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 11:40 PM
05-16-2020 12:35 AM
Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
05-16-2020 02:58 AM
Mradr said:
The idea of GO - a cheap entry into VR - will live on - GO in terms of simple media will die though. Granted, a lot of people that got GO knew it was a media a very limited experience device with being a cheaper option into VR - it was just too limited for the broad public looking to really >USE< VR.
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* I might be a bit bias against GO and phone VR. I never saw the point in the release of these devices other than it being a cheaper option into what VR is like. Same with Google Cardboard.
05-16-2020 03:38 AM
05-16-2020 04:15 AM
Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD
"Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
05-16-2020 04:59 AM
Mradr said:.......
This is why a strip down Quest 1 - with same basic features - would explode VR in the $150-199 range and that is already possible if they push for that. Also the guy that said 4k phones would be more interesting - I assume its only because of the 4k display and nothing more than that really. The thing is - for that same price - you could get a 4k stand alone headset - well you could get a 5k standalone right now. Plus, have all the features of tracking your hands or controllers without the attach bill for phone service lol.
RuneSR2 said:
The fun thing about Quest is that it's basically phoneVR with Touch. Or GearVR with Touch. Oculus simply integrated the old Samsung S8 gpu in a HMD and added Touch (and of course nice tracking and sound).
GearVR is dead, long live Quest! 😄
05-16-2020 05:30 AM
05-16-2020 06:20 AM
DaftnDirect said:
I don't think the Quest is a correction of an incorrect path, it's just the headset that's possible as the technology becomes available at a price that's affordable. Pretty much same was true for GearVR and Go imho. Interpreting it as a change in staff or thinkers doesn't seem to fit for me.
The difference now as far as I can see is that the tech has developed to the point that we have just about all the elements necessary for full VR in the Quest package, so it's much more likely now that the format will continue in an iterative and backwards compatible model rather than a replacement type model, at least for the next 3-5 years (I think).
05-16-2020 08:32 AM
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