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Hardware Battle: Google Daydream View vs. Samsung Gear VR
Samsung's Gear VR is now in its third-generation, seeing that the Korean giant announced its Innovator Edition in 2014 with the Galaxy Note 4. Google had Google Cardboard, but few can take a cardboard VR headset seriously. So, after some time dabbling in cardboard design, Android's owner decided to get serious about VR design and introduce […]
- By Deidre R.
- 7 years ago
Samsung Milk VR app lets you view VR content without a headset
Samsung sells a very affordable virtual reality headset. It has literally been handing out the Gear VR for free to customers who pre-ordered the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge, and there were millions of pre-orders for the new handsets. It certainly wants to sell as many Gear VR units as possible but it also […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Google Street View comes to the Gear VR unofficially with StreetView VR
StreetView VR brings one of the largest databases of 360 degree photography to Samsung's Gear VR headset. We took the app for a quick spin around the virtual block. Although StreetView VR is not made by Google, it does make the latter's Maps service, and Streetview in particular, easily accessible for those with a Gear VR. The idea […]
- By Michel G.
- 8 years ago
Render The Metaverse entries can now be viewed without Gear VR
In April the OTOY studio which makes rendering software for virtual reality announced a new contest called Render The Metaverse that was sponsored by Oculus. The idea behind this content was to get the community involved in creating immersive 360-degree panoramas using OTOY's software. The finished images were then viewable on Oculus development kits and […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung releases a short film to showcase their Relúmĭno app
Samsung has released today a short film titled “Two Lights: Relúmĭno”. The film which features Korean actress Han Ji Min. and K-pop star and actor Park Hyungsik as the main characters, is produced by the Korean film director and screenwriter, Hur Jin-ho. The film is aimed at showcasing Relúmĭno, Samsung’s visual aid application for people […]
- By Martin R.
- 6 years ago
Hands-on Samsung’s C-Lab project: Monitorless
Samsung's C-Lab division is showcasing four new virtual reality projects at the Mobile World Congress 2017 here in Barcelona. We went to check out the new projects that are called Relumino, TraVRer, Monitorless and VuildUs. In this post we'll be talking about Monitorless in detail. What is Monitorless? As the name suggests, Monitorless lets you […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 7 years ago
Hands-on Samsung’s C-Lab project: Relumino
We paid a visit to Samsung's C-Lab booth to check out the four new virtual reality projects that they're demonstrating at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona. The four projects include: Relumino, TraVRer, Monitorless and VuildUs. In this post, we'll be talking about Relumino. What is Relumino? Relumino is a company that's using the […]
- By Danny Dorresteijn
- 7 years ago
Samsung’s latest Gear VR experience lets you ride with Santa
The holidays are a lucrative time of the year for gadget sales particularly which is why you see companies launch all sorts of elaborate marketing campaigns to try and get customers to buy their products. Samsung is no different. The company's latest marketing effort is a virtual reality experience it has created for the holidays. […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
2016 NBA Finals VR documentary is a great piece of exclusive content for the Gear VR
If you want to see the potential of virtual reality in sports I highly recommend that you watch the 2016 NBA Finals VR documentary which is available exclusively on the Samsung Gear VR headset. Titled Follow My Lead: The Story of the 2016 NBA Finals, the 25-minute documentary shows some of the best moments from […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung releases final episode of its virtual reality thriller GONE
Samsung introduced its new virtual reality thriller called GONE in December last year. The series takes viewers on a quest to find a 9-year-old girl who vanished in broad daylight, before countless witnesses. VR technology enables viewers to navigate multiple points of view within each 360-degree episode and scene, allowing them to choose their own […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Apple co-founder says the Gear VR ‘makes me emotional’
Steve Wozniak is one of the co-founders of Apple. He's not involved with the company anymore but he's known for expressing his views on latest technology, and he feels no qualms in praising the biggest rival of the company he helped create. Speaking at a conference in Lexington, Kentucky, where he received the Alltech Humanitarian Award, […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung connects fans to Rio 2016 Olympic Games with “Vanuatu Dreams” beach volleyball VR experience
Samsung has long been associated with the Olympics, it has been one of the biggest sponsors of the game for the past few years, and earlier this year it announced that it's going to be the first company to deliver Olympic content in virtual reality. In the spirit of highlighting this partnership Samsung has released a […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Oculus brings virtual reality documentary Nomad to the Gear VR
Samsung and Oculus are working together to bring more virtual reality content for Gear VR owners. Hitman Go was announced for the Gear VR yesterday, and now Nomads, a virtual reality documentary, is available to be viewed on Samsung's virtual reality headset. Nomads, which is created by Montreal-based VR studio Felix & Paul, takes viewers through lives of […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 8 years ago
Samsung’s VR thriller series shows how virtual reality can add a new dimension to film
Samsung has been talking up the benefits of virtual reality lately. It brought us the story of how virtual reality training can help people overcome their fear of public speaking and heights. Now it's proving that VR has a role to play in filmmaking as well. Samsung introduced a VR mystery-thriller called Gone at SXSW, the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung’s first XR headset could use Sony’s micro-OLED display
In February 2023, Samsung Electronics announced that it was developing an extended reality (XR) headset in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Fast forward to January 2024, Samsung Display unveiled its first-ever micro-OLED display (also known as OLED microdisplay and OLEDoS). Since then, everyone has been expecting Samsung Electronics to use this display from Samsung Display […]
- By Abid Iqbal Shaik
- 2 months ago
