Customer Ratings & Reviews

My grand daughter and I are having so much fun with this.

Works great, just as expected. It's amazing how they do it.

bought these to use with my iphone and it just didnt have as may features as i thought

Works great. Works as expected. Will by again next time.

Not at all what I hoped for and expected. Very very basic VR

Very cool! Got another one for gift! Will recommend this.

...and now I remember why. I literally felt like I was on the coaster and in the middle of riding it, I had to take them off. There were even people sitting behind me enjoying the ride. You have to look all around you to see everything it has to offer. I first tried it with my glasses on and it was a bit blurry, so I thought since I can read without my glasses why not try without since I am actually looking through my phone, what a difference...much clearer. This was my first experience with VR and I really enjoyed it. There are tons of apps out there to watch and get involved with. I only tried a few so far and look forward to watching many more. This would be an excellent investment for a child (over 10), since there are so many educational apps to watch and games to play and it is very durable. I used it with my Galaxy J7 Perx and it was a perfect fit.

Very nice very entertaining I purchase this as a gift

Great product I will definitely recommend this product

For what this is and does, it should be cheaper. It gets the job done though.

Bought it as a gift. The only down fall is that it doesn't have the 3D effect.

My daughter loves it!! Comfortable great color too

It is a good toy for a teenager using a iphone 6..

First off, let me begin by saying it does not work well with older iPhones, which was disappointing since I researched it and it said it works with the iPhone SE. It did however work very well with my Son's iPhone 7 Plus. Once you adjust the vision on it to match your eyes, it was pretty impressive actually. Comfort is a big plus for the Merge. It is like a soft foam rubber that not only molds around your eyes, it also blocks out things around you and is very comfortable. And with my wife being a clean freak, it is easy to clean off with just a wipe of some kind. Even better when you are sharing the Merge with others. Price point is great and the value for the price is really good. We have the PlayStation VR, and it is cool, but you still have the cord with is annoying and frankly a trip hazard. This is definitely comparable, but considering the PS VR cost me $300 the Merge is a MUCH better deal. Re-playability is pretty high for this device so far. I imagine that we will see more and more apps and games for it as it gets more popular, but the ones they have for it now are pretty decent. I actually like the selection better than the ones for the PSVR. If you really want to add to the experience, add a Merge Cube to the mix and expand things to the next level. The experience literally can be in the palm of your hand. I think this is the sort of "toy" that is best suited for someone that is around the "tween" age group, give or take a few years. Although I have to say I really enjoy using it as well.

The effects are pretty good but it can get a bit awkward.

Samsung better but you have to have a Samsung phone

Too pricey. Not a fan of the controls on the item.

I read several reviews and was convinced in buying this product. When I got home with it and tried it, I could never get the VR UNIT to focus properly. I returned it right away... DO NOT BUY!!

This is a pretty basic VR headset, there's nothing special going on inside of it, but it is well made and comfortable. It's mainly made of a lightweight foam material and seems like it's pretty durable. You can adjust the lens convergence and there's buttons built into each of the spots you adjust the lens that work with VR apps. Inserting my iPhone 7 was pretty simple, though I did have to remove my case first. After that the VR portion of this will function exactly like a Google Cardboard headset, except it's a lot more comfortable on your face. Merge also makes this thing called a specially marked foam cube (called the Merge Cube) that lets you use a handful of AR apps that are compatible with it - if you're going to get this headset that's pretty much a must-have. There aren't a whole lot of apps that utilize it, but the ones that do are pretty impressive to see. Merge pitches this as a toy and I think it fits that definition well. Their website has links to a lot of kid-friendly apps and games and experiencing them really is a lot of fun if you've never done VR before. The only downside I can see is you'd have to get your kid an iPod or let them borrow your phone to use it, but that's going to be true of any VR headset.

The Merge VR goggle is an interesting piece of kit. It does a good job of being a Google cardboard compatible google. Its comfortable to wear and should hold up to drops pretty nicely. However, setup can be tricky for those who don't realize it uses Google cardboard and the Merge website that provides additional apps and other media customized for the VR goggles doesn't seemed truly geared for app discovery. Let's start with the physical device itself. It's a soft squishy plastic, so can handle falls and some rough usage. What's great is that it's foam like construction would also protect your phone should it happen to be in the goggles when dropped. That said, one should take care to verify beforehand the sizing requirements for the goggles. If you have a larger phone, like the Galaxy Note series, you can forget about getting these goggles. Sure, you can shoehorn in the phone, but dialing in the focus will be a pain. Finding instructions on setup is also a pain unless you've read this review and know to expect to install the google cardboard app. There was just one instruction card insert in the goggle's itself that provided instructions on setup. Skimming through the instruction booklet, reading everything on the box is no help. Going to the merge VR website is also no help, unless you take note of the tiny text at the very bottom. Once you've crossed this hurdle, setup is relatively straightforward. You'd want to spend some time in the google cardboard UI getting focus and separation dialed in, since there's no welcome or other intro that helps with this process. Going "back" requires rotating the googles 90 degrees. . . while wearing them. This wouldn't be that big a deal if with my phone inserted correctly, going "back" didn't need me to also be upside down. So, most of the time, to go back, I physically took off the goggles and rotated them. Having a physical button or better mapping to the phone would have been very useful. The trigger button setup is a bit iffy. Being in the middle of the goggles because it's integrated with the lens mechanism means more opportunity for your hands to get in the way. Not too big a deal, but with the UI dropping the ball, the hardware needs to pick up the slack. For playing VR games, watching VR content, the Merge is on par with low cost google cardboard devices. For a bit more, you can get a device with dedicated app support and it's own separate ecosystem and UI. If you're going to use this a lot, it's well worth spending the money. The other let down was the merge website itself. At first, it looks great. It's clearly optimized for mobile devices, though easy enough to navigate on a PC. However, to get good categorization of apps requires digging through menus or search. Pricing is not readily apparent and because there's no companion app to view the site on Android, you need to step outside the VR world to find an app. I ended up having better success simply searching via the Play store. This is a decent piece of hardware and seems to be targeted towards children and families. If you're already a regular google cardboard user and have literal cardboard VR goggles, this is certainly a nice upgrade. But given the size limitations and other issues, I'd satisfy my VR goggle need elsewhere.