“Virtual reality is the platform of the future.” Mark Zuckerberg, guest star shock of the Samsung conference Sunday at the international exhibition of mobile Barcelona, gave his prophecy. And the living room seems to prove him right.
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In the bays, you meet funny puppets that seem to play blind man’s buff, its riveted mask over his eyes. In their world, the one offering their smartphone manufacturers, all embarked on the adventure of the “VR” for “virtual reality”.
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The boss of Facebook came in reinforcement to promote its partnership with Samsung. Since he bought the pioneer of virtual reality Oculus for two billion two years ago, the social network has big ambitions in this area. Several hundred engineers working on it.
The company provided the engine Samsung Gear VR, Korean helmet manufacturer released in December, which works by inserting a Galaxy S6 or S7 inside the unit. It thus serves as a screen. More than 200 content and applications are already available, said Mark Zuckerberg, “but this is changing very fast,” he said. “This is by far the best virtual reality experience you can have,” he said.
Samsung the virtual reality helmet, the Gear VR, works by inserting a Galaxy S6 S7 or in the machine.
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the no virtual reality expensive, and the “true”
the best, not really. There are actually two kinds of virtual reality helmets. Those that can be described as “light” as the Gear VR Samsung or LG 360 VR, a kind of improved 3D glasses, which should come out in March or April. These helmets then work hand in hand with a smartphone.
LG virtual reality glasses are lightweight and feature a built-in screen.
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then there is the category of the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or future helmet Playstation, Sony. Them, they are the racing beasts companions PCs or consoles, not phones. And they will not play in the same price category. When Gear VR costs 99 euros, the Oculus will be worth 599 and the HTC Vive will be sold 799 euros.
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The Oculus Rift will be launched in a month, from which Mark Zuckerberg communications company. Meanwhile, Facebook also takes the opportunity to communicate on the videos in “360″ (the spherical format), supposed to pave the road to virtual reality helmets. Facebook, like YouTube, have a module to disseminate this type of videos.
HTC Vive, immersing the further
The HTC Vive will meanwhile pre-controllable at the end of the month. This is the helmet that provides the most awesome experience so far. Comfortable, iI allows the user to be totally immersed in the image and even to move in. The multidimensional aspect is fully exploited. It works with two wireless controllers through which one can act with the environment. As the Oculus Rift, it has a built-in screen.
A visitor of the World Congress mObile testing virtual reality headset HTC Vive, February 22, 2016.
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HTC headset, co-developed with Valve (the editor of the Steam gaming platform) and the Playstation VR, will address the players of video games. But many applications are possible, both in the professional field as public (cinema, artistic creation, virtual tours, distance learning …).
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