Lenovo Daydream VR could be big in education

Our schoold district has been using something called Google Expeditions in the class room as an educational tool. It is basically a midrange phone and vr googles. They are purchased in kits that have an avg price between of $350-$400 depending on the number of units bought. They don’t work great, they have to be put together, and the battery life is not great. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/bestbuy-education/googleexpeditions/pcmcat748302046351.c?id=pcmcat748302046351

The Lenovo Daydream VR should be around the same price point, seems like they should be easier to use, and have better battery life if the 7 hours is accurate. I can see these being big in education even if they don’t have huge success with everyday people at the begining.

Conversation 2 comments

  • Roger Ramjet

    15 January, 2018 - 3:53 pm

    <p>All VR offerings can be big in education. Kids can go to Mars rather than the teacher having to prep that period. But why is Lenovo Daydream superior to any of the others on the dimensions of price, battery life, etc that you quoted?</p>

    • Sprtfan

      15 January, 2018 - 11:07 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#238003"><em>In reply to Roger Ramjet:</em></a></blockquote><p>The Google Expedition that is currently being used in a lot of schools is a <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">slot-in smartphone VR headset. You have to set it up and put the phone into the VR headset where the Lenovo Daydream VR is all self contained. Since the Lenovo Daydream VR is self contained, all of the hardware does not have to fit into a phones form factor This will help with heat, battery life and money could be saved in production on components that would normally have to be in a phone that are not needed. The single price of one Lenovo Daydream VR is around MSRP of $400. I'd expect that the bulk purchase price should be less just as it is with the Google Expedition. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">All said the Lenovo Daydream VR should cost less, have better battery life, and have better performance than current Google Expedition bundles. (They had some problem with Expedition kit phones locking up and needing to be recharged between groups.)</span></p>

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