However, users don’t need an Oculus product to access the content, which include videos of Carnival cruises and Zumba fitness classes.
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Fighting dinosaurs in ARK sounds superb, and flying an airplane in War Thunder is more than bad, but there’s something about exploring Minecraft with a VR headset that just makes me want to jump up and down out of pure excitement. First, the Samsung Gear VR has a low entry price that will entice those casually interested in VR (or perhaps already fiddling with a Google Cardboard) to jump in and try a lightweight hardware solution.The 310g light Gear VR device has Accelerator, Gyrometer, Proximity (Mount/Unmount Detection) sensors.
“In just a few years, virtual reality has gone from the science fiction dream to an awesome reality”, said the Facebook boss.
Currently, the company has developed 4-, 7- and 14-camera rigs for video content, with the smaller two optimized for live streaming. “The first things you’re going to see are games, and people from the games industry using games technology to make these other industries possible”. The gameplay, as far as we know it, stays the same and allows you to build, mine and explore a virtual world of your own creation.
It will probably be a while before developers figure out which VR experiences work best for the broad consumer base beyond the highly supportive gaming community, Walker told TechNewsWorld.
Oculus will eventually have to compete against the Starbreeze Studio designed StarVR, a device that received rave reviews at this past E3.
So what numerous companies have created is a sort of virtual theater (pictured, right) using images to transform the viewer’s environment into a more cinematic experience.
005930) has partnered with Oculus for its upcoming Gear VR headset, which will cost exactly $99. Next year will be all about VR and VR pioneers trying to take a huge chunk out of the virtual pie.
But will virtual reality ever become a practical component of home entertainment? No one at the conference seemed to think virtual reality could be anything other than the next, great technology that transforms human existence or at least nobody expressed their doubts out loud.
The virtual reality device will retail for about $1,500 and will begin selling next year.
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Netflix and Hulu are among the major media companies that is taking a dive into virtual reality. This is meant to give an immersive as-if-you-were-there experience.
