In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. Mobile VR solutions like Samsung ...

Now Samsung has launched its Gear VR. As a piece of hardware, it's very simple. Made up of a plastic headset with two lenses inside it needs a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 clipped into the front to work.

One nice feature of the Gear VR, of course, is that it can produce a 3D image with amazing clarity. We're not huge fans of 3D movies, but on the VR you can experience 3D in just about the best way ...

Samsung hasn’t released a new Gear VR model since the launch of Note 8 last year, but you’ll still be able to use the latest Gear VR with that shiny new Note 9. As reported by Engadget, the SM ...

Let's say a half-hour Gear VR gaming session hacks about 15-20 percent off of your Note 4's battery life. If this were a dedicated gaming console, that wouldn't be too big of a deal.

Though the Gear VR is officially a Samsung device, ... a Zelda-esque dungeon-based hack-and-slash game, and Dreadhalls, a 3D first-person horror adventure (both are free).

In the talk, Carmack details the various hacks he did to improve the Gear VR, which at the time only worked on the Galaxy Note 4. For example, ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Much like its Gear VR headset, Samsung’s Gear 360 camera only works with a few high-end Samsung ...

See also: The best Oculus Rift hacks. The Samsung Gear VR will launch with its own app store and the Korean company tells us there will be at least 100 apps at launch.

But for a quarter of the cost, if you’re interested in VR, it’s a no-brainer. Expect it to retail for $130 this May from major retailers, and they’ll also offer a $150 bundle that includes a ...