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Samsung Gear VR Review: Virtual Reality Begins Here

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Forget PlayStation VR, this is the perfect entry point for the tech Virtual Reality is going to be the big growth area in 2016 as far as consumer tech is concerned, with Sony's PlayStation VR and HTC's Vive already generating an incredible amount of hype. However, the company largely responsible for the public's renewed interest in the concept is the Facebook-owned Oculus, whose Rift headset has undergone some revisions since being crowdfunded via Kickstarter in 2012. In addition to Rift, Oculus has also teamed up with Samsung to create a scaled-down version of its product dubbed Gear VR, and this could potentially be the device which really pushes the technology into the mainstream. This stance might cause serious VR fans to scoff, but Oculus staffer John Carmack (yes, the same John Carmack who co-founded id Software, the studio behind Doom and Quake) feels that Gear VR - when twinned with experiences like the forthcoming port of Minecraft - could be VR's bes