Mark Zuckerberg
joined Samsung to launch their new Galaxy smartphones and
talk about the future of virtual reality. He told his
story of when was 11 years old and first learning to program
computers.Mark Zuckerberg used to sit in middle
school math class, write code in his notebook and sketch images of
a world where you could not only navigate to a 2D website, but
transport yourself to a completely different place in
reality.
He was waiting for it to be possible to create this experience, and today it finally is.
Samsung Oculus
technology powers Samsung's Gear VR. Tonight they
announced that every pre-order of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
will ship with a free Gear VR.
If you don't pre-order, you can buy it for just $99. This means Gear VR will be in the hands of millions of people this year.
An important part of the Oculus experience is 360 videos, where you can look around and feel like you're actually in the video.
Whether that means surfing in Tahiti, flying with the Blue Angels, or exploring the surface of Mars.In conclusion : this is a new stat: people have already watched more than 1 million hours of 360 videos in Gear VR.
If you don't pre-order, you can buy it for just $99. This means Gear VR will be in the hands of millions of people this year.
An important part of the Oculus experience is 360 videos, where you can look around and feel like you're actually in the video.
Whether that means surfing in Tahiti, flying with the Blue Angels, or exploring the surface of Mars.In conclusion : this is a new stat: people have already watched more than 1 million hours of 360 videos in Gear VR.
