**Lenovo Mirage Solo and Camera Review**

I'm Austin, and welcome back to my channel. Today, I'll be reviewing the Lenovo Mirage Solo with Daydream and the Lenovo Mirage Camera with Daydream.

**The Lenovo Mirage Solo**

This is a very different way of doing VR, and this is a very different way for me to talk in my videos, 'cause I'm sick. Of course, huge shout out to Lenovo for sponsoring this video. What makes the Mirage Solo a little bit different is that it's a properly powerful untethered VR headset.

Inside, you'll find a 2560x1440p 75Hz display. Now, that high resolution, especially paired with the high frame rate, is really key to making the VR experience feel natural. One of the main advantages to using the Mirage Solo is that it's a fully standalone headset. I don't need to worry about my smartphone being plugged in and draining battery, and it's also a much smoother experience.

Largely due actually to the fact that it does have not only that high refresh rate display but importantly it also does support WorldSense, so unlike most Daydream headsets which do rely on a little bit more of a limited bit of gyroscopic data to be able to place you in the world, we do have a full six degrees of freedom.

What's really cool about this is that you can literally use it anywhere. I mean, I'm in the middle of the park and I could easily be playing a game, watching a movie. It really does give you a lot of possibilities.

**The Lenovo Mirage Camera**

This isn't a 360-degree camera; it uses a pair of fisheye lenses up front to give you a 180-degree field of view or as Google calls the format, VR180. One of the cool advantages of this format is that while you still get all the advantages of VR, you still do get a very wide field of view.

This is a full 180 degrees. What I like about this is that it gives you a lot of flexibility when it comes to framing. We can still have Ken behind the camera doing Ken things, but I can also pick up and easily do some vlogging.

The really cool part about this is that because it's so wide, I know that I can always get the shot. And specifically, if you do have a smartphone, you can actually scroll on the video if you watch the raw stuff (link in the description).

**Performance and Features**

Inside, we have pretty decent specs: a Snapdragon 835 as well as four gigabytes of RAM. That's bad, that's bad! No, no, no, no! You should get three hours of battery life if you can survive the zombies that long, but there are a ton of games and apps that do work on the headset.

It's not all about the Mirage Solo; though. There's also this little guy, the Lenovo Mirage Camera with Daydream. This is not a 360-degree camera; it uses a pair of fisheye lenses up front to give you a 180-degree field of view or as Google calls the format, VR180.

**Experience and Verdict**

What I like about the 180 format is that specifically on a smartphone you can pinch in, you can zoom around, but you do get that full 180-degree field of view. The video is a lot more immersive when you're watching it in the headset, so it's kinda hard to give you a real demo without actually having one of your own.

But it makes a huge difference; because the camera will shoot at a full 4K resolution, we get those pixels all the way blown up. It makes a really big difference; I mean, I can see the detail on the gauges, I can see the terrified look on Ken's face, I can see Jay as he makes this tight corner, and oh dude! That actually feels really good if I spin the chair as I see myself turn in the car.

It actually feels like I'm really there. If you've never properly experienced VR or maybe you've been turned off by cheap mobile VR, the Lenovo Mirage Solo and Camera are definitely worth a look. And of course, I'll have a link to check out both these guys in the description, so those of you who want more information, we'll have a bunch of other videos linked as well.

Thanks for watching!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey guys, this is Austin.I might not have a voice today,but what I do have is the LenovoMirage Solo with Daydream.Do you see what I did there?This is a very different way of doing VR,and this is a very different wayfor me to talk in myvideos, 'cause I'm sick.Of course, huge shout out to Lenovofor sponsoring this video.What makes the Mirage Soloa little bit differentis this is a properly powerfuluntethered VR headset.Inside, you'll find a2560x1440p 75Hz display.Now, that high resolution,especially paired withthe high frame rate,is really key to making theVR experience feel natural.One of the main advantagesto using the Mirage Solois that this is a fullystandalone headset.I don't need to worry about my smartphonebeing plugged in and draining battery,and it's also a much smoother experience,largely due actually to the factthat it does have not onlythat high refresh rate display,but importantly it alsodoes support WorldSense,so unlike most Daydream headsetswhich do rely on a little bit moreof a limited bit of gyroscopeto be able to place you in the world,we do have a full six degrees of freedom.What's really cool about thisis that you can literally use it anywhere.I mean, I'm in the middle of the parkand I could easily be playinga game, watching a movie.It really does give youa lot of possibilities.The Mirage Solo runs onDaydream, Google's VR ecosystem.Surprisingly, it actuallyworks really well.You have most of thedifferent apps and featuresthat you have on full Android,just available in a headset form.That means that we've gotapps such as YouTube VR.Now this will give you aton of different options,so if I jump in here, notonly do we have full 360and 180-degree video, whichlooks great on the headset,but you can also watchstandard 2D video like this.The way that works isit literally looks likeI've just got a hugedisplay in front of me,like a movie theater or something.So, thanks to Dead Triggerand a few zombie friends,I can show a little bitmore of the performanceof what you can actuallyexpect out of the Mirage Solo.Inside, we have pretty decent specs,a Snapdragon 835 as wellas four gigabytes of RAM.That's bad, that's bad!No, no, no, no!You should get three hours of battery lifeif you can survive the zombies that long,but there are a ton of games and appsthat do work on the headset.It's not all about theMirage Solo, though.There's also this little guy,the Lenovo Mirage Camera with Daydream.This is not a 360-degree camera.It uses a pair of fisheye lenses up frontto give you a 180-degree field of view,or as Google calls the format, VR180.This is a demo of what video looks likeon the Mirage Camera.One of the cool advantages of this formatis that while you still getall of the advantages of VR,you still do get a verywide field of view, too.This is a full 180 degrees.What I like about thisis that it gives youa lot of flexibilitywhen it comes to framing,so we can still have Ken behindthe camera doing Ken things,but I can also pick up and very easily doa little bit of vlogging.The really cool part about thisis that because it is so wide,I know that I can always get the shot,and specifically, if youdo have a smartphone,you can actually scroll on the videoif you watch the raw stuff,link in the description,but it's a really, really cool aspectand a really cool way of shootingyou definitely don't get withany kind of standard camera.You can control the cameraas well as play backthe photos and videos using the VR180 app.This is a little demo we tookin the car a couple days ago.As you can see, what's reallycool about the 180 formatis that specifically on asmartphone you can pinch in,you can zoom around, but you do get thatfull 180-degree field of view.The video is a lot more immersivewhen you're watching it in the headset,so it's kinda hard to give you a real demowithout actually having one of your own,but it makes a huge difference,and because the camera willshoot at a full 4K resolution,we get those pixels all the way blown up.It makes a really big difference.I mean, I can see thedetail on the gauges.I can see the terrifiedlook on Ken's face.I can see Jay as hemakes this tight corner,and, oh, oh, whoa, yeah!Oh, dude!That actually feels really goodif I spin the chair as Isee myself turn in the car.It actually feels like I'm really there.If you've never properly experienced VRor maybe you've been turnedoff by cheap mobile VR,the Lenovo Mirage Solo and Cameraare definitely worth a look,and of course, I'll have a linkto check out both theseguys in the description,so those of you who want more information,we'll have a bunch of othervideos linked as well.