Whether it was Gunship and the pounding Drone Racing– the kick drum alone makes it worth checking out– Woojer Edge Ps5… or The Word Alive’s Quit While You’re Ahead, I adored listening to music in this way. It’s someplace in between being down the front at a gig and standing next to a bass bin in a club, and if you’re a fan of music the Woojer Vest Edge brings it to life in such a way you can’t quickly reproduce. If you’re a fan of classical music or 60s pop there’s going to be less of a draw, but if your taste skews towards the heavier end you’ll discover it hard to return.
Taking the 3.5 mm feed from the Oculus into the Vest Edge’s control system, you then connect your headphones in series prior to transferring them on your head. I fretted that there ‘d be too many loose cables, but with some positioning under and around the Vest Edge there was never anything in the method, and nor did it restrict my movement.
If you’ve checked out apps like Prime Video VR or Bigscreen you’ll understand that they put you in a virtual movie theater, and enjoying hits in VR can be quite unique. Including in the Vest Edge suggestions things strongly into ‘nearly as good as the real thing’.
I selected Spider-Man Homecoming as my first port of call, and things started out relatively controlled. I don’t think I ‘d spent much time thinking of how filmmakers modify the sound mix to draw the audience in, however the lack of low frequencies in the opening was hammered home once they appeared, including severe depth to both the soundtrack and the superhero action. I liked this; it’s definitely like having your own cinema, and given that I ‘d matched the Vest Edge with Razer’s haptic-toting Nari Ultimate I was experiencing every blow, every blast, similar to you would in a fully equipped movie theatre. No, wait. It’s much better than that