Neo Virtual Reality for Reddit 17+

Surprisingly good and well made!

Very well made VR browser that has serious potential to be amazing, though the lack of functions and present issues in certain areas makes it less desirable than it deserves.

The good:

• Very very well made. I'm blown away, putting the lack of functions and issues aside. The UI is sleek, animations smooth and it overall looks like a 'premium' app - well done! I could see reddit adapting this as their "official VR app" some day, if the devs work on it a bit more.

• Allows you to browse reddit without moving anything but your head - yes please! Kicking back on my desk chair to browse reddit is surprisingly fun and attractive.

• Ability to zoom in/out to fit media to your liking is nice

• Stereoscopy is well made unlike other VR apps and provides a satisfying depth of field effect with the background

• Battery and time information! Super useful

• Free demo! This is essentially a demo but is still very usable dispart the lack of custom subs (which I obviously purchased)

The wishlist / the not-so good:

• Make sure the instruction to tilt your phone back to vertical in the beginning that lets you see the options menu is somehow made more apparent earlier on (symbol reminder in VR mode maybe?). The second it said to tilt my phone to start browsing, I did and missed the instruction. I was about to rant about the lack of custom subs! Not really obvious while in VR

• Make sure your settings menu is much much more visible!! I spent ages writing an even longer rant (yes I spent ages writing this) about missing features and it turns out a bunch of them are accessible only and solely through a hidden menu in VR mode. Horrible design... I had no idea what the 'M' button did until an hour in! I thought it was a mute button (logically) which made me think there is video support. The idea of toggling the menu is nice but please: turn the 'M' button into the international 'gear' settings symbol and make it so when activated the menu itself opens up in front or on the lower third portion of the screen, not a hidden second button beneath my eye level! Settings menu should also be in the vertical settings screen.

• The current form of interaction is functional but far from ideal. I do not have a magnetic switch nor an Apple watch and constantly having to turn my head, aim at a box and stay still for 3 seconds isn't exactly ideal and breaks the immersion.
What I feel would maybe work better is the option to tilt your head sideways to go back and forth? Or to have the options to set the buttons activation time to even shorter time (like 0.5 seconds)? Or removing the buttons completely and having to look at the right or left edges of the picture to navigate?

• A slideshow mode would be a big bonus

• Ability to reset settings (IPD especially)

• Changing the 'comfort mode' setting is horrible. Set a timer or leave the slider at the same location while in operation!

• Setting the camera feed as background is not working (no prompt to access camera). Such a shame, that would literally create a VR/AR combo - exciting!

• Ability to skim page by page, or a way to save progress. If I start on one sub, go to another and go back to the first one, I have to start over!

• Ability to use your account and view comments. I'd love to upvote/downvote, access my subscribed subs and view comments, though honestly not crucial

• Ability to view videos

• Latency could be improved, but the nature of the app doesn't make it that important

• The app is featured in the system settings menu yet is blank

I know that these are a lot of bad/suggestive comments but this does NOT make this a bad app at all. It's easier to criticise than compliment (especially as a reddit addict) and the app being free, I suggest anyone reading this to give the app a try. As it stands currently it is a very good VR reddit browser. The app has the framework beautifully built and is simply missing a few features. Adding them I'm certain will greatly improve the app and consequently its popularity. I will definitely recommend this to friends and I hope to see an update soon with some of the issues fixed! Take care.