Samsung's Gear VR Is a Portable Oculus Rift for the Galaxy Note 4

Re:Samsung's Gear VR Is a Portable Oculus Rift for the Galax... by mgolawala on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @01:55PM (#8264333)

Great, but be sure to pack a good book for the remaining 13 hours of flight time after your devices have used up their battery.

Editing comment to respond to replies in one place instead of individually.

1) The Note 4 is housed inside the Gear VR. Larger battery pack probably won't fit. You will need to carry spare batteries. Possibly the next generation might solve this.

2) I may have missed it, but I didn't see anyway to charge the Note 4 while using the Gear VR. So assuming you do have a charging port, you would need to stop and charge the device. Or carry a spare device to charge your spare battery while you use the Gear VR.

Just to be clear, I am not criticizing the Gear VR. My response was only targeted at the Parent comment's use case. I think it is really cool that Samsung is trying to think out of the box and come up with innovations. Some will stick, some won't. We will see.

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Re:Samsung's Gear VR Is a Portable Oculus Rift for the Galax... by aaxx1503 on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @01:59PM (#8264349)

The Note series has the best battery life in the smartphone game. An external battery pack is also easy to bring along.

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Re:Samsung's Gear VR Is a Portable Oculus Rift for the Galax... by cbr on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @02:00PM (#8264358)

Are there flights without charging ports nowadays?

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Re:Samsung's Gear VR Is a Portable Oculus Rift for the Galax... by Someone1234 on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @02:04PM (#8264378)

In economy? Uhh yes. A lot.

In business class and above? Fewer.

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Re:Samsung's Gear VR Is a Portable Oculus Rift for the Galax... by bookwormAT on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @02:02PM (#8264367)

there are power outlets on long distance flights.

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