Whether it was Gunship and the pounding Drone Racing– the kick drum alone makes it worth taking a look at– Woojer Kickstr… or The Word Alive’s Quit While You’re Ahead, I loved listening to music in this way. It’s someplace between being down the front at a gig and standing beside a bass bin in a bar, and if you’re a fan of music the Woojer Vest Edge brings it to life in such a way you can’t easily reproduce. If you’re a fan of classical music or 60s pop there’s going to be less of a draw, however if your taste alters towards the heavier end you’ll find it tough to return.
I followed up my musical jaunts with some movie time. This was where I took my very first venture into VR with the Vest Edge, and the set up on Oculus Quest 2 was easy and quick. Taking the 3.5 mm feed from the Oculus into the Vest Edge’s control unit, you then attach your headphones in series prior to depositing them on your head. I worried that there ‘d be a lot of loose cables, but with some positioning under and around the Vest Edge there was never anything in the way, and nor did it restrict my motion.
If you have actually checked out apps like Prime Video VR or Bigscreen you’ll know that they put you in a virtual cinema, and seeing smash hits in VR can be quite unique. Including in the Vest Edge pointers things securely into ‘nearly as good as the genuine thing’.
I don’t believe I ‘d invested much time believing about how filmmakers tweak the sound mix to draw the audience in, however the absence of low frequencies in the opening was hammered home once they appeared, adding serious depth to both the soundtrack and the superhero action. I enjoyed this; it’s absolutely like having your own cinema, and given that I ‘d combined the Vest Edge with Razer’s haptic-toting Nari Ultimate I was experiencing every blow, every blast, simply like you would in a well-equipped movie theatre.