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Anyone have experience with it? I'm thinking about getting my wife the s7. I know it won't be nowhere near as good as vive or occulus, but is it worth it at all?
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Depends on the application, Gunjack was about 1% every three or four minutes but 360 movies aren't so bad.Thanks for the input!
How is it on the battery life of the phone?
Thanks for the input!
How is it on the battery life of the phone?
I actually never had an issue with my phone overheating.Pretty bad, probably about 45 minutes if playing a game and an hour just watching a movie. It also overheats easily when gaming causing it to pause until it cools. That's my GS6 experience anyway, still really fun to use and an awesome first time experience.
I actually never had an issue with my phone overheating.
You may change your mind once you jump into VR, a lot of people do. Anshar Wars is supposed to be good, I've bought Gunjack and that's fun.Opted for it instead of the watch with my S7. Will give it a try. It'll probably end up being used the first day and then sitting in the box but I also don't have any experience with VR so maybe I'll actually like it and use it. I bet you'll see a million of them end up on ebay in 4-6 weeks!
I'm running my Gear with a Note5, and it's fantastic. I've got a 15,000mAh battery that I can hook up, and that solves the overheating and battery issues, so I can easily go till the limiter is only my capacity for nausea, which is already high.
Again, as others have said, it's a fantastic first try for VR, and the price is untouchable for now.
Anshar Wars is supposed to be good
How do you hook up an external battery pack. I just opened up the Gear VR last night and didn't mess around with it much but it seems to plug into the microUSB of the phone. Is there another microUSB to plug a battery pack into?
Sweet. Me too! Says it's going to ship on 4/1. I don't expect much either but I'll give it a try. Worst case is I sell it.Woot. Finally got notification that nutty gear vr will be shopping by the first. Also ordered a steelseries free bt game pad.
I don't expect a whole lot since I have bad astigmatism but I'm still excited to try this out.
This. The Gear VR is surprisingly good for what it is, though you ARE paying somewhere around $700-750 dollars for it, just not all at once....so far the Gear VR has been pretty impressive for what it is. Can't wait for Rift/Vive.
I would recommend getting a gamepad, though. Lots of games/software could benefit from better controls (and some require it).
I ordered a steel series free game pad. Send to be compatible with most games and I think the small size will make it easy to store with the vrGood timing on those shipments, too. Oculus has released some nice updates to the software which added some more features (social trivia and DLNA video streaming, for example). I was lucky enough to just walk into a BestBuy on March 8 and walk out with an S7 and GearVR in hand - so far the Gear VR has been pretty impressive for what it is. Can't wait for Rift/Vive.
I would recommend getting a gamepad, though. Lots of games/software could benefit from better controls (and some require it).
No, it sticks you in a room and plays it on a screen. You can also play it "in the void" which will make the screen follow wherever your head looks so you can lay down and it still be in front of you.This is interesting, I might have to jump into this. When your watching netflix, youtube, mkv files on your phone, does it play it as 3d??
I have the same issue though I don't wear any corrective lenses. Like 10 years ago when I did have something, I think my eyes were .5 and 1.5 diopters or something like that. I've been considering contact lenses though because it IS slightly annoying having an eye out of focus.So my rx is too far off in my eyes so I couldn't use my gear vr. Was only able to get one eye into focus at a time so as you can imagine that wasn't a pleasant experience.. Then I jumped out of my s7 and note have a gear vr sitting in my office doing nothing, so if anyone wants to name a fair offer send new a pm
I can't wear contacts, but if I could I sure as hell would. My eyes suck for tech stuff. I also can't watch 3d movies without squinting the whole movie and still coming out with a migraine.I have the same issue though I don't wear any corrective lenses. Like 10 years ago when I did have something, I think my eyes were .5 and 1.5 diopters or something like that. I've been considering contact lenses though because it IS slightly annoying having an eye out of focus.
So my rx is too far off in my eyes so I couldn't use my gear vr. Was only able to get one eye into focus at a time so as you can imagine that wasn't a pleasant experience.. Then I jumped out of my s7 and note have a gear vr sitting in my office doing nothing, so if anyone wants to name a fair offer send new a pm
Negative. I tried to wear my glasses under the gear, but they were crammed against my face.Cant you wear your glasses while using the GVR?
As for focus, you'll never be able to get the entire lens into focus - only the "sweet spot" right in the middle. It sounds bad but you really get used to it quickly and after a few minutes you don't even realize it anymore.
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