![]() Oculus is also updating its Oculus Home on Gear VR to make it easier to navigate, especially for finding recently downloaded content. Discovery will meanwhile release a new VR experience based on its hit TV show Deadliest Catch about fishing for Alaskan crabs in the Bering Sea. In an effort to dispel the idea that VR is just for gamers, Facebook touts that nearly 80 percent of Gear VR users each day watch video content, and 7 of the top 10 Gear VR apps are for video.įacebook is also touting new video series coming to the Gear VR, including Felix & Paul Studios’ Nomads series following the lives of Nomadic people from Mongolia and Kenya. The company says that more than one million people used the Gear VR last month, and developers have built more than 250 apps for it, including games like Minecraft and a variety of video experiences. Now Oculus owner Facebook is providing some stats on its progress. ![]() Users slide a recent Samsung Galaxy phone in, which acts as the screen. ![]() The Samsung Gear VR launched worldwide 6 months ago a $99 mobile virtual reality headset powered by Oculus’ technology. Now a large percentage of smartphones can shoot for VR. Google, for reference, built its Photo Sphere system into Android, allowing users to take full 360 panoramas and then watch them on VR headsets like Google Cardboard.įacebook has had support for 360 videos in the News Feed since September, but good 360 videos are tough to shoot and often require designated hardware. In fact, many people will have already created this content, which before was tough to view. They’ll just need an iPhone running iOS 6 or later, an Android running v4.2 or later or one of many 360 photo apps available for download. Facebook will then morph them into 360 Photos for News Feed where users will be able to hold and drag to pan around the photos, or move their heads to look around them on the Gear VR.ģ60 Photos made from panoramas could democratize VR content creation by allowing people to make it with no special equipment. That could encourage developers to build for the platform.įacebook’s upcoming “360 Photos” feature will let people upload flat panoramas like those taken on iPhones, Google Photo Spheres or photos from 360 cameras. Facebook is also releasing Gear VR usage stats for the first time, saying Gear VR has 1 million monthly users, and those who use it spend 25 minutes per day on the device. The 16GB version is available through T-Mobile for $199, with a 2-year contract (check here for more details).Those panoramas trapped on your phone will finally get a better viewing experience, both on News Feed and the Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR. The Nexus 4 is no longer sold - Historical information below:ĨGB for $199 16GB for $249 Available unlocked and without a contract on the Google Play store in the U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain and Canada. This is why it is recommended you don't use them. Note: URL shorteners and Amazon affiliate links get picked up by the spam filter, so they may not appear immediately after you post them. ![]() Shortened urls will be removed at the moderators' discretion. Amazon affiliate/associate/referral links must clearly be labeled as such.All Posts must be related to the Nexus 4.Note: If your submission gets stuck in the spam filter, feel free to message the moderators. A subreddit for everything related to the Nexus 4. ![]()
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