This is according to Head of Mobile at Oculus. Samsung Gear VR is apparently used in five major languages: English, French, German, Korean, Spanish.
The Head of Mobile in Oculus, Max Cohen, just showed the status of Gear VR in the current year. Showing stats that the platform is booming and was eager to share these good results during the Oculus Connect 3.
It has apparently been able to penetrate the enthusiast and consumer market with its easy to use hardware and effective marketing strategies.
Max even pointed out the extent of how the Gear VR has achieved saying,
“We have millions of Gear VR owners across 150 countries right now, and there’s millions more who have tried it. You can actually demo Gear VR in over 15 thousand retail locations in the United States alone. And, the cool thing about this is that this has led to a really vibrant platform.”
The Samsung Gear VR supports 18 languages for the platform but 80% of these are made up of 5 major languages:
English
French
German
Korean
Spanish
The next item to be shared is the amount of supported apps the hardware has already covered:
“We have over 400 applications just for mobile on the Oculus platform, and we’re on track to having close to 500 by the end of the year.”
With this many apps, the list of applications featured in the store still contribute to this great number. Apps like NextVR, American ThemePark Sixflags (this features 12 different rides that uses the Gear VR). Medicine oriented apps also benefit from apps like Kind VR.
More will be announced at Oculus Connect 3 but so far, the company is in a good track.
Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences.
10. Rampage
When the city streets are filled with bad guys there is only one man who is right for the job: agent Bruce. Shoot your way through hordes of enemies as Bruce, a guy with a passion for destroying everything on his path. You may not know much about a lot of things, but when it comes to using a bazooka to take down the opposing mobs, the police, or even the army, you are just the right man for the job.
9. The Caretaker
A VR experience inspired by ‘The Shining’.
You’re the new caretaker at The Overview; chosen to single-handedly look after this remote hotel throughout the icy winter months. We join you on your first day of complete isolation; waking up very late following the end of season staff party – high in the mountains and cut off from the world by the first of the big snow storms. It’s time to leave your room and make your first check of the deserted hotel. This experience is inspired by the fantastic Stanley Kubrick film, The Shining.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
8. Viewport Real Estate 360 Stereo Photography
Created by viewport.com.au for Pindan Capital, The Reef Two Rocks.
There’s something special about living by the sea. Breathing in the fresh salty air, sinking your toes into the sand, dropping a line or diving into the sapphire water – it’s simultaneously invigorating and relaxing. Enjoy an eternal connection to the sea at The Reef and slip into a more natural rhythm of life. Nestled amidst the sandy dunes of Two Rocks, The Reef offers the best of both worlds – a peaceful lifestyle with everything you need within reach. Taking its name from two prominent rocks offshore from Wreck Point, Two Rocks is an idyllic coastal town renowned for its natural beauty, lifestyle activities and country town feel. Keeping watch is ‘King Neptune’ – a giant limestone sculpture left standing from its glory days as part of the former Atlantis Marine Park. Dig your toes in the sand and watch the sun melt into the sea. Let the kids run free in The Reef’s established parks. Drop a line at the Two Rocks Marina. Surf the local break, dubbed ‘The Spot’. Launch at the boat ramp and head for the horizon. Or simply pop into town and enjoy lunch with a view. A lifetime of moments and memories await at The Reef.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK1, DK2 (Windows)
7. Behind Alpha
Here comes the Alpha version of the hugely popular and terrifying ‘Behind’, from CB Games.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
6. Space Time Trip
Travel through a secret base, an island from the jurassic era, and an asteroid field in space. You take control of a vehicle to avoid asteroids as well as experiencing a roller coaster style game.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
5. Don’t Let Go
Part experiment, part amazing idea for Oculus Rift, Don’t Let Go! has you sat in a chair with your hands infront of you and the only rule is that no matter what happens you can’t lift your hands. We won’t spoil it for you, but a lot happens to make you want to move your hands.. and possibly run away screaming.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
4. Dreadhalls
Dreadhalls is a horror dungeon crawler that has you exploring the procedurally generated dungeon in search for the exit, while avoiding the creatures that dwell in the maze. Updated for SDK 0.8.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
3. DreadEye
Please, take a seat. You’ll be here for a while. Don’t worry, you won’t be alone. Let these creatures welcome you… They’ll keep you company. Give you a taste of a dark surreal experience. Don’t be afraid just yet… Perhaps they will spare you this time around. After all… the nastiest thing they can do to you will only be virtual. But… then again… You will probably be wishing you were in a real dream.
Platforms: Oculus Rift DK2 (Windows)
2. SONAR
Explore your surroundings and dive deep into an ancient cave system. Follow the drone ship and discover the horrific truth about the darkest of all places… “ SONAR is a new kind of cinematic entertainment, striking a balance between traditional movie making and interactive media. The shortfilm is a fully immersive, slow paced, 360° computer-generated experience.
Who needs to go Scuba Diving when you’ve got VR? Dive into the Deep Blue and experience Whales, Sharks, Stingrays and other frightening sea creatures. The same developer that brought you the hugely popular ‘Sea Monster’
Regular folks who are eager to get hold of the HTC Vive would have been bummed by the news that it’s been pushed to April 2016, but in return, we’ll actually be getting a much improved version. At today’s Vive Unbound developers forum in Beijing, CEO Cher Wang teased that two weeks ago, Valve and her team made “a very, very big technological breakthrough” with their virtual reality system, so big that they decided to just skip the original version and ship this new one, albeit missing the Q1 date. “We shouldn’t make our users swap their systems later just so we could meet the December shipping date.” That said, Wang remained mum on what this upgrade is all about, except that it’ll be unveiled at CES early next month.
Another big mystery surrounding HTC’s next big thing is its retail price. After all, it may take some more incentive to attract a crowd towards this brand new system, especially with many simpler but very affordable alternatives now readily available. After some nagging from this author, Wang finally gave a vague hint: In a recent survey conducted with her engineers, 80 percent of the group raised their hands when she gave a price considered to be affordable for them, based on their pay. According to recruitment site Glassdoor, the base salary of a software engineer at HTC ranges from NT$51,500 (about US$1,560) to NT$57,077 (about US$1,730) per month. Nope, still not helping here.
Regardless, it’s safe to assume that this kit will cost much more than existing offerings due to its extra hardware, though Wang remains confident that people will prefer the Vive’s more complete user experience, immersive feeling and quality of content. “Why would I buy a handicapped product? You won’t like it.” That’s mainly referring to the Oculus Rift’s lack of object tracking, though the exec acknowledged that from developers’ perspective, they need these low-end platforms as well to achieve a sizeable market, which is also why HTC never even considered enforcing an exclusivity with Valve’s SteamVR gaming platform right from the start.
It’s worth pointing out that the Vive isn’t just for consumers. Wang added that next year, Audi will be installing Vives in pretty much all of its flagship stores to offer virtual test drive. This will apparently be followed by “many of the major car brands that you can think of.” HTC is also pitching to hospitals with the use case of inspecting a 3D scan of a patient’s brain to better prep for surgery. Even schools can take advantage here: Wang likes the idea of letting kids learn about the human body by flowing around as a blood cell inside. As awesome as all these sound, we’ll reserve our judgement until HTC finally pushes this baby out into the big bad world.
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