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Beijing time August 16 news, last week Baidu VR community has been exposed on the new generation of Samsung Gear VR on sale related news, it is currently confirmed that Samsung's new Gear VR is scheduled to be shipped on August 19, priced at 99 US dollars, This is the same as the price of the previous generation of Gear VR. At present, users in the United States can order through Samsung website or Amazon.
Xiao Bian found that the current United Kingdom Amazon has not yet begun to accept the reservation, of course, players can wait for the global delivery and then buy. Samsung US stores can also be booked in advance, but it is said that they will not ship until the end of August. The time for the launch of the new Gear VR in the UK has not yet been determined, but Note 7 will be available in the UK on September 2, so Xiaobian predicts that the launch date of the Gear VR 2 will not be too far away.
The new Gear VR's viewing angle has increased from 96° to 101°, and the immersion of games and video experiences will increase slightly. Through the USB-C interface, the new Gear VR supports the newly released Galaxy Note 7 and Note 7 Edge, and is compatible with the older phones S7, S6, 6 Edge, S6 Edge+, and Note5 via the Micro USB Modulator.
If the player plans to buy a Samsung Note 7 phone, Xiao Bian thinks that he can wait a bit and see if he will buy a new Gear VR. On the other hand, the first batch of Daydream mobile VR platform Google launched in May supported Samsung mobile phones. Based on this, Xiaobian thinks that a Daydream-based Samsung mobile phone or a Daydream-certified Samsung mobile VR helmet will be available soon.
It is gratifying that between Samsung and Oculus cooperation, so the current VR game resources are still relatively more, and at the beginning of the year Google released the Daydream platform, although the current platform needs further improvement, but I believe that will soon be incorporated into the Gear VR Players can also download VR games through Daydream.