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Apple used Samsung’s Gear VR in early AR headset experiments

Apple is expected to launch its first AR headset later this year after showcasing it next month during the WWDC 2023 event. It is reported that Apple started experimenting with AR headsets in 2015. Even Samsung is developing its AR/MR headset after shutting down the Gear VR lineup a few years ago. Apple and Samsung […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 years ago

Samsung distributes free Relumino Glasses to visually impaired in Korea

Samsung recently distributed wearable glasses for free to the visually impaired at the Gyeonggi Welfare Center for the Blind in South Korea. The free handover of 30 wearable glasses was to determine the usability of Relumino Glass. The company introduced Relumino Mode for its Smart TVs during CES 2023, which allows people with vision impairments to […]

By Sagar Naresh
2 years ago

Samsung might make a new headset to cash in on the metaverse hype

Metaverse is the latest buzzword in the tech industry. While the general public's understanding of the concept may still be limited, tech companies see it as the place to be. The hype is real and Samsung wants to cash in on it. It has been several years since we had a new VR headset from […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 years ago

Galaxy S10 will drop Gear VR support once Android 12 lands in December

The Galaxy S10 series will no longer support the Gear VR platform once Android 12 and One UI 4.0 go live later this year — Oculus announced this week. If Gear VR is one of the main reasons you're using the Galaxy S10 to this day, you'll have a tough choice to make come December. […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Now that Gear VR is no longer available, Samsung XR service is being killed

Samsung discontinued the Gear VR headset last year. Now, the company has announced that it is killing Samsung XR, a service that offered VR content such as 360-degree images and videos. The company will also remove the Samsung VR Video app from Microsoft's and Oculus‘ stores. The South Korean tech giant was among the first […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 years ago

Oculus is killing its Samsung Gear VR apps and we’re not surprised

Samsung first introduced the Gear VR mobile headset back in 2014. It was the result of a partnership between Samsung and Oculus with the latter taking care of the software side of things. The company continued to launch new headsets until 2017. When the Galaxy S9 was released the following year, Samsung didn't release a […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

Samsung Medical Center becomes a 5G smart hospital powered by AI, VR

In a case of using new technologies to improve healthcare, Samsung and KT Corporation have joined forces to bring 5G to the Samsung Medical Center (SMC) in Seoul and create ‘innovative medical services for the new 5G era' – reveals a recent PR Newswire press release. 5G enables easy access to digital data and video […]

By Mihai Matei
5 years ago

Oculus CTO calls Gear VR a missed opportunity

The launch of the Galaxy Note 10/10+ marked the possible end of Gear VR – a mobile VR feature that has been part of Samsung’s Galaxy flagship smartphones for many years. It was born out of a partnership between Samsung and Oculus (now a Facebook subsidiary) and made its debut on the Galaxy Note 4 […]

By Naresh
5 years ago

This might be why the Galaxy Note 10 doesn’t support Gear VR

Samsung had earlier confirmed that the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ won't work with the Gear VR but didn't offer an explanation for why that is the case, and we have now been told by one of our sources that the expiry of Samsung's partnership with Oculus is the reason for the lack of […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

The Galaxy Note 10 might not be compatible with the Gear VR

Ever since the first Galaxy Note 10 renders leaked on the web, some people have been wondering whether the new phablet series will be compatible with the Gear VR headset. And if not, then what will happen to the concept? These questions have apparently been answered, according to @anshelsag on Twitter. The Galaxy Note 10 […]

By Mihai Matei
5 years ago

Samsung UK brought students with special needs closer to Shakespeare’s work

In another case of technology being used to enrich the lives of people with special needs or disabilities, Samsung Electronics UK and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) have joined forces to bring Shakespeare’s famous Romeo and Juliet love story to life for students with special needs at Welcombe Hills School in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Over the course […]

By Mihai Matei
5 years ago

Samsung says ‘multiple AR and VR products’ are coming soon

Samsung's Gear lineup of virtual reality headsets has effectively been on ice since 2017. Even though newer handsets have support for its virtual reality platform, the headset hasn't received an update in over two years. The company wants you to know that it hasn't given up and that there will be “multiple AR and VR […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

Galaxy S10e won’t work with the Gear VR unless you get the new adapter

Samsung has not been releasing new Gear VR headsets with flagship smartphones for a couple of years now. It continues to support the hardware, though, and the Galaxy S10 does work with the Gear VR. The company had previously said that the Gear VR includes an adapter which will work with the Galaxy S10. That […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Galaxy S10 Gear VR support confirmed by Samsung

There used to be a time when Samsung would launch a new Gear VR headset with its new Galaxy flagship. It hasn't done that for the past couple of years. The company made no mention of a headset during its Galaxy Unpacked event yesterday. However, the Galaxy S10 Gear VR support has now been confirmed […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Samsung offers free adapter to use the Galaxy Note 9 with the Gear VR

The Galaxy Note 9 has been released and while it's Gear VR-ready, Samsung didn't announce a new virtual reality headset with the device. Given that the dimensions are slightly different compared to the Galaxy Note 8, the new flagship doesn't exactly fit into the Gear VR with Controller that Samsung launched last year. So how […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

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