Virtual reality glasses Samsung Gear VR is an expensive technological toy developed by the Korean company Samsung together with Oculus VR. They are completely autonomous and do not require a connection to a computer. Unfortunately, bad things happen, and if your Gear VR glasses don't work, don't rush to carry them in. service center. Sometimes the reason for their inoperability lies in wrong settings. What to do in this case? Now I'll tell you!
1. Keep in mind that to work with Samsung Gear VR virtual reality glasses, your smartphone must be at least half charged.
2. Check that any GEAR application you are using must be updated to the latest latest version, as well as the software of the phone itself.
3. Pay attention to the fact that the smartphone must be correctly placed in the holder. Otherwise, the Samsung Gear VR glasses will not work.
4. Sometimes the cause is simply a malfunction of the device. Try restarting your phone and connecting to Samsung glasses again.
5. There are a number of applications that must be active for virtual glasses to work. First of all, these are the com.facebook.system and com.facebook.appmanager applications. Check that they are not forcibly disabled.
6. Recently, many users began to complain that the gyroscope does not work on Samsung Gear VR. Sometimes restarting the phone right in the helmet helps.
7. Sometimes the reason for the failure of the virtual reality helmet is a banal overheating. It is solved by installing an additional cooling device from Aliexpress.
Note: Separately, I want to add a few lines about compatibility. Samsung Gear VR glasses are only compatible with "S" and "Note" phone series: samsung galaxy S8/S8+/S7/S7 Edge/Note5/S6/S6 Edge. The A and J series are not working yet.
VRChat is a so-called social VR space where users are given the opportunity not only to communicate in voice or text chat and share files, but also to play toys, draw, sculpt together, and generally have fun.
But for all this fun in VRChat, the user needs a good computer and a modern VR headset (glasses, that is) (WMR), or .
So, pleasure is not initially cheap. However, there is at least one way to make it a little cheaper.
A computer, of course, will also be needed (and not anyhow, see the system requirements below), but an expensive computer VR headset can be replaced with a smartphone and a more affordable Samsung mobile . And now we will tell you how it can be done so that everything will work in the end. So,..
So, in the case of Gear VR, before installing VRidge / Riftcat, you must first install Steam clients on your computer ( link ), SteamVR ( link ) and, in fact, VRChat itself ( link ). Perhaps you already have all this, because, as you know, VRChat is displayed normally even on the most ordinary 2D monitor (although it does not look so interesting). But if not yet, then download and install (links are given to official sites).
install VRidge on the computer
This software is necessary in order to be able to connect a mobile headset to the computer (which, we recall, was originally designed to work with smartphones). The computer must meet certain requirements, namely (screenshot from the Riftcat website):
install VRidge on a smartphone
This is even easier: download VRidge 2.0 from Google Play site , install and run. Upon the first activation, the VRidge application will automatically request a connection to the computer. We check that both the computer and the smartphone are on the same WiFi network (but it is highly desirable that it be) and connect them together (you can use USB-C if WiFi didn’t work out for some reason).
After installing the VRidge application on the computer and on the smartphone and successfully pairing both devices, install the Gear VR headset on the smartphone and then click the “ Play” (SteamVR should start by itself).
You can open VRChat either directly from your computer or through the SteamVR interface, which is now displayed in your Gear VR. For control, it is recommended to use a game controller, but you can get by with a mouse and keyboard.
We also note that VRidge is free only at first, then you will have to pay extra for it (emnip, 15 bucks).
As a rule, this happens if the content between devices is broadcast over a WiFi network. Therefore, it is better to switch to 5 GHz mode (both the router and the computer), this Firstly. Secondly if the problem could not be fixed in this way, but you use , then you can connect your smartphone to your computer via and adapter USB-C-to-Ethernet - the solution is not as convenient as WiFi, but it should work better. Something like this…
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In the wake of the popularity of Google Cardboard - a virtual reality headset for the phone, Samsung also decided to try their luck in virtual reality technology. It was decided not to reinvent the wheel, but to create our own version of a VR helmet for the phone together with Oculus VR - the company responsible for the release of one of the most anticipated virtual reality helmets of 2016 - Oculus Rift. IN this moment there are already two versions of the VR helmet from Samsung - and.
The first version of the device was announced on September 3, 2014 and hit the markets shortly thereafter. With a weight of 318 grams, the dimensions of the device are 93 * 202 * 116 millimeters. The first version of the helmet for phones is intended Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6, S6 Edge and S6 Edge+. Other models, unfortunately, do not fit. Since the helmet is designed to work with Samsung flagships, it uses the phone's built-in sensors, but also uses its own, such as a head tilt sensor, for example. The quality and accuracy of positioning and motion tracking is much higher than that of.
On the body of the helmet are the controls - volume rocker, back button and Touchpad. The latter is used to navigate the Oculus shell menu and to control virtual reality games. During operation, the phone heats up very much, but the manufacturer reassures with the normality of this phenomenon - offering to wait for some time when making calls so as not to get an ear burn. However, in reality, everything is not so critical, according to personal feelings - you have to try to earn a burn.
A distinctive feature of Samsung VR Gear from virtual reality headsets for phones, such as , is the need direct connection of the smartphone to the helmet. A smartphone connected via a mini-usb connector can be controlled through the above control keys, as well as connect the phone to the charger.
When you connect your smartphone to the helmet - starts Oculus Rift interactive shell. After registering an account and installing the proposed basic set of applications, there will be an opportunity to view 360 photos and videos, a 3D cinema and an application store. It should be noted that almost all applications in the store paid, with a price tag of 4 to 15 US dollars. By the way, from the company OculusVR it was that the application purchased in their store can be used both in a VR helmet for the phone and in the future itself.
It is not possible to use glasses, the manufacturer recommends wearing contact lenses. However, there is an option to adjust the focal length. Personally, I, having a vision of about 0.7, but never wearing glasses, could not fine-tune the focal length - I don’t observe perfect clarity. The phone is inserted into special fasteners-clamps and closed with a lid.
There is no out-of-the-box support from third-party developers not listed in the Oculus Store. However, . You can’t connect a helmet to a computer, but it does impossible to stream games from PC to phone via cable. Only via WiFi, which does not give a quality game - when wifi router stands at arm's length from the helmet - a delay of about 0.5-1 second.
As of January 2016, the price is 99$ US dollars. You can buy it in Russia freely, through the official Samsung store. It is recommended to use with a helmet wireless joystick from Samsung - Samsung Gamepad, but I could not find it for sale.
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After the huge wave of popularity that the first ones gathered, the company also created its own device. She decided not to reinvent the wheel, and followed in the footsteps of those already passed. She created, along with her version of a virtual reality helmet, which they called. Despite the fact that many users do not know how to use Gear VR, it is not at all difficult to do.
The first versions of the device appeared in 2014. The gadget weighs about 300 grams. Due to the fact that the Samsung Gear 360 is intended for use with Samsung flagships, virtual reality glasses use the built-in sensors of smartphones, but at the same time they also have their own “gadgets”, for example, a head tilt and pan sensor.
Make it simple. If you are using Gear VR for the first time, after the first connection, which will be through the mini-USB input, a notification will appear on the smartphone. It will prompt you to disconnect it from Oculus Samsung Gear Vr to download special program Oculus and set up your account.
This cannot be done through the interface of the virtual reality helmet itself, but there are good news, such adjustment and calibration will have to be done only once.
As you know, Gear VR virtual reality glasses were developed specifically for the line Galaxy phones, and they are simply not compatible with smartphones from other manufacturers. At least physically, because not all phones can be inserted into glasses.
However, many users who set up and run the Samsung Gear VR report that they want to go to other virtual reality applications, such as others, but fail. This is not strange, because they are not included in the product. But this problem is solved in the following way:
If the user wants to switch back to Samsung mode Gear VR, nothing will stop him - just resume the previous processes.
Not much for the Gear VR headset at the moment, but you can still choose something that you like. . You can even learn new skills in them, albeit in virtual world.
In order to run any game, you must:
