Reserve start of Oculus's smartphone VR headset "Gear VR", Retro games and movie contents also enriched

VCR headset to use with smartphone jointly developed by Oculus and Samsung "Gear VR"Reservation acceptance started. With the start of booking reception, the existence of game titles, retrogame center applications, and movie distribution applications for VR has become clear, and we can see how satisfactory the contents are for the launch.

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Gear VR which started acceptance reservation, VR headset "Oculus Rift"Oculus and Samsung are VR headsets developed for Galaxy Note 5 · Galaxy S 6 edge + / S 6 / S 6 edge. Gear VR has already released models for developers, but at the end consumer models will come out. The latest model on the market realizes 19% lighter weight than the one for developers, the selling price which is worrisome is 99 dollars (about 12,000 yen)Amazon.com·BestBuy.com·Samsung.comYou can reserve with, but it is not compatible with shipping to Japan.


The game titles for Gear VR are also released as the reservation reception starts. Ustwo Games's "Land's End, "Climax Studios"Bandit Six: Salvo", Robot Invader's"Dead Secret"Is on sale at the Oculus Store in the online store, in addition to CCP"Gunjack", OZWE's"Anshar Wars 2"The release schedule and so on.


You can see what kind of work the game title for Gear VR is from the following movie.

Oculus Connect 2 Gear VR Content - YouTube


Not only the latest games you can play on Gear VR. Oculus has released an application that can virtually experience a retro game center called "Oculus Arcade", and can play 20 masterpieces of classic retro games such as Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Gauntlet.


"Oculus Video" that can enjoy not only games but also video works of Netflix and 20th Century Fox in movie theaters and home theaters in VR is released. In addition, contents of video distribution platform such as Twitch and Vimeo can also be browsed with Oculus Video. Besides this, there are services such as "Oculus 360 Photos" that allows you to browse 360 ​​degree photos taken by photographers from around the world, and contents other than games are enriched.


In 2016 Oculus Rift and Sony'sPlayStation VRIt seems that the VR headset will appear, and the VR industry seems to show great excitement.