Samsung Gear VR - All you need to know

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Right, so just received my unit, and thought it a good idea to start a list of all must have VR apps, games, videos, experiences, and what not.

So let me start off with what I know, and hopefully as people contribute, I'll add it to this OP.

Apps:
Tarraco: Great tour or just look around of Tarraco vs modern day Tarragona includes views of chariot races, coffee shops etc.

Games:
Cosmos Warfare: Fun if you have a office chair or spinning chair.
We come in peace: Same as above.
Temple Run: Great fun, Could be better with a controller.
Incell: Also great fun, racing type game.
Lands End: Made by the guys that made Monument Valley, awesome game, bit short but great fun.

Concepts:
Sera: Work in progress but good way to get to know your vr.
Polydome: wtf
Tactera: Awesome Concept and fun to play with.

Entertainment:
Rose: Fun Short Story.
Invasion: Fun Short Story.
Jurassic World: Great intro for all ages and quite amusing, a peaceful moment in Jurassic world.
Sisters: Scary fun.
Sonar: Scaryish fun.

Videos:
Vrse: App that gives you access to some 360 videos.
Tarraco: Great tour or just look around of Tarraco vs modern day Tarragona includes views of chariot races, coffee shops etc.
MilkVR: Video watch util, guide and description link in post #2

Useful Links:
- A few 360° videos http://www.kolor.com/360-video/gallery
- Youtube Samsung and LG 3D video tech demos. They are really good with the 3D effects - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuAhfXoRkX8

Wireless Controllers:
 
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How to watch 3D movies on your Gear VR:

Step 1 - Create a folder called 3D under Oculus / Movies / My Videos /
[it'll look like this Oculus / Movies / My Videos / 3D]

Step 2 - Put your 3D movie in that new folder.

Step 3 - Get into Oculus Cinema and go to my videos. It'll be labled 3D on the top corner and the video will merge the two views when you watch it.

Have fun!
 
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Tried a 3D video last night quickly, didn't reaaallllyy looked all that 3D to me, but maybe someone else can comment as well.
 
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Sorry Fanie, I'll use the order that oculus displays in.

Games:
Cosmos Warfare: Fun if you have a office chair or spinning chair.
We come in peace: Same as above.
Temple Run: Great fun, Could be better with a controller.
Incell: Also great fun, racing type game.
Lands End: Made by the guys that made Monument Valley, awesome game, bit short but great fun.

Concepts:
Sera: Work in progress but good way to get to know your vr.
Polydome: wtf
Tactera: Awesome Concept and fun to play with.

Entertainment:
Rose: Fun Short Story.
Invasion: Fun Short Story.
Jurassic World: Great intro for all ages and quite amusing, a peaceful moment in Jurassic world.
Sisters: Scary fun.
Sonar: Scaryish fun.

Apps:
Tarraco: Great tour or just look around of Tarraco vs modern day Tarragona includes views of chariot races, coffee shops etc.
MilkVR: I have explained it in several threads, has awesome content including 360 series and allows you to really watch 180 to 360 movies the way you are supposed to (100x better than oculus video for this, also gives you a very nice curved screen for watching 2d and 3d movies).
VRSE: Some very nice and some very average 360 shorts.
 
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Baxteen said:
how us the p0rn on it?
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Porn is usually in 180 format.

Add 180x180_3dh to the file name and watch it through MilkVR.

Save it in a folder named "MilkVR" on your sd card and milk will find it faster.
 
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AstroTurf said:
Porn is usually in 180 format.

Add 180x180_3dh to the file name and watch it through MilkVR.

Save it in a folder named "MilkVR" on your sd card and milk will find it faster.
Click to expand...

Do a little guide write up on this, so I can reference it in 2nd post, if you don't mind ;)
 
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MilkVR, What is it and how to use it.

MilkVR is a VR movie watching app that allows you to watch 2d, 3d, 180 or 360 movies in many formats.

It also comes with it's own set of things to stream or download and has a great series in it (I highly suggest downloading as most of the stuff is US based so you can expect latency or speed issues streaming).

As MilkVR is only available in the USA Store you need to use a vpn to download it.
There are many free vpn's out there but for this I used justfreevpn.com.
To use it, go to the site for the details you need then on your phone go to settings, search for vpn and then add a vpn using the settings from the site.
Once done, go into the store in oculus and download MilkVR
You can now turn the vpn off again as you will no longer need it.

MilkVR Will find all the video files on your computer.
You can view them by looking in device>downloaded or Sideloaded.

It is pretty simple to watch 360' videos though Milk, Just Make a folder on your SD card called MilkVR and drop them in there. They will be viewable under "Sideloaded"

If however you have them in a different folder or they are not full 360' videos you have to add information to the file name so that milk knows what type of file it is. For example, 180' Horizontal video will need 180x180_3dh added to the filename. There are many examples on the web if you want to find them.
Another note, if a video is not 360 but has 360 in the name milk will get confused and you will end up in a twisted reality.

Use https://www.4kdownload.com/products/product-videodownloader to download 360 stuff from the YouTube channel for offline viewing. 2k is optimal for any phone that fits into vr.
Some of the files (stereoscopic things for example) need _360_tb or _360_lr added to the name to correct the viewing :)
 
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Baxteen said:
how us the p0rn on it?
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The porn is very close up and personal.
You can either have porn where you watch or you are one of the actors (usually with these you put the vr on and you find yourself attached to a strangers body while things are happening to him/her).
The watching type is usually someone stripping in front of you or you are close to the action.

This will explain the reason I mention it (SFW, people watching vr porn just as amusing to watch in real life :D).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLqVxC6JWIM
 
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