Samsung or is developing head-mounted display gear Gear VR

According to the SamMobile website, Samsung is developing its own virtual reality device, called Gear VR, to be unveiled at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin.

In fact, Gear VR is not a stand-alone virtual reality product, more like the Cardboard distributed at this year's Google I / O conference, where users need to connect Galaxy phones to Gear VR via the USB 3.0 interface. Gear VR is not equipped with sensors, the use of smart phones acceleration, gyroscope and other sensors, tracking the user's head activities.

The right side of Gear VR has a transparent button that uses a smartphone's rear camera to provide the user with a video of the surroundings. Below the transparent button is a touchpad that users can use to manipulate the Galaxy smartphone's interface. Because Galaxy phones are equipped with AMOLED displays, Gear VR may be more visually appealing and immersive.

It is reported that Gear VR hardware developed independently by Samsung, the software jointly developed by Samsung and Oculus VR. After Gear VR is announced, Samsung will release Gear VR's software development kit to developers and will also open a Gear VR application zone at the Samsung Apps Store. The first Gear VR applications include Theater, 360 Player and Gallery.

Gear VR should be lower than other virtual reality devices in terms of manufacturing costs, but it is unlikely that the price of Gear VR will be particularly low, given that Samsung has always been going up the cold line.

In addition, Galaxy Note 4 is likely to be announced with Gear VR at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin.