According to PC World, the Gear VR will also have access to the Oculus Arcade, which will likely let you play a range of classic arcade games. However, it is not just another simple connected-watch or gadget but an exciting new headset called Gear VR, aimed at the Virtual Reality market. However, it’s important to note GearVR requires the use of a Samsung smartphone and doesn’t include a built-in screen, which is a significant reason why the company is able to price GearVR so low.
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There were a number of important announcements at the Oculus Connect 2 conference this week. “In fact, during the development of Gear VR, Samsung internally referred to it as the “Head Mounted Theater”…”
The Gear VR will work with the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge+, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, which means that smartphones and phablets recently released by Samsung can be used. They were blown away, even by the limited virtual reality functions of this paper accessory.
The retail version of the Gear VR will be released in November of this year, for $99.
It’s also 22 per cent lighter than the previous developer focused model and features a redesigned touchpad.
With the help of Oculus chief technology officer and programmer John Carmack, Netflix Inc. It should be particularly useful for navigating menus to select various pieces of VR content, which we found hard on the original Gear VR without a tactile point of reference. Hulu also said it’s working on its first short film shot for specifically for VR devices.
A few speculate that older devices and more affordable units will one day be supported by the consumer version of Gear VR, although Samsung did not make any mention of it.
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In what is perhaps a long time coming for VR enthusiasts who have expressed faith in Oculus CEO Palmer Luckey’s vision for mainstream consumer hardware, the Facebook-acquired brand is finally putting it all together.
