Tag: Gear VR

  • VR state of mind at Barcelona Mobile Congress 2016

    VR state of mind at Barcelona Mobile Congress 2016

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    Gear VR 360 Camera

    Samsung, LG all announced and show off their 360 VR camera and HMD ( Head mount display) along with their New Phones.

    Check out article from Engadget.

    http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/21/samsung-has-a-360-degree-camera-for-gear-vr-video/

    Also, a video showing off the Gear VR 360 on location at Mobile Congress 2016.

    Here is a clip from El Periódico

    https://youtu.be/SXWgDwulkoM

     

  • Wow! Positional Tracking maybe coming to Gear VR

    Wow! Positional Tracking maybe coming to Gear VR

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    There’s no doubt that what Oculus and Samsung managed to achieve with the mobile Gear VR headset is impressive, but one aspect, positional tracking, lags far behind desktop VR headsets. Oculus CTO John Carmack has affirmed his team’s focus on adding this missing piece to an otherwise excellent mobile VR package.

    Not that long ago there were many that were skeptical that, in the wake of the largely (and unsurprisingly) disappointing experiences offered by Google’s unashamedly low-rent Cardboard movement, that Samsung could pull off a substantially better experience with its Samsung Galaxy Note 4 powered mobile VR headset, the Gear VR. However, the combination of Oculus’ VR engineering prowess and Samsung’s proven industrial design expertise produced a so-called ‘Innovator Edition’ Gear VR that really did deliver a compelling VR experience.

    Read the full article here.