLR-ohM4

also Driver4VR might be interesting?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfZwiqb8FgA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHGr-m9dIGM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hLmf_ND-SA

Also know there are others like vridge and trinus, but don't know much about them.

[supersonic2233]

2 things you need

1. Motion controls

2. 6DOF

[N0rdmann]

If you're looking for a cheaper but still good "out of the box" solution I can highly recommend getting a windows mixed reality headset. Most controllers with them are pretty okay and they got inside-out tracking so you dont have to set up any trackers in your room and still get a decent room tracking experience...

Very good to make 1st VR experiences with a real headset and Steam Support (trust me, this is by far not comparable to cardboard, daydream or gearvr solutions)

"Entry" Models are Lenovo Explorer, HP VR1000 or Acer AH101 - you can get them used or b-stock already from 150-200USD...

If you like it you can further improve your experience - still without spending 1k USD for full Valve Index package - with some higher tier Headsets like Samsung Hmd Odyssey+ or the Oculus Rift S

[bittabutt]

Samsung Odyssey+ FTW

[N0rdmann]

Yep, more than worth the money!
Instant-buy when you get it cheap, maybe there will be a 300USD black friday deal again

**edit**
Nevermind my comment, seems you can always get it arround 250$ @ebay already - so if u wont find a very cheap lenovo/hp/acer WMR headset always go for the samsung one, just make sure it's the updated PLUS version ;)