I'm interested in this. Samsung is making a good move by providing a lot of cool content with the device itself. Heck, if they threw in a bunch of movie / video content with the device, they will sell a lot more of them. It would be cool if they threw in even more content like a full season of a popular tv show or a 3d lord of the rings movie or something. It would make swallowing the 200 price tag a bit easier.
If Oculus didnt dig their grave with that. I would rather buy a nice 4K smartphone next year and additionally use it that way with an "head adapter" than pay extra for an Oculus Rift.
Although it's technically feasible, the latency involved by streaming the game from the PC would greatly degrade the VR experience (In fact it would be a sure way to provide nausea or worse). Oculus constantly chased lower latency and higher framerate since the DK1 (the DK2 is at 75Hz, the CV1 is rumored to target 90Hz). As a result the only viable content for the GEAR VR has to be onboard the phone. There's also an absence of positionnal tracking with the phone solutions. The Oculus Rift and Gear VR are therefore complementary (and expensive) solutions...
That can change quickly. Slap an input on a smartphone, improve the latency of the sensors and write an app to use the smartphones sensors. Increase resolution of the screen (2K, 4K) Voila, a semi-cheaper and better Oculus.
Same reason people created and copy Oculus Rift? And what would be niche about it? A display input could prolly even be implemented in a micro HDMI port, so you wouldnt even need another physical port on the phone. 2K smartphones already exist and 4K are planned for early next year. So not niche at all. Have you seen how many people want 2k or 4k resolution for the Rift since you can see the pixels with 1080p easily?
Unfortunately, Samsung will not make the Gear VR PC compatible. Why? If they did, it would ruin the market for their partner's Rift. EVENTUALLY, as other competing players enter the market with phones engineered for high-end VR and that DO implement compatibility with PCs, perhaps then Samsung would be cleared for making the Gear VR PC compatible. Until then, they will keep it in-house.
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cbutters - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
I'm interested in this. Samsung is making a good move by providing a lot of cool content with the device itself. Heck, if they threw in a bunch of movie / video content with the device, they will sell a lot more of them. It would be cool if they threw in even more content like a full season of a popular tv show or a 3d lord of the rings movie or something. It would make swallowing the 200 price tag a bit easier.xrror - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
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flyingpants1 - Friday, November 14, 2014 - link
You can stream PC games on any Android phone.Beaver M. - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
If Oculus didnt dig their grave with that. I would rather buy a nice 4K smartphone next year and additionally use it that way with an "head adapter" than pay extra for an Oculus Rift.POM - Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - link
Although it's technically feasible, the latency involved by streaming the game from the PC would greatly degrade the VR experience (In fact it would be a sure way to provide nausea or worse). Oculus constantly chased lower latency and higher framerate since the DK1 (the DK2 is at 75Hz, the CV1 is rumored to target 90Hz). As a result the only viable content for the GEAR VR has to be onboard the phone. There's also an absence of positionnal tracking with the phone solutions. The Oculus Rift and Gear VR are therefore complementary (and expensive) solutions...Beaver M. - Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - link
That can change quickly. Slap an input on a smartphone, improve the latency of the sensors and write an app to use the smartphones sensors. Increase resolution of the screen (2K, 4K) Voila, a semi-cheaper and better Oculus.Antronman - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - link
And who is going to do that?Why would somebody create such an incredibly niche product?
Beaver M. - Saturday, November 22, 2014 - link
Same reason people created and copy Oculus Rift? And what would be niche about it? A display input could prolly even be implemented in a micro HDMI port, so you wouldnt even need another physical port on the phone. 2K smartphones already exist and 4K are planned for early next year. So not niche at all.Have you seen how many people want 2k or 4k resolution for the Rift since you can see the pixels with 1080p easily?
kalqlate - Monday, November 24, 2014 - link
Unfortunately, Samsung will not make the Gear VR PC compatible. Why? If they did, it would ruin the market for their partner's Rift. EVENTUALLY, as other competing players enter the market with phones engineered for high-end VR and that DO implement compatibility with PCs, perhaps then Samsung would be cleared for making the Gear VR PC compatible. Until then, they will keep it in-house.snapch23 - Friday, December 29, 2017 - link
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