
Functionally, this sounds a lot like Google Cardboard: there’s no dedicated VR display, and instead the user would slide his or her smartphone into the Gear VR headset, where it would then act as the wearable’s screen. A USB 3.0 connection would let the phone talk to the rest of the Gear VR hardware, which could include a Glass-style touchpad on the side and a button that would quickly call up the view from the phone’s rear camera, effectively letting you see “through” the Gear VR and out into the world around you.
Oculus VR is reportedly helping Samsung with the software side of things, which could go a long way towards making this feel more like a polished product. The source behind this info also indicates that an IFA launch is likely, alongside the Note 4.
One note on the image you see above: while it arrived alongside this report on how Gear VR would work, the original seemed to be in a compressed aspect ratio (the circles shown for the touchpad and see-through button initially appeared more as ovals), so we’ve stretched the pic to return it to (what appears to be) its natural aspect ratio.
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