Samsung introduces vr-glasses ‘Gear VR’

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Samsung has a pair of glasses for virtual reality applications announced. The Gear VR works in conjunction with the Galaxy Note 4 and is, together with Oculus, the developer of the Rift-vr-glasses, made. The Gear VR comes at the end of this year in the Netherlands for 199 euros.

Unlike the Oculus Rift, the Gear VR no vr-glasses with their own screen, but it uses the screen of the Note 4. That smartphone, and only the Note 4, in the glasses clicked, and then the display via 5,7″screen with amoled panel and a resolution of 1440×2560 pixels smoothly. Thus, the resolution is higher than the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2, which features a full-hd resolution. However, a new version of the glasses is likely to be the same resolution as the Note 4. The second devkit of Oculus Rift-virtual reality glasses contains all the panel of a Galaxy Note 3.

The operation of the vr-accessory goes through a small, square touchpad on the side of the glasses, where there is also a backup button and the volume control. In addition, there is support for voice control via S Voice app. The connection to the Note 4 is via micro-usb. The dimensions are 198x116x90mm and the glasses offer a field of view of 96 degrees. In addition, the accessory on an accelerator, gyrometer and proximity sensor.

According to John Carmack, technical officer of Oculus, there was close technical collaboration between Samsung and Oculus for the development of the Gear VR Innovator’s Edition. Samsung says that the glasses sitting comfortably ‘thanks to use of soft, flexible and lightweight materials”. Speak to the manufacturer of a ‘a comprehensive contentaanbod of movies, games, 360graden-videos and educational content, including an animation from DreamWorks, IMAX-documentaireclips, a 360graden-video of Cirque du Soleil and music videos from Vevo. The Korean company delivers the content on a micro-sd card.

Samsung introduces the Gear VR at the end of this year in the Benelux for € 199. In addition, the manufacturers are bundling with the Game Pad controller, for an amount of 249 euros.

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