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Samsung Gear VR is a virtual reality headset for the Galaxy Note 4

09/03/2014 at 10:08 AM by Brad Linder 3 Comments

Samsung is no stranger to wearable devices: the company offers a wider range of smartwatches than just about any other. But the company’s next wearable is a bit more of niche device: it’s a virtual reality headset designed to work with a Galaxy Note 4 smartphone.

In fact, the Note 4 actually functions as the headset’s display. You just slide it into the headset and strap it to your head.

Update: Samsung says the Gear VR will sell for about $200, but that price doesn’t include the phone which you use as the display.

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The Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition was designed in partnership with Oculus, probably the best known VR headset maker at the moment.

But in some ways the Gear VR also feels a bit like Google Cardboard: something a DIY kit Google unveiled earlier this year that lets you turn many phones into virtual reality headsets by sticking them into a cardboard case with lenses designed so that each of your eyes views a different part of the screen.

The Note 4 and Gear VR features software that adjust images or videos as you move your screen. Samsung says you get a 96 degree viewing angle.

Gear VR features a series of sensors for head tracking, back and volume buttons, and a touchpad for navigation. There’s a mciroSUB port for connecting to the Note 4.

The kit also comes with a 16GB microSD card which features videos designed to be viewed in 360 degrees.



 

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I take it this will only fit the Note 4. At least the Google cardboard thingy was able to work reasonably with anything 4-5″.

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Actually this started on Kickstarter its called Cast VR or something like that, I funded the project but havent heard from them since. My lesson….don’t fund anything thing that a bigger company like google/apple or samsung can do better. I lost $250 on the smartwatch and not I see Moto 360 and Samsung newest watch and got buyer remorse!!

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If we can get a PC display with the Note 4 & the Gear VR then I know what my next phone purchase will be.

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