At Oculus Connect 2 today at the opening Keynote, SVP of Samsung Mobile Peter Koo to announce that they intend to ship a consumer focussed version of Gear VR, that works with all 2015 Galaxy phones for just $99.
The new headset has enhanced design features such as ergonomic touchpad and is 22% lighter. But the real news here is the low entry price of $99 and that the headset now works with multiple Samsung mobile phones, unlike previous iterations of the headsets.
Koo said that he was humbled by what the VR community had created for Gear VR.
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