A few days ago we told you about the event Oculus Connect 2, held last Friday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and in which the Korean giant – in cooperation with Oculus – announced a new version of the viewer virtual reality VR Samsung Gear .
Let’s see in detail the news more highlights introduced by this latest model, first of all the ability to accommodate a smartphone of the range flagship Galaxy 2015. The use of the phone as the display has made it possible to reduce the cost of the apparatus classic, especially as Netflix make their movies available for the viewer through a specific application. Not to mention the advantage of using apps such an interactive view of 360 large popular resorts. Oculus has even tried to involve some film studios in the production of films in the virtual reality intended for use by the general public:
“ On Gear VR, people run games in immersive virtual reality, sharing experiences of film to 360 degrees, and teleporting around the world with photographs and video – and it’s only the beginning of what you can accomplish with the virtual reality on mobile phones , “said the CEO Oculus Brendan Iribe .
But we move to the Touch trackpad , which gives you more control in the selection of games, movies and other content, as it may be perceived by fingers by the user more effectively than the previous pad characterized by a smooth conformation that does not always allow the identification, the fact of not being visible from the person wearing the device.
During the event cited above, also was presented the new VR Gamepad Gear , has a dual stick design of form similar to that of an Xbox controller.
remember that Samsung Gear VR will be launched in November for $ 99 , a price below the previous model of the company in Seoul. Samsung and Oculus, in a joint press conference, they called virtual reality “ next computing platform data “, and Iribe said he had high hopes for the new device.
The CEO Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is convinced that the 3D video may someday become the standard spread, replacing the traditional exactly the way mobile devices are gradually supplanting the PC. Moreover, the visionary computer has bet big on this expectation when his last year his company has spent less than 2 billion dollars to acquire Oculus, which also see the debut of the Oculus Rift on Xbox One at the beginning of 2016, at a price which does not yet know the details.
Sony is set to launch his helmet Morpheus PlayStation 4 at the beginning of next year, at a price they could test themselves up to $ 500, that is, as a new platform game! In light of these numbers is not surprising that lovers of video games have so far tweeted numerous comments of appreciation for the amount of more affordable new Samsung Gear VR.
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