Samsung Gear VR

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Samsung Gear VR
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Category VR device (smartphone holder)
Developer Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Announced September 2014
Released Developers:
Consumers: November 2015[1]
Price 99 USD (October 2015)[2]
Operating system Android
Display smartphone dependent
Resolution 2560x1440 pixels (based on compatible smartphones)
Weight g
Controls smartphone, touchpad, inertial, buttons
Not standalone[3]
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/gearvr/index.html

Gear VR is a smartphone-holder virtual reality device developed by Samsung and Oculus VR in cooperation. Gear VR is, by itself, not a fully featured virtual reality head-mounted display, because it only features the housing for a smartphone, lenses, and a basic control interface. The device needs a Samsung smartphone to fully function, as it does not have any processing or displaying capabilities on its own. The upcoming release version is compatible with Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, and Note 5 smartphones. The previous Innovator Edition was compatible only with the Samsung Note 4.[4] If no other device release is announced, the Gear VR will be the fist virtual reality device released outside of a developer or early-access program in the year 2015[5]

Main characteristics

Gear VR optics have 96 degrees filed of view and the smartphone housing features several additional components. There is a number of sensors present (accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity, magnetometer). The user interface consists of touchpad, buttons and a volume key. In addition, there is a wheel at the top of the device to adjust the interpupillary distance. In contrast to the previous one, the release version of the device will not feature the micro fan that helped to de-fog the lenses. Instead, the new model uses a different material for padding.[6]

Purpose

Gear VR is a virtual reality headset that is used together with a small selection of Samsung smartphones. The smartphone is put inside the Gear VR and act as a processing and displaying unit. With a pair of lenses and stereoscopic imagining on the smartphone's display, the device can deliver virtual reality experience.

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Links

http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/17/samsung-gear-vr-review/

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Gear-VR-Innovator-Edition/dp/B00QZLOFK4

http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/25/9397569/samsung-oculus-consumer-gear-vr-design

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