Unboxing GearVR

A couple of days ago I received Samsung GearVR glasses. It was impossible to buy directly to Russia, so I ordered it through an American address. As you know, GearVR works only with the Galaxy Note 4 phone, and at the moment it’s out of the box only with the version on the Qualcomm processor.



Everything is packed in a beautiful white box.


Inside we are waiting for a quality-made case with the inscription GearVR, with a carrying handle.


Well, actually the glasses themselves.


The kit comes with a 16 gb flash drive with content, a lens cleaning cloth, a replaceable foam pad and a manual.


Glasses with a protective cap that serves purely decorative purposes.




Since Galaxy Note 4 is sold only in Russia on the Exynos processor, I had to dance a little with a tambourine to launch the Oculus Home application on my phone. As a result, everything works just with a bang, there are no lags, the picture is just fantastic (better than in DK2). The

photos look just great, the video is a little worse due to limitations in the file resolution that the phone can lose, but again better than on DK2.

Toys are still quite simple, but fascinating.

Most importantly, glasses with a phone do not bother you at all, and even after half an hour of use, you do not want to remove them. Impressions are the most positive.

A couple of shortcomings that I have discovered so far:
- there is no possibility of recharging the phone at the same time using (I had to buy an extra battery, which is put instead of the back cover)
- the phone overheats in some games with fancy graphics (you have to pause and allow the phone to cool down)