Hi there just to explain this thread I convinced the family to put money in to buy a playstation VR headset for my visually impaired nephew. He has used it for a few days along with his visually impaired wife and here is his review. Feel free to ask any questions and I will relay his answers back to you all.

Luke's review starts here:

Unboxing the headset and setting up was surprising yet simple. Surprising in the sense I had no idea it came with a separate processor in the form of a smaller PS4 though I'd find out why later. Usually I hate setting up anything because it usually includes a set of small instructions which is barely readable but the manual for set up was quite large. Even better was the fact it had easy to follow diagrams. You get text on the left and diagrams on the right although the diagrams were so easy I didn't even bother reading the text. Each wire and the processor are labelled with a number, which corresponds with the numbers on the diagram in the booklet. So what I originally thought would take 30 minutes actually took between 5-10 minutes. It actually took me longer to set up the PS camera because it either didn't like my position or the light.

Once I got the headset going it was easy enough to set up, as you're looking at the TV screen but in the headset. It's like sitting in a dark cinema without the seats. You can freely move your head and the screen stays where it is. You can play films and TV programme apps through it with ease. I have Septo Optic Dysplasia. Which means I've been partially sighted since birth and will always be partially sighted. My Mrs has rodomonochromatism and is blind on one eye and has very limited vision in the other so we tend to sit close to the TV. With the headset we don't need to. You are actually able to adjust the screen size inside via the settings menu. whilst it's useful to watch TV with, I wouldn't recommend sitting and watching a movie with the headset. You'll find out why later.

The gaming side of it is what really impresses me. 360 3D viewing (obviously). I have downloaded and tried the VR playroom demo and tried the demo disc that came with the headset and it's visually stunning and I can now see why you need the processor. Full blown 3D makes you feel like you might hit your head on something and if you can't read certain bits of writing then just lean in and get a closer look. I can't say what your experience will be like as everyone's sight is different. But based on my vision I can definitely get a sense of depth and perception in the sense that you can see what's close and what's not. If you have an object in front of you then you can tell it's closer, and you can lean and look around that object as you would in real life, where as you can't on the tv. My usual vision is like a blurry picture but with the VR headset you can lean right in to something and notice finer details. It feels so close you think it might touch your nose but again it all depends on your own eyesight. My wife can't see detail full stop. With or without the headset. Because as stated she's fully blind in one eye and the other has very limited vision. She noticed that there's things all around and that she was able to look anywhere but that's as good as it got for her, all she saw was what she saw every day, colour and shapes. Nothing in detail.

The downsides to this are:

headaches.
Whether i play a game or watch TV I usually end up with a headache after 30 to 40 minutes which is quicker than the TV, though they tend to go after a short break so if you are one who likes to do all nighters then regular breaks are recommended. I either get headaches from the games themselves or a tension headache from the headset after watching a programme through it. The headset can be tightened to fit securely but even left on the looser setting it can still feel a little tight after a while and can still cause tension headaches.

Headphones.
More of an annoyance than a downside. The ones that are provided give great quality sound but you really have to shove them in to stop them falling out.

PS4 controller wire. The PS camera requires you to sit quite far back for you to have a constant and smooth connection for the headset. The controller running on battery power doesn't last long at all (or do I just have a dodgy controller?). Either way if like me you use the wire to stop it running out of charge then don't do any sudden movements or you could risk pulling your beloved PS4 off the shelf, desk or whatever. You can play comfortably with the controller but some games you have to move the controller around which is where the tugging of the PS4 starts.

Headset screen positioning.
Upon every start up, the screen is always quite low. So I have to do a quick adjustment in the settings to get it back to eye level. Whilst it's only a very minor nitpicky issue you have to do it unless you want to stare downwards through the entire programme if you choose to watch one, or play a game that doesn't support VR. On the other hand it takes seconds to readjust.

All in all I'm very pleased with it. It's a fantastic piece of kit with smooth and good quality gameplay with no lag what so ever. The 3D aspect amazes me still after about a week of playing with it. Yes my vision is blurry but I still get the sense that I have to duck every now and then.

I will be interested to see what games come out for VR in the future and I look forward to playing them.

This is the end of Luke's review. I will finish by quoting Luke, I asked him if he could see a tree across the road in real life and he said no but he can see one across the road in virtual reality. As the screen is so close to his face he said its like having perfect glasses that you can suddenly see any distance with.