Samsung Duang A new head of VR, but Oculus eyes of consumers

On MWC 2015, Samsung unveiled a new virtual reality helmet called the Gear VR innovator, which matches the two flagship mobile Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge that has just been launched. According to Re/code News, on the latest GDC, John Carmack, the father of first-person shooting, said in his speech, "The dawn of Mobile VR," that Oculus would work with Samsung to launch a real consumer version of mobile VR head-wear display devices by the end of the year.

Since joining Oculus, John Carmack, the first-person shooter, has worked hard for mobile VR, found a heavyweight partner, Samsung, and launched the Gear VR for note 4, which matches the S6 VR innovator version of S6 and Gear edge. In Oculus and many developers, there is no doubt that these two headers are the developer version.

In fact, Oculus does not want Samsung to launch the Gear VR innovator so early, hoping to wait until the next hardware product is released. In general, Samsung will release the S-series mobile phone in March and release the note series in September. The real consumer version of the Gear VR may be released with the note 51 released at the end of the year.

For Samsung, supporting VR is a good selling point for mobile phones, and Samsung naturally wants to replicate the 4 sales strategy. But Oculus has been very cautious about the consumer version, Oculus Rift since its launch in 2012, the release of two generations of developers, last year showed the consumer version, but has not mentioned the release date, the external forecast is likely at the end of 2015. This is also due to the public's offer to launch a real consumer version of the Mobile VR head-wear display device by the end of the year.

However, developers do not have to be depressed, John Carmack said, the consumer version and the developer version of the change is not small, still can start early gear VR.