Originally Posted by
JasW I had thought there was just one Daydream, the one in the heather grey color. When I finally got my Pixel XL promo code last night, and went to redeem it, I saw there were actually three colors: the heather grey (aka "Slate"), "Crimson," and "Snow." This is clearly a potentially life altering decision and I want to choose carefully. Thoughts?
It is good that you are wanting to weigh your decision heavily - too many will just grab the one they like or is available, and many of those will come to regret their hastiness.
Google went to
great lengths to design these different color options to be not only aesthetically different, but functionally as well.
The "
Slate" option was introduced first, and is that 'heather' color as Google had a copious amount of material left over from another product they had intended to launch, but aborted - the "G-shirt" - and needed a means to put it to use. There is nothing particularly good or bad about this, they just needed to offload it.
Many feel that the "
Snow" option was introduced to allow upcoming "sharpie artists" to use their headset as a canvas, and that is partially true, but the reality is that these were meticulously engineered to be able to keep your device cooler when you are using it (counter-intuitively to its name) outside in direct sunlight on a warm day, as the lighter color will absorb (and convert to heat) less sunlight. Rumor has it that it was originally entitled the "Snow White" version, with a mirrored finish to maximize its ability to prevent absorption/conversion of sunlight to heat, but air traffic controllers protested its disruptive potential and they elected instead to compromise, naming it "Snow" and leaving it white in color.
The "
Crimson" option was designed for those who intend use their Daydream beyond extensively, sucking themselves into a new virtual life, with the deep red color not betraying the results of such eye-bleeding levels of use to outsiders who might otherwise notice and interrupt out of fear for the health of the user.
Pick carefully...
