05-15-2020 01:28 AM
Samsung discontinued the Gear VR headset last year. Now, the company has announced that it is killing Samsung XR, a service that offered VR content such as 360-degree images and videos. The company will also remove the Samsung VR Video app from Microsoft’s and Oculus‘ stores.
https://www.sammobile.com/news/gear-vr-no-longer-available-samsung-xr-service-killed/
05-15-2020 04:04 AM
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05-15-2020 05:20 AM
RuneSR2 said:
Kinda sad, with evolving phone gpus I was hoping that the masses could get easy and constantly better VR experiences through phone VR... Also the number of ratings indicated quite strong sales for some GearVR games and apps, I never got the impression that the GearVR users base was small, maybe even much bigger than Rift... So GearVR is a lost great opportunity?
05-15-2020 07:48 AM
05-15-2020 08:14 AM
Mradr said:
In a way I don't see this as a miss opportunity. A few factors we have to keep in mind:
1) Oculus is/did release GO and Quest - making it a better value for VR that should only get cheaper
2) Phone VR is still limited in terms of having to have a good phone in the first place
3) Phone VR I am sure is harder on the phone it self as well - these devices are not really design for long duration for running at high performance without heat build up or killing the battery faster thus more warranty claims I am sure.
4) Etc etc
While phone VR could still move forward in some ways, it just over all would require a lot of time and money and I dont think thje major phone providers are going to want to spend that long term - yet - as sales continue to drop across the board as newer and newer phones last longer and longer because they are "good enough" already.
05-15-2020 08:41 AM
05-15-2020 08:59 AM
kojack said:
Any purchased premium content will be lost too on september 30, with no refunds according to the eula.
05-15-2020 09:07 AM
05-15-2020 09:30 AM
Some great points, let me have a go at my perspective on them:
Mradr said:
In a way I don't see this as a miss opportunity. A few factors we have to keep in mind:
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While phone VR could still move forward in some ways, it just over all would require a lot of time and money and I dont think thje major phone providers are going to want to spend that long term - yet - as sales continue to drop across the board as newer and newer phones last longer and longer because they are "good enough" already.
05-15-2020 07:24 PM