Sony PlayStation VR

I pre ordered my PSVR. I love new technology.It arrived Friday evening the day after release which was a bit disappointing from Amazon who usually deliver on release day. They had emailed a few weeks in advance so it was not a surprise.It took about 10 minutes to set up following the simple instructions. Lots of cables as everyone has said but you can leave the ties on most of them and you just move the TVs hdmi so pretty easy. Mine is all in a cupboard as the wife doesn't like the mess so all tidy. I have to keep the cupboard doors open when playing due to the heat but that was always the case with the PS3 and PS4.To give my review context I love gaming, I have three boys (11 and twins 8) and a daughter 4. We play a lot of games, mainly board and card games, together but my daughter can't really play.I started with VR worlds. As I am sore most did with this title first was the shark dive. This really shows what this thing can do, even the wife had a go and was impressed and that's saying something! The London Heist is amazing too, sitting in the old east end pub picking up and lighting a cigar, you can actually smoke it by sucking as the mic picks up the sucking noise! The game is mainly visual again showing off what the device can do. I banged my head because you can lean over and look over things, it's really cool. The game parts are shooting and these are fun though brief. Watch out for kids with this one though because the hard man character shouts the F word pretty much non stop throughout!The other game we enjoyed on there was the danger ball. It's a simple bat and ball type game like the old Atari thing you played with paddles, only you play it with your head. The 3D view makes this awesome.The free playroom app is a lot of fun and this let me and the four kids all play together as a few games are 2-5 player. One in the VR headset, the others either shouting out instructions or playing with controllers. They say the headset is for over 12s but my kids were fine with it. I kept it to short bursts of play, the PlayRoom game (free) helped here. Sunday morning 05:30 my daughter came in to wake me up to ask if she can be the cat again! So lovely that she can play a game with us that she can understand and be properly involved. This was one of the best two mini games where the VR person is a cat and the rest are mice collecting cheese. Lots of fun, basically the cat has to stick their head out of the curtains and catch the mice moving. The mice have to dash about collecting cheese but freeze when the cat sticks their head out. They hide under a can or milk carton. Lots of fun. There are fun visual rewards for the winner.The monster one is fun too but make sure the monster has plenty of space as they are dodging all over to get out of the way of the many things the other players throw at them.I have move controllers from my old PS3 but have not used them yet so can't comment on their use.I can't wait for some sort of tennis game in this.A final word about the graphics, they are not as good as a normal PS4 game but who would expect that, plenty good enough. We all think the experience in the headset is way better than what you see on the screen. No screenshot or video could ever do it justice so try it, lots of shops are doing demos now. I think you will be blown away.My kids and I really love this, it's expensive but what fun!Right my turn to be the cat!

I entered this experience as a Virtual Reality virgin having followed the various VR headsets on the market without actually trying any out. I originally went for the PSVR purely on the basis that I already owned a PS4 and that it was relatively inexpensive compared to the other market leaders (i understood that i would be making some technical compromises but Sony usually put out a quality product and i had faith that that pattern would continue). My decision to purchase this was reinforced by the positive reviews concerning its design and comfort when compared with the Vive and Occulus. If im going to be wearing something on my head/face, possibly for hours at a time, it had better be comfortable otherwise it's a pointless purchase.I've been playing with it for the past five hours (and no, I haven't gone blind!) and i have absolutely no regrets about shelling out 350 quid for what is turning out to be an amazing bit of kit. Out of the box it was simple to set up and although there are a plethora of cables you can tidy things up by removing the headset and (lengthy) cable from the front of the processor unit for storage elsewhere if you're not planning on using it for a while.Calibration was also a simple task and I have yet to experience any tracking issues that have been mentioned in various reveiws, however i did make a point of closing all the blinds in my living room to make it as dark as possible. I had to get up a few times initially to make minor angle adjustments to my (original) PS4 camera so that my head would fit in a virtual square, but never had to touch it again after that (although i was seated for my entire 5 hour playing time because of an achilles injury, so don't know if any adjustment would need to be made when standing up). I am happy to report that I experienced zero discomfort issues although not being able to see whilst trying to reach for various controllers around me took some getting used to, but being able to extend the visor to allow a little external vision certainly helped. It also can get a little warm around your eyes but again, extending the visor periodically helps keep it ventilated.I played Tumble vr, london heist, ocean descent and vr luge and whilst they all offered great experiences, London Heist was by far the most immersive. I actually felt the need to duck during an interrogation scene when a punch was thrown at me! Motion sickness has not been an issue so far, however the visuals are a little blurred at times and could benefit from being a bit sharper but that's a minor quibble for me when assessing the overall experience. I'm building up to playing Batman Arkham VR, Rush of blood and Driveclub with a little PLayroom VR in between.Time will no doubt tell if there are any technical issues but so far I have at times been left in awe of the feeling of 'being there' especially when using a good pair of over the ear headphones. Looking forward to playing an atmospheric horror game such as (hopefully) resident evil and I love the fact that the UK playstation store already allows you to download the demos that formed part of the US demo disc which were not available on the UK one that comes packaged with the headset: here they lie, until dawn, job simulator, rez infinite and thumper (to name the main ones in my opinion).Well done Sony!UPDATE (2300 - 13.10.16) Just had my first taste of a VR Horror demo (Kitchen: Resident Evil 7 demo) OMG! Talk about a brief but extremely intense experience! Turn the lights off, throw your headset/headphones on, crank up the volume and feel your heart rate increase. I'll admit it, I closed my eyes at one point and got goosebumps! I need some virtual fluffy bunnies.....RIGHT NOW!!