Accessory maker Speck combines mobile VR viewers with smartphone cases with the Pocket-VR-- a collapsible, portable VR headsets users can combine with the company's Candyshell Grip cases.
Available in versions compatible with the iPhone 6, the larger 6s and the Samsung Galaxy S7, the Pocket-VR is a black plastic device. It ships together with a black and gray CandyShell Grip case, and users can snap the viewer over the case in order to check out VR experiences on the go.
VR experiences come through Google's Cardboard iOS/Android app.
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Once the smartphone is docked in the mount the app allows users to hear and respond to incoming messages, as well as operate navigation and music apps such as Google Maps, Waze, Glympse and Spotify hands free. As the names might suggest the mounts install on either air vent or dashboard, and hold smartphones via magnets.
The Tap is made out of a soft foam material and slips on the fingers like a knuckleduster. It uses any flat surface-- "a table, a chair or even your body"-- and a unique input system able to turn 31 different taps into letters or numbers. Connectivity comes through Bluetooth and the makers say it is compatible with smartphones, tablets, wearable devices and even VR headsets.
