When it comes to VR apps I’m sure we all have our favorites. I use, interchangeably, the stock Samsung VR app in Gear VR, the stock Video player in Gear VR, that’s just the theater but can also handle 3D VR titles, and Sky Box. From time to time, as you can imagine, these apps get updated SURELY for the sole purpose of making the app better. Well, sometimes not. I recently acquired a nice Gravure title,
MMR-AK089, and was anxious to throw it into the VR Theater so I can adjust the picture size to just slightly more than what I would see looking at my monitor.
<< Oh, that’s my trick. I get an SD title, view full screen on my monitor, and, well…it looks like an SD title stretched to full screen on my monitor. Not exactly HD quality (obviously!). Ah…but in VR, an SD title scaled to what my viewing size would be if I were sitting in that same chair looking at my monitor, it looks way better. Still, not a true HD experience, but very close to it! Kind of like watching a 720p title stretched out to 1080p as opposed to 480p to 1080p. >>
Unfortunately, the Samsung VR app no longer allows me to scale the screen size. And neither does the stock Video player. Luckily Sky Box does, so, I had to use Sky Box. Which is no big thing, but, I would think developers would make their apps better by adding features and not taking them away. Unless, for phone apps, the lighter the app the better, I suppose. Perhaps they do away with features they think aren’t as important?
SIDE NOTE TIME: The two stars in MMR-AK089 are very pretty and look great on the box cover art. But, as is almost always the case, their legs, in the video, look beat to hell and back. Small scrapes, scratches, bruises. They should be more careful!