We’ve heard precious little about the Samsung Gear VR in recent weeks, but with IFA 2014 bearing down on us and a rumoured release of Samsung‘s virtual reality hardware at the event possible, it was only a matter of time before it was spotted somewhere. These leaked photos appear to come from the production floor of where the Gear VR is being made and they looking, for lack of a better description, shiny. It’s a bit hard to picture exactly where this piece of the puzzle fits into what we know of the VR headset, but it definitely looks like production is underway.
The headset is being developed in tandem with Oculus VR, the VR experts behind the Oculus Rift, however while the Oculus Rift is self powered (and allegedly uses a Galaxy Note 3 screen inside its headset), the Gear VR will instead use the route of the Google Cardboard and use a device as its interface. It’s this dependence on an interface device that is fueling the rumours that the Gear VR will be making its first official appearance at IFA 2014 next to the Note 4, but we’ll only have to wait a few weeks to find out if that is true.
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Source: Cafe Naver via SamMobile
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