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November 23, 2015

Samsung Gear VR: Whole new worlds and it's only $100

  • You will need headphones, preferably wireless, and a recent Samsung phone so buying that whole package could set you back nearly $1,000.
    • By ANICK JESDANUN
    AP Technology Writer

    Photo curtesy of Samsung

    NEW YORK — Samsung made history of a sort Friday by launching the first major consumer-oriented virtual-reality headset. (It comes with an asterisk; prototypes and other not-quite-mass-market versions have been available for a while.) And its Gear VR headset is pretty impressive as first-generation devices go.


     
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