Samsung cuts price for latest virtual reality headset to $99

Samsung also announced that that Netflix will be launching for the GearVR later today, with apps for Hulu, Vimeo, and TiVo arriving “in the next few months”. “On Gear VR, people are playing immersive VR games with friends, sharing 360 video experiences, and teleporting around the world with photos and videos-and it’s only the beginning for what’s possible with mobile VR“. The idea has been around for decades and most people have, at least, some experience with the earliest prototypes of this technology.

Netflix has launched an app for virtual reality headsets.

But Oculus is targeting a broader audience for the device through Oculus Video, which will let Gear VR owners buy and rent movies through partnerships with studios like 20 Century Fox and Lion’s Gate. “After video, it’s VR”.

With all of the mainstream focus on hardcore virtual games and abstract environments, Netflix is looking to fill the demand for watching movies and shows in virtual reality.

But none of this is going to mean anything to consumers if the technology is not available to consumers; and so, if you are interested in this kind of thing you will probably be quite happy to learn that Facebook and Oculus Rift VR are planning to release a headset for $99 which will play a variety of video games, sometime next year. The Rift is the most-anticipated product in a market projected to reach nearly $16 billion by 2020, according to researcher MarketsandMarkets. The upcoming Gear VR headset will work with more smartphones, including Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge+, S6 and S6 Edge and their Super AMOLED displays to give users a richer virtual-reality experience, the company said in a September 25 announcement. Google Inc. sells the low-priced Cardboard kit for turning phones into headsets, while Sony Corp.is working on a virtual reality headset to complement its PlayStation gaming device, and has said it will begin selling PlayStation VR next year.