Buying Guide: Best VR Headsets For Travel Apps
Today, virtual travel and tourism are coming together to offer consumers a unique way to experience some of the great destinations in the world without leaving your house. All you need to do is buy a good virtual reality or VR headset and download the app of your destination. Then it's travel time. (If you want to learn more about VR travel, check out GearBrain's Welcome to the Wide World of VR Travel)
While the best virtual reality games require high-end, expensive headsets, most travel apps work on low-cost mobile-based headsets. GearBrain has created a slide show of our recommendation for the five low-cost VR headsets you can use with your smartphone. To get a more in-depth look at each of these VR headsets, feel free to visit our article 5 Best VR Headsets for Travel Apps or 11 Questions About Virtual Reality Headsets Before You Buy.
Just click on the images below to see which VR headset is right for you.
Leji VR Mini
This is the headset you'll reach for most often. Why? It's cute, light, has adjustable lenses, a headstrap, comes in five candy colors and is easy to use: Just load a favorite travel app and drop in your smartphone.
To learn more about Leji VR Mini and other great VR headsets for travel apps, check out GearBrain's 5 Best VR Headsets for Travel Apps.
Where to Buy: Amazon
▲BoboVR Z4
BoboVR Z4 is the best mobile headset that's not Samsung Gear VR. The headset works with any late-model iPhone or Android phone, with screens between 4 and 6 inches, has built-in headphones and a control button.
To learn more about BoboVR Z4 and other great VR headsets for travel apps, check out GearBrain's 5 Best VR Headsets for Travel AppsWhere to Buy on GearBest.
▲Samsung Gear VR
The all-around best mobile virtual reality headset—if you happen to own a Samsung phone. The Gear VR has built-in sensors to make the VR experience more immersive, plus a built-in trackpad. While the Oculus Gear VR app store might be small, there are premium apps that only work with Samsung Gear.
To learn more about Samsung Gear VR and other great VR headsets for travel apps, check out GearBrain's 5 Best VR Headsets for Travel Apps
Where to Buy: Amazon, or at your nearest Best Buy
▲Mattel View-Master VR
A great, fun headset your kids with play with too. Mattel View-Master VR won't fit over your glasses, lacks adjustable lenses, built-in headphones, or a headstrap. Still, it's cute, easy to use, has a touch button that's nice and big, and a design that makes the device a pleasure to hold.
To learn more about View-Master VR and other great VR headsets for travel apps, check out GearBrain's 5 Best VR Headsets for Travel Apps
Where To Buy: Amazon or pick it up at your neighborhood Walmart.
▲Goggle Tech C-1 Glass
Finally, here's a headset you can use to watch VR travel videos while actually traveling. This little item folds up flat, weighs just one ounce, and comes with its own carrying case. Plus, it works with any late-model Android phone or iPhone and comes in different colors, if you don't like standard black.
If you don't like this one, there are plenty of other folding, open-sided headsets to choose from, some of them starting at under $10.
To learn more about Goggle Tech C-1 VR and other great VR headsets for travel apps, check out GearBrain's 5 Best VR Headsets for Travel Apps.
