Samsung Gear VR SM-R322
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10 years ago
Review: Samsung Gear VR
Consumer-grade VR is getting closer, but this is far from the final step.
10 years ago
Samsung Gear VR
It's difficult to justify the purchase of the Gear VR if you don't have one of the six smartphones the device is compatible with. You are better off waiting for a competing headset to launch or stick with the Google Cardboard.
Pros:
- Comfortable
- Easy to set up
- Large library of apps
- Immersive experience
Cons:
- Only compatible with select Samsung phones
- Images appear slightly pixilated
- Cant attach L-shaped headphone pins
- Smartphone housing cover is flimsy
11 years ago
Samsung's Gear VR makes virtual reality easy, but I still feel dumb using it
Virtual reality is a difficult thing to review. It's hard not to be impressed when you look into a screen and see a world, magnified to surround you and responding to the motion of your head.
Pros:
- Simple to use
- Built-in trackpad is a great idea
- Surprisingly comfortable
Cons:
- Necessarily bulky
- Minuscule
- demo-heavy library
- Expensive
11 years ago
Samsung Gear VR Review: Virtual Reality with a Smartphone
"Whoa, that's totally insane. It's like I'm in the movie theater." - Tom's Guide's photo editor "It's better than drugs." - Fox 5 news anchor "I feel like I'm in the game!" - My 10-year-old daughter Those are just some of the initial reactions from the people I allowed to try Samsung's gloriously...
Pros:
- Fun and immersive VR experience for videos
- games and virtual tours
- Can control via touchpad or Bluetooth gaming controller
- Lightweight and fairly portable design
- Mostly smooth performance with low latency
Cons:
- Not enough content yet
- Buggy at times
- Works only with Galaxy Note 4
9 years ago
Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition
It looks almost identical to the version launched with the Note 7, but due to the, er, demise of that particular phablet, the Gear VR didn't get a whole lot of limelight in that case.
Pros:
- Completely wireless
- Great head tracking
- Solid content library
Cons:
- Resolution is a little disappointing
- Full game content expensive
- Only compatible with some Galaxy phones
11 years ago
A future on your face: Samsung's Gear VR reviewed
The virtual world is here, and you can actually take it with you, as Samsung's Gear VR finally makes its way to Australia. Is this a future that you can take home today, or should you just let it mature a little longer?
Pros:
- Breathtaking to use
- and puts a smile on pretty much every face
- ProvidesCamera passthrough means you can actually see through the Gear VR if you need to
Cons:
- Can get very uncomfortable
- thanks to the amount of pressure exerted on the bridge of the nose
- Earphones aren't built in
- so keep a pair of headphones nearby plugged in and ready to go when you want to use
- Dioptre adjustment doesn't do a whole lot
- No microUSB charge port
- Galaxy Note 4 can...
11 years ago
Samsung Gear VR review: Days of Future Past
VR, or virtual reality, has a long and winding history. From the distant dream of Sega's VR, unveiled back in 1993, to the modern day it's-almost-here reality of Oculus Rift, it's Korean giant Samsung that's now here to, well, try and sell some more phones with its product, the Samsung Gear VR.
Pros:
- Wire-free VR experience unlike its rivals
- optical adjustment
- easy to setup and use
- some fun experiences on offer
Cons:
- Limited software
- Note 4 compatible only
- image edge blur
- limited equivalent resolution
- joypad not included
- may cause nausea
10 years ago
But I'm nitpicking here and this is, to an extent, just the growing pains of a completely new technology. While there aren't any truly phenomenal gaming experiences available here yet, the Gear VR Innovator Edition for S6 is a great taste of things to come, and it's clearly different enough to be...
10 years ago
If Google Cardboard gives a taste of virtual reality, Samsung's Gear VR offers up a whole feast. With just the addition of a smartphone, you can get a truly immersive VR headset that lets you travel distant lands, watch movies and shoot up spaceships in alien worlds.
10 years ago
Samsung Gear VR Review
Affordable yet astounding, Samsung's new Gear VR opens immersive virtual-reality worlds.
Pros:
- Only $100
- Best mobile VR hardware
- Works with all four major Samsung phones
- Fantastic games and apps
Cons:
- Some light bleeds through the edges
- Only available on four Samsung phones
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