Samsung made various shrewd moves with the first Gear VR headset, which it uncovered right around two years prior.
As a matter of first importance, it cooperated with the virtual reality equipment pioneer, the Facebook-possessed Oculus VR. Second, it made the Gear VR just $99. Furthermore, third, Samsung fundamentally gave you one on the off chance that you purchased a Galaxy S7 telephone, which happens to go inside the headset.
These decisions helped Samsung turn into a pioneer in the shopper VR space.
The organization is liable to keep up that lead with its redesigned headset. The fourth release of the VR headset gives the gadget a cool new look, supplanting the hokey white body (with dark accents) with a midnight blue case.
This fills two needs: You'll look like to a lesser extent a dork wearing them (thank you, Samsung) and the dark inside eliminates any undesirable reflections, which could enhance the general VR experience.
The headset likewise got a pad update, so the gadget feels more great all over, and accompanies longer straps.
Since the new Gear VR needs to collaborate with Samsung's sharp, new Galaxy Note 7, it now incorporates a USB Type-C port. Try not to stress, it will likewise deliver with a Micro USB port connector, which you'll need to be mindful so as not to lose (amid our demo, the modest dongle slipped right out of the Samsung rep's hands and went shooting over the floor).
Samsung additionally updated the optics somewhat, going from 96-degree field of perspective to 101 degrees. They likewise took some criticism on the touch controls and updated the catches, evacuating the indented cross cushion, making the controls bigger and including a different catch that takes you back to the Oculus Home screen. Every one of these progressions ought to make it less demanding to control the VR headset with touch alone.
The headset additionally has another USB Type-C port on the base that can both convey energy to the telephone and be utilized for information. The last component ought to help it bolster VR peripherals, at whatever point they arrive.
Better inside and out
I got an opportunity to experiment with the new Samsung Gear VR headset with the new Galaxy Note 7 inside. As guaranteed, the new pads and straps make it a great deal more agreeable. Despite everything you alter center with the dial on top.
Samsung let me attempt an immersive skateboarding video, which I watched while remaining on a genuine skateboard connected to a gimbal. Samsung did not give us a chance to attempt the new controls.
The video, however, looked extraordinary — actually, since it was shot with brilliant 360 video rigs — and sound was given by a standalone headset.
I quickly lost myself in the video, glancing around at the four or five different longboarders dashing down the slope with me and doing my best to adjust on the genuine skateboard as it moved about underneath me.
At $99.99, the new, hipper-looking Gear VR will probably keep Samsung in front of the customer VR pack until further notice. Come this fall, Google and its armed force of telephone accomplices will discharge their own Daydream-prepared gadgets, VR headsets and controllers, which will give some truly necessary rivalry.