Abacus Brands Virtual Reality Oceans! Gift Box - Illustrated Interactive VR Book and STEM Learning Activity Set - for Ages 8 and Up

My son asked for a VR for Christmas but I didn't want to give him the an actual VR device quite yet for safety and budget reasons. But he really enjoyed this so much that we subscribed to the other Abacus books on the app to explore more. Great gift! Great value for the money!

Purchased for my 5yr old grandson & he lives it!!!

Son really loved this he loves the ocean

We bought this for our friends children’s (twins). They love it. Their mother is a school teacher, and she said it was a really great Griff gift for them.

This was a Christmas gift for our 8 year old who asked for a virtual reality mask, but I wanted something at least slightly educational vs a mask to play video games on. He loves all things STEM, and this was a great gift. The downside (with all masks) is that you need to use an iPhone. We don't give our kids phones, which. means to use it, they have to be commandeering one of ours. There was a slight learning curve, but once we figured it out he's really enjoyed it. I ended up digging out an old phone, wiping it clean, and setting it up with just the app for the mask so he an use it without having to take our phones. I'm docking it a star because we'd LOVE to buy him some of the additional sets (like science, space, dinosaurs), but the expansions packs are mostly sold out on their direct website. Also, the other sets they sell that would be of interest to him come with a mask, which we don't need....and aren't offered as only an expansion.

This is for my 10 year old Grandaughter who wants to be a Marine Biologist. Children get interested in areas when they are inspired by a person, video or book. This is a wonderful book that comes to life with the virtual vision. I am always looking for gifts that are educational and inspirational.

This is terrible. It doesn't tell you it requires a phone with a gyroscope and even if you busy one, the image is misaligned and disorienting. I bought them for Christmas and can no longer return them, adding insult to injury. Don't bother with these.

Bought this for my 11 year old grandchild for a birthday gift !, this child is on a mission to be marine biologist !! This was the perfect gift all the other siblings had to use it too !!.. definitely happy I purchased this!!.. hope this helps for gift ideas!!…

I purchased one of these for my 7 year old granddaughter last year. She loved it so much, I've picked up another one for my 6 year old grandson this Christmas. It's very cool.

Bought this for my kids because they asked For it, thought it probably end up being one of those things the kids use once, but they are still using it weeks later. Great buy

Absolutely love this virtual reality book and mask. My son enjoys it very well. The only issue with this Ocenspecifically edition is that it is not as many fish discussed there separately and a lot of scientific things like different water kinds, sub layers of ground and kind of like pages like that that a 4 year old doesnt really want to learn about yet. There is also a couple pages that would be really interesting for him to learn about and he got even obsessed for a while there about walrus but that page is missing that red mark there and therefore it doesnt have a video for it. He had a lot of tantrums over that page crying that he wants to learn about that walrus but doesnt understand or accept our explanation that this is not how it works. It does have interesting pages to it and all but out of this one and wild animals one, the wild animals is a better one for sure.

Very cool. Bought for a friends son for his birthday. Took up a lot of memory on his dads phone.

If this was cheaper in cost, I think I would be recommending it for a "learning" tool. The book that comes with it is cool, but the "over 25 immersive experiences" is really really lacking. They are super short and it becomes very tiring to keep loading the next "experience". Too much money for what you get. I was expecting more VR time without interruption. The goggles are heavy and a young chid in my opinion would not like struggling with them. I'm keeping them for my grandson, but I'm not expecting him to be "thrilled" with the short adventures. I'm hoping in time my experiences turn more positive.