Samsung Gear VR to drop this fall for only $99

The final suppositions have been made: Facebook is to use Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset for movies, games in addition to educational purposes.

It’s one of the common criticisms of technology – that it’s making people more focused on their devices than engaging with the real world. Other specs include an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, external Constellation tracking system, HDMI + USB connection, built-in headphones and microphone, 3D audio, and an Oculus Touch with Xbox One controller for its input. The app allows members to access a virtual Netflix Living Room and enjoy Netflix programming from a virtual couch when using the Gear VR headset. This is “just a 360 video”, said Zuckerberg at the developers conference. Alongside the new Gear VR itself, Samsung will bring us new content for it, including from TiVo, Netflix, and Twitch.

Oculus will eventually have to compete against the Starbreeze Studio designed StarVR, a device that received rave reviews at this past E3. Are people going to want to play sitting on their desks, sitting on their couch, standing at their desks, walking around a room-we’re having more and more systems that are letting you have wider and wider spaces you can move around in. Lions Gate is the studio behind The Hunger Games franchise. “The next logical step is fully immersive VR“. Next year will be all about VR and VR pioneers trying to take a huge chunk out of the virtual pie. Last we checked the latest headset from Microsoft came in the form of the HoloLens which is more augmented reality than virtual reality.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg often said that virtual reality will be the next major computing platform, The Wall Street Journal reports. If the introduction of the sub-0 Samsung Gear VR and the high competition between Oculus, Sony, Google, HTC and others over developing the ideal approach to entering the consumer market didn’t convince you, then look no further than the content partners already primed for the medium.

I am not an investment advisor, and my opinion should not be treated as investment advice. This means you can experience VR on 2D movies at the comfort of your own home.

The virtual reality device will retail for about $1,500 and will begin selling next year.