Top Roundups

Travel & Mini Vibrators

14 of the best mini vibrators for discreet yet powerful pleasure
Read

Strokers & Interactive Rings

From hands-free orgasms to fully-interactive sync
Read

Sound-responsive Toys

Music-activated vibrators for syncing with music or audio porn
Read

Rabbit Vibrator Guide

How to use a rabbit vibrator & some hare-raising history
Read

Empowering Accessibility

10 impressive sex toys for people with disabilities
Read
Top 5 Strokers & Rings Reviews
  • 8.2
    Lee Bell
  • 8.1
    Ben
  • 7.6
    Ben
  • 7.5
    Lee Bell
  • 7.3
    Alex P
Top 5 Vibrator & Kegel Reviews
  • 9.1
    Oli Lipski
  • 8.6
    Kirsty J
  • 8.5
    Almaz O
  • 8.4
    Kirsty J
  • 8.3
    Amy Norton
Categories & Topics
Top Roundups

Adult Android Apps

Best Free Genuine Porn Apps for Android
Read

Interactive Cams

9 Best Cam Sites for Tip Control and Interactive Toys
Read

VR Porn Sites

23 Free and Premium XXX Virtual Reality Sites
Read

Gay & Trans VR

Best Gay & Trans VR Porn Sites Reviewed and Rated
Read

Chromecast Sites

How to Cast Adult Videos to your TV (and the Best Sites)
Read

Meta Quest Guide

Meta Quest 3 Porn Guide: Unissable VR & AR Passthrough Experiences
Read
Popular Posts

Kink + Tech =

Safely Explore your Erotic Edges with BDSM Tech
Read

Privacy 101

Keep your Browsing and Other Online Activity Private
Read

Sex Robots 101

Everything you Need to Know About Sexbots
Read

Queering Adult Content

Recategorizing Porn for the Ethically-curious
Read

From JenniCam to Chaturbate

A (Brief) History of Adult Camming
Read

AI Ethics

Ethical Dilemmas of AI in Sextech
Read
Categories & Topics
Imagine

AI Girlfriends

AI partner apps that send explicit selfies and videos
Read

AI Generators

5 Best Image & Video Generators for Making Fantasy XXX content
Read

AI Erotica

6 Best AI Erotica Story Generators for Co-creating Fantasies
Read

Audio Porn

7 Best Audio Porn and Audio Erotica Apps
Read

DIY Sextech?

How to Get Started in Sextech Hacking
Read

From Replika to sex-mad Allie

Why Do People Connect with Romantic AI Chatbots?
Read
Categories & Topics
Popular Posts

Camming

How to make money as a new cam performer
Read

Fan Platforms

6 Best Alternatives to OnlyFans for Adult Creators
Read

Write for Us

We Pay All Our Writers & We Never Post Sponsored Articles or Paid Links
Read
Categories & Topics
Newsletter
Contact

Is Samsung’s Gear VR dead? Probably, but mobile VR isn’t yet

1
Ben
Updated August 12, 2024
Published August 9, 2019
We may earn a commission via links on our site.
Why?

This week Samsung announced the newest (and perhaps the last) of its Note devices – and it follows the usual formula of flagship upgrades: bigger, better, faster. You know the drill.

One thing that stood out to a number of mainstream tech commentators, however, is the confirmation that the Note 10 won’t work with the Gear VR – Samsung’s standalone VR headset system, launched nearly five years ago.

While it’s not all that surprising, Samsung has been very quiet about the Gear VR for quite some time, it’s a nail in the coffin of mobile VR more broadly.

With the VR ecosystem now dominated by the popularity of more capable standalone headsets like the Oculus GO and Oculus Quest – and retail prices generally trending downwards from the early days of dedicated VR headsets, like the Rift or Vive – the reasons to even consider taking the mobile VR route diminished further.

Where this death knell for mobile VR is perhaps premature is in more price-sensitive markets – for example, in India alone there are nearly 340 million adult smartphone users. Whatever percentage of those users may be interested in VR, it’s not a huge leap of imagination to think the first interaction with it might still be through a low-cost smartphone VR viewer, rather than through an Oculus GO, which currently costs the equivalent of just over $400 from Amazon India, whereas it costs just $249 in the US.

This cycle of people’s first VR experiences taking place on a mobile headset, before they then buy a more capable device (or lose interest entirely) will likely remain true in more mature markets too, at least for the foreseeable future.

Whether that first experience is delving into a virtual world, playing games, or exploring the masses of VR porn available today, ironically, most people would probably enjoy it more if it was taking place on a dedicated standalone headset.

Read Next: Oculus GO Review: The Most Convenient Way to Watch VR Porn

Article by
Ben Woods is a journalist, editor, and media adviser who not only brought SEXTECHGUIDE to life but keeps it running smoothly on a day-to-day basis.Before embarking on this exciting journey, Ben’s work reached millions of people each month through reputable publications such as WIRED, TrustedReviews, The Inquirer, V3, CNET, ZDNet, and The Next Web, among many more.Ben dives deep into the realms of tech, sex, and the future on SEXTECHGUIDE, inviting readers to explore the intriguing intersection of these domains.
Get in touch
On the same topic…
  • sextech for disabled people 2b

    The sex tech industry could better serve disabled people, and it must

    Hannah S/
    December 3, 2024
  • Ethical dilemmas of ai in sextech

    Ethical dilemmas of AI in sextech: Balancing technological advances and consent

    Stu N/
    October 1, 2024
  • sextechguide youtube ban

    SEXTECHGUIDE vs. YouTube: Unpacking the double standards in adult content moderation

    Ben/
    October 1, 2024
By the same author…
  • bluesky adult content guide

    Bluesky adult content: Every feature that keeps your feed exactly how you want it

    Ben/
    November 13, 2024
  • sextechguide youtube ban

    SEXTECHGUIDE vs. YouTube: Unpacking the double standards in adult content moderation

    Ben/
    October 1, 2024
  • Meta Quest 3 porn guide.

    Meta Quest 3 porn guide: The AR passthrough experience will blow you away

    Ben/
    June 9, 2024

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *