The follow-up "innovator edition" headset was a big ... screen from reflecting off of the headset. That was an issue some users had in the past with the white Gear VR models, according to Samsung.

Samsung’s current Gear VR headsets require you to stick a Samsung phone in them to use as the screen and power source ... so close to your face. Such a big jump in resolution should solve ...

The big addition ... using a Gear VR will depend on which smartphone you lock inside the headset. Samsung, of course, will be pushing you toward the Galaxy S8 and its wide screen, but those ...

The Oculus Avatars, and other features to a lesser extent, take advantage of Samsung’s new Gear VR controller ... The browser appears as a big curved screen with text that’s very readable ...

The hardware on Gear VR is all Samsung (Oculus just provides software) so it’s not a perfect parallel, but expect big leaps in screen quality if nothing else. 518ppi is absurd for a phone ...

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Samsung Gear VR was the company's previous attempt ... offer a pixel density of “just” 570 and 529 ppi. A big advantage of a screen like this is that it helps with the nausea and dizziness ...

Samsung never made any pretensions that the Gear VR would be small and portable -- it's always been a rather large headset that looks like you have a giant pair of ski goggles strapped on your face.

Samsung today announced ... 2,280 × 1,080 display. Because Gear VR was originally designed for phones with a 16:9 aspect ratio, some of the extra screen width on newer Galaxy phones like the ...

The new Gear VR is being announced alongside Samsung’s newest phone — the Galaxy Note 7 — which uses the same 518ppi Super AMOLED screen that was found in the Note 5, and the same processor ...

The Gear VR isn't nearly as powerful as its PC-based sibling, the Oculus Rift, but the Gear has one big advantage in being ... Gunjack are prime examples). Samsung solved most of the tech issues ...