In late 2017, Facebook announced a new virtual reality headset that was positioned in the middle between Oculus Rift and Gear VR regarding price and feature. It’s called Oculus Go. It’s an entirely stand-alone device meaning that doesn’t require a PC to be hooked up or a smartphone to be slipped into the headset. Date …
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While a push notification is a very convenient feature of smartphones, you may sometimes feel they are annoying. You might already configure the setting as you received notifications only from the apps you chose. However, when you are playing VR, probably you don’t want them at all. Notification setting on smartphones If you turn off …
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If you just got Samsung Gear VR headset and tried it out, you might have gotten small issues like battery drain or overheat. Virtual Reality is still new technology, and it’s developing now. Currently, some problems are inevitable. However, you can minimize them with some tips and tricks in this post. It also shows tricks …
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Gear VR Controller, which has a motion tracking feature, allows you to interact with virtual reality in new ways. Here are some titles you may want to play with the controller. A Night Sky You are camping in a valley. It’s a peaceful surrounding. Your tent is on the back, a cracking campfire in front …
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Over two years since the first consumer version of Gear VR launched, Samsung has finally released a motion controller for their headsets called Gear VR Controller. Design The Gear VR controller consists of a clickable trackpad, home button, back button, volume buttons, and trigger. It’s almost the same length as Daydream View’s controller, and it …
Overheating problem is inevitable when you play virtual reality contents on a smartphone. You may see a message popped up every 15 to 20 minutes that says a phone is overheating and you need to cool it down to continue. In my experience with Samsung Gear VR, it doesn’t happen when I watch contents like …
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The year 2016 is almost over. Some said that 2016 would be the year of Virtual Reality. In fact, some big name companies released their VR headsets: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Sony PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream View. It seems that the sales of this year aren’t as good as their expectations, but …
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Mobile VR headsets use smartphones as a display by mounting it in front of lenses. But, you should know that not all smartphones support VR apps and 360-degree videos. A smartphone should have a Gyroscope sensor to play VR contents. It’s not much about how new a phone is. In fact, there are numbers of …
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A year after a release of the first View-Master Virtual Reality Viewer, Mattel released a new version of VR viewer, View-Master Deluxe VR Viewer. Mattel is an American toy manufacturing company. VR viewers from Mattel is kid-friendly. They are for age seven and up. The new version has several improvements over the first one. Latch …
Mattel has made the first viewer of Virtual Reality with a Google collaboration. The first VR headset for kids is called View-Master Virtual Reality Viewer. Just like other mobile VR headsets, the viewer needs a smartphone inserted in the viewer and used it as a display. It is made for kids rather than adults, or safety …
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