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Hardware

HTC Vive will cost $ 799 and ships in April

February 21, 2016 Robbert

On the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2016 HTC announced that the HTC Vive will cost $799. That’s about $200 more than the Oculus Rift. HTC also announced that the VR goggles can be coupled with Android and iOS smartphones, which enables you to read messages while wearing the headset. A price in euro’s is […]

HOW-TO

How to make a Samsung Note 4 fit on a Consumer GearVR

January 22, 2016 Robbert

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One question we all asked but no one dared to try is: does the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 work with the consumer Gear VR. That question has now been answered by Chilton Webb. Although he doesn’t guarantee to work with all Gear VR’s he has proven that it works for now and if it stops […]

Gear VR

Consumer Samsung Gear VR and SDK 1.0 November 2015

September 24, 2015 Robbert

Samsung announced that the consumer version of the Samsung Gear VR will launch in November 2015 and is compatible with all 2015 models (Samsung Galaxy Note 5, S6, S6 Edge and S6 Edge+). The headset will be 20% lighter and easier to ware. The final build of the mobile SDK will release in November this […]

News

Has Oculus accidentally revealed the Rift two days ahead of launch?

June 10, 2015 Robbert

Palmer Lucky had responded to the images: This is an old placeholder concept image that we accidentally leaked. Everything in it is ancient, certainly nowhere close to final. Enjoy checking it out, at this point, but don’t expect everything to carry through to the stream on the 11th. Palmer Luckey also reacted on the same day to […]

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