if you don’t have a Gear VR account- I give a walkthrough in the video of what I did to resolve this at 2:51 - I also DID NOT HAVE A GEAR VR ACCOUNT before making this video. All credit goes to the subreddit guide which Ive linked in the description above..where a FULL walkthrough is given. Follow second method. Read the full guide and you’ll find other resources for games to download. Then come back and subscribe once you’ve revived your Gear VR YAAAAAY!!!

@yousef_eomr

3 ай бұрын

I did the same as you did, but I did not understand the section on adding applications or games. I did not understand what you meant. Please, please help me. I am tired of this VR.

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

@@yousef_eomr read the Reddit guide posted in the description.

@abhijitdash

2 ай бұрын

Does this work on the S10e if it is updated to One UI 4 or Android 12?

@yousef_eomr

2 ай бұрын

@abhijitdash Yes, it works, but the problem is the size of the device, and the other problem is that the Oculus gear vr program does not work

@BANCLAMOFFICIAL

2 ай бұрын

subscribed! Gonna go scan your vids now

The GearVR is the reason I keep my old Samsung Galaxy S7 around. It doesn't seem to have any issue signing in to the service but then again it is still on Android 8. Personally I'm not sold on VR for gaming but for media consumption I'm a real fan. Sitting in a virtual movie theatre is brilliant and I have forgotten quite where I am at times, gotten up to go to the toilet and walked into a wall or my desk.

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

yeah it’s pretty cool how old technology is pretty good! I played hours on this thing lol. Wish I had old accounts to log onto but I never had one of these

@PIurn

3 ай бұрын

I’d recommend VR gaming recently if you can get your hands on a quest 2 for cheap.

@voteDC

3 ай бұрын

@@PIurn It's not that I don't enjoy VR games, it's more that I don't think that VR adds anything to them. I end up thinking "this would be as much fun on my monitor." A lot of it is that VR can only trick my eyes and ears. Every other physical sense I have isn't involved. Sure it can show my eyes and ears that I'm piloting a space fighter but no other part of me is involved and I end up getting pulled out of the experience because of that. As I said though as a passive experience I am completely sold on VR. I quite forget that I'm not in a real movie theatre because I'm doing the same thing as if I were there.

@Mr.BucketHatMan

3 ай бұрын

@@voteDCI see your point, but you’ve clearly never played BoneLab or Boneworks

@Bazazooka

3 ай бұрын

​@@voteDCVR has progressed quite a lot, and as the other guy here says, stuff like Boneworks and Bonelabs really showcases the potential of the platform. Meta's new stuff such as AC Nexus and Asgard's Wrath 2 are also quite the experiences.

They should bring back Gear VR, it's a nice way to get into VR especially since it uses your phone, and phones have gotten way more powerful over the years and their displays are better with higher refresh rates

@funnyberries4017

3 ай бұрын

Yeah my oculus quest is still a V1, and the processor is the same as the S8. Still plays lots of great games!

@ruekurei88

3 ай бұрын

Higher refresh rates, but phone screen resolutions haven’t gotten higher. A lot hovering around 1080p or thereabouts. The S24 ultra is the same resolution as my 2019 LG V50 for example, and my v50 has higher ppi.

@KingVulpes

3 ай бұрын

@@ruekurei88 ain't the worse, the first PSVR was 960 x 1080 per eye

@cepibolla

3 ай бұрын

@@ruekurei88 Xperia phones have better resolution than the other ones

@quyeny22

3 ай бұрын

By the way Samsung is bringing it back this year but a standalone headset like Apple Vision Pro, Samsung is partnering with google and Qualcomm to make this happen so can’t wait for that

Fun fact: PSP already had a "cardboard" peripheral waaay before Google or Samsung. Metal Gear Ac!d 2 featured a 3D mode using a cardboard called SOLID EYE TOBIDAC!D. That was in December 2005, Google Cardboard, the first popular "headset" for phones appeared in June 2014. Sooooo, yeah.

@caguko

3 ай бұрын

Thats crazy cool!

@quekit

3 ай бұрын

The screen door effect must of been abismal

@ruekurei88

3 ай бұрын

That’s not VR, that’s just a slightly fancy 3D viewer. Anyone actually interested should just google it.

@F.ELEVEN

2 ай бұрын

That’s crazy!! It’s like how PSP also pioneered AR with Invizimals !! Super cool tech

@girlsdrinkfeck

2 ай бұрын

yeah but google cardboard etc were trash , the gear VR has actual electronics inside for spacial positioning etc

Its insane that this gadget had usb c 6 years before apple invented it

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

haha made me lol

@adredy

3 ай бұрын

ever more crazy it was 6 years ago aple say they spend 6 years to make vision pro :) slow connection if you have 20mb/s connection realy takes 6years :)

@original2k

3 ай бұрын

this is a good one hahah

@imb4dm4n66

2 ай бұрын

Apple is the one who invented usb c and using it on Mac 2015. Although later for iPhones.

@toasted_bagel59

2 ай бұрын

@@imb4dm4n66too bad they waited way too long to use usbc in their phones. Instead they made a useless charging system called “lightning “ when in reality it’s slower and less reliable than usbc.

I remember trying the Samsung Gear VR at the phone store when I was a kid. I wanted one so bad, but I'm really really glad that ones like the Quest 1/2/3 exist. I currently own a Quest 3 and going back and watching videos like this to see if I would remember the Gear VR the same makes me super grateful that we have what we have now

I was in elementary school so obsessed with this and google cardboard

@NicholasAfari-Mintah

3 ай бұрын

Same . but mine was in primary school!

@redstonemaster6264

13 күн бұрын

Im now old enough to get it but its discontinued😢

These memories... This nostalgia... I remember how at the beginning (when the first VR goggles were just appearing) I was fascinated by their possibilities and watched every video about them that was available on the Internet. Many years have passed since then, and even though I have Oculus Quest 2, it is not the same feeling anymore... Once upon a time, putting on VR goggles (for just 10/15 seconds) during open school days was something amazing. And now... Well... I'm sitting at my fancy computer and looking at my Oculus, which I haven't turned on for so long that it has accumulated quite a bit of dust. If you could go back in time and, when you were 15/16 years old, be able to play with it for a moment... That would be something.

I'm old enough that all this just seemed like yesterday. Finding these set up at Best Buy was probably the first mass introduction of VR to the public. I know I was blown away and got an earlier Samsung phone just to use the Gear VR. The little hand control was quite ergonomic with a nicer feel than the GO controller, IMHO. The touchpad on the side of the headset was also a pretty useful thing before the remote came out.

Happy to see that there is still interest in this piece of hardware. Here's to hoping that at some point the community will end up adding support for this headset in the future. Either through a cracked app or a new launcher as a whole.

That’s so cool! I never knew that smash hit was playable in VR!

@tapafon_red

3 ай бұрын

It's even playable on Quest 1 (if you sideload it), but game does not run fullscreen by default.

2:26 The Note9 works, but you need the Note9 specific adapter. Since the phone is thicker... im not sure if you can still find it online tho

@ryanmerrill2273

3 ай бұрын

They're available on eBay from Korea, abt 20 bucks

@GAMIR_SFM

3 ай бұрын

@@ryanmerrill2273 Oh thats cool that they haven't run out since 2019

@adredy

3 ай бұрын

i have note 9 and this vr you dont need adapter just pusch phone harder used 100 times no issues with usb in phone like new :) one thing you need latest version of those glasses other ones are to small note 9 will not fit ,

I still daily drive my S10. I purchased that phone specifically to play gear VR. I still got the old GearVR too but its just a collector item at this point. Went from GearVR to Q1 to RiftS to Q2 to Q3. Im happy with the current state of VR

thanks so much Bro for help me giving life to my old but Gold Gear VR!

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

glad to hear 😎❤️

@shadow-nk8hs

3 күн бұрын

​@@johnzoid74dose vr work on samsung a53

Watched this on my Oculus Go. It felt very limiting, as I have experienced the Quest 2. Old VR may seem nostalgic to some, but it’s a very bittersweet experience in 2024.

@adamgreenhill110

3 ай бұрын

Especially on the Quest 3 now... It's like a Valve Index but sharper and wider FOV. Totally blew my mind after trying the Quest 2. The Gear VR is totally redundant now. I can't play the horror games I loved on Gear VR because they feel totally real 😂

@Janingham

3 ай бұрын

Quest 2 value is unbeatable at this point, that shit is dirt cheap nowadays but still offers great VR experience

I use this quite often for 3D movies, it’s amazing, and it was an accessory I got with my first flagship in 2016, being the Galaxy S7.

@girlsdrinkfeck

2 ай бұрын

ever used to use altspace chat ? was amazing , talk to strangers online and play games with them such as disc golf and the maze and word games

I remember when I was a teen and I heard of it. I liked it very much

I'm so happy to see the Gear VR is still working in 2024, I also have the same exact Gear VR from 2017 but unfortunately I couldn't get the s10 phone yet because almost all of them are upgraded to Android 12 which is a big bummer, but willing to buy one nowadays with an A11 so I'll keep searching, thank you so much for this helpful video man, I really appreciate it 👍, one more thing, it's way better than buying the 3500 dollars Apple Vision pro, so Samsung is the winner in this one.

My first flagship was the first Samsung Note phone. Was the best phone I ever used for Dungeon Defenders Second Wave and BTD Battles.

Hey dude, thankyou for the video 😊 well done 👍 everything worked up until you got to the games. Were they already there? Did you download them? I cannot download anything without Meta go, I have a meta account but really lost on this one, big troubles trying to get meta at first, just so many issues, always some hurdle, have been trying for months now, no idea 🤷🏻‍♂️ I now have home menu on VR with youtube etc but no experiences or games available.. should I give up? Lol

Bro the day phones has the software to do what the AR headsets can do would be insane. I love having one device that does it all.

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

yeah it’s such a good idea to just plug it right in and play.

@omarbray637

3 ай бұрын

I had a note 5 back in 2015 that had an app that would make Hatsune Miku appear anywhere and dance either toy sized or life sized. I remember showing her dancing on a table at Panera while in a "Scamway" meeting to an uplink. So the tech has been here for a while just the company's just abandoned it. I still use my gear VR for PC vr using a Motorola phone as a 144hz wireless hmd. I gotta use an old daydream apk though because Samsung didn't allow gear VR software to be used on other android manufacturers...

@sas408

2 ай бұрын

To make this happen you need atleast 4 cameras on your phone each on every edge

You should really review the Samsung Galaxy Camera! It's a pretty bizarre Android device and I love it!

the most useful feature of the gear vr is that you can take the lenses out and put them in ur htc vive, vive elite cosmos or other steam vr tracking based headset for a better experience with larger sweet spot for viewing and less godrays

@andrievbastichy8551

3 ай бұрын

what u just said bro....

Broooo I used to have the white one. I remember playing epic roller coasters on it when I was like 7 or 8 and it scared the shit outta me. It's crazy we got mobile headsets like the meta quest and apple vision pro

Funny I still use a Samsung VR headset: though it's a Windows Mixed Reality headset. When I got it, it still had better specs than most mainstream headsets such as resolution, it had an OLED display, had filtering to not see the screen door effect (you do still see the OLED mura though), and inside out tracking. I know many people s*** on WMR but hey I've beaten expert plus difficulty maps in Beat Saber without much tracking issues. And I got that thing for $200 on clearance. So I got what had the best specs at the time other than frame rate, Index is still untouched, for less than everything else.

The first oculus quest has the same processor as the Samsung S8. Can play beat saber, robo recall, and a whole bunch of other fun and fast games. The killing of phone VR was a real mistake of Google. They should have just open sourced all their cardboard stuff to let third party phone companies carry the torch if they needed too. The quest runs Android anyways, so there would totally be some love from some of the Chinese competitors

@tapafon_red

3 ай бұрын

But in Q1, SoC was already overclocked and had an active cooling. And it also had more resolution and more FOV than PhoneVR.

@funnyberries4017

3 ай бұрын

@@tapafon_red I'm making a case for why it would be awesome on todays hardware. I bet we could get full room scale vr is with a modern phone

I have two of this "bad boys" and had a lot of fun !!!

That actually looked super fun!!!!

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

haha it was a blast

Another great video by you! Keep it up

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Thomas!

@ThomasChooGaming

3 ай бұрын

@@johnzoid74 does it work on s10?

@shubamtandel8935

Күн бұрын

Nope​@@ThomasChooGaming

@ThomasChooGaming

Күн бұрын

@@shubamtandel8935 what a shame

thanks helped a lot got it working after 4 years.

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

I was wondering what GearVR was like. Good video.

I had one for my s6, glad i bought minecraft on it before it was removed from the store. My phone broke eventually but I'm borrowing a friends headset so i can get my nostalgia fix soon lol. My favorite experience on the gear vr was the Van Gogh experience. It was super atmospheric, couldnt do much, but still very cool

I had this back in the day and the Note 9, I think you needed the 2018 adapter to get it to work. Honestly, it was ahead of its time then, but the masses didn't like it until Apple released their Vision Pro. I had tons of fun on that thing, ahh good times.

I was so pissed. I bought a whole bunch of games for the gear VR right before they discontinued the service. I have my S8 sitting in a drawer with the original software.

Oh wow. Thanks for this. I have a GearVR that I couldn't get to login and assumed since they dropped support that was it. I'll have to check if i still have the games installed that i purchased from their store. Drop Dead VR was a fun House-of-the-dead style game. Don't remember the names of the rest I liked.

gear VR on my s7 was VERY capable for its limitations i was impressed, if u never used VR before it was impressive, ALT chat VR was massive fun

I loved gear vr, many fun games, even minecraft

the gear VR was actually why I switched to samsung back in the day. I eventually sold it after getting a Quest 1, which can run Gear VR apps anyway

i have one of these and i liked using it for playing retro games on emulators

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

such a good idea

@twisterpanda6759

3 ай бұрын

How

I had so much fond memories with my old gear vr and galaxy s7. You can definitely see the similarities with metas quest software and the gear vr. Yes I know oculus made the software for quest 2 and that became meta.

I used GearVR with Note 8 last time 1 year ago - used as VR 3d cinema (skybox app) ;) now I use QuestPro ^_^ and the GearVr is on the shelf. For Note 9 you need a special adapter.

Thanks !!! It works :-)) If you can not click with the integred controler, just disable "developer mode" in "manage activity" and you will be able to click again.

I started vr on this and I literally would play for hours ❤ now I have a quest 1 and 2 and still wish to play the og games frome gear vr

Can you review the samsung tab 3 10.1 (Day one)

Smash Hit was my 1st vr experience and wow, I miss that game!

0:59 Everybody: Ok, no problem.

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

hahah right 😂

this guy is hilarious. nice video..

I wanted this SO BAD when it came out but eventually i just purchased a Fibrum Pro and i still use it to this day when my quest 2 battery dies. Cool to see someone messing with this thing in 2024

It was supposed to be something similar to the oculus go. It helped people easily slip into the VR space.

It worked, thanks for the suggestion. Finally I can play some games on the Samsung Gear VR 😊❤ Edit: I tried logging into oculus using my old account and finally I was able to log in. So I can enjoy all the features on Samsung Gear VR 😀

@emrehan_

25 күн бұрын

How did you activate your old account? I still can't log in. Help?

@CherishTMC

24 күн бұрын

@@emrehan_ Initially I logged into my old account using email on the day I previously commented on this video. But, when I tried to log in to my old account, it said the password was wrong. I don't know either, if I have the time I'll try logging into my old account

I love samsung innovation

I remember this!!

I used this with the galaxy s10 for years until I got the quest 2. Even when I had the quest 1, I still brought the gear with me so I could just watch movies like that in a hotel without messing with hdmi adapters

i went to computer stores just to screw around with this. this thing is awesome

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

haha it’s a pretty good time 😂

I remember the 1st generation Samsung VR I got for free through Samsung promotions. Loved it. Sold it after a year of owning it, and fast forward to 2024, i regret selling it. I recently got an email to update my old Occlus account to merge it with Meta. Smash was my favorite game. I'd spend a lot of time at night playing it.

@pinealmidias9986

Ай бұрын

Friend, do you happen to still have access to this account? If you could share it with me I would really appreciate it!

Je l'utilise encore actuellement...quelques fonctionnalités ont disparu comme la possibilité de changer de thème mais toute mes applications de l'époque sont toujours là et franchement ça fait encore de l'effet en 2024! Ca a vielli mais ca reste toujours aussi impressionnant. C'est ce qui fait que je garderais toujours mon gamaxy s7. Le samsung gear vr était bien en avance sur son temps et c'est franchement dommage que samsung ne retente pas l'aventure avec un gear vr 2...

Dead and Buried was my favorite game on the Gear VR. I wish that I could play it again.

I use mine to play PC vr games, its amazing since a real vr like htc costs same as a car here on Brazil.

@andrievbastichy8551

3 ай бұрын

what do u use? ivry? trinus? which apps? nolo

@vjextreme

3 ай бұрын

@@andrievbastichy8551 riftcat

@teteuandroid

2 ай бұрын

Como você conecta no PC para isso?

@vjextreme

2 ай бұрын

@@andrievbastichy8551 riftcat

@vjextreme

2 ай бұрын

@@teteuandroid uso o aplicativo riftcat

I literally took mine out, like a week ago. Had trouble installing some software, but I'll try your suggestions. Game on!

@mhuizing

3 ай бұрын

Also on some phones, try to enable OTG (on the go) so you can use the TouchPad with non-Samsung devices.

Brother, I am facing a problem, there is a network problem when I login to Samsung gear or Oculus Runtime app, please help me.

i think if u got a old s7 - s10 phone this is a good toy for young kids as their first VR headset

funny to see yout beam i have 4 of them! and i have the GearVR but i need the GearVR v2

When i had the s8 with this i used a software called liquidsky for cloud pc gaming, samsung phonecast for a big screen in vr, and virtual USB for my steam controller. I would go to the break room and would be playing overwatch on my lunchbreak! Fun times...😂

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

hahah love this 😂

I just hand-me down a Gear VR with USB-C One. UI 5.1 Android 13 Galaxy S22 I'm not interested in any games, more interested in watching Media with the little handheld Samsung Gear VR Controller to watch some Netflix. The Headset works where you point your head to hit Play/Pause/FF/Reverse and open files, but sometimes the Horizon is off and need the separate controller for that. Could use some tutorial links to get this hand control working vs tilting head to open files and control the media. Neck is getting stiff Thanks

I haven't seen Samsung VR headset in ages I got the Samsung Galaxy S10e aa well

does this works on a galaxy s21 as a simple vr headset ? i thought about buying one since there's one at a thrift shop for 12€...

The note9 actually does work on the GearVR, I used to use it with mine.

2016 was 8 years ago? Sh*t 😐😂

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

hahah yeah tripped me out too

Oh i didn't know about this cool

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

if you look on Facebook marketplace you’ll find a bunch for cheap 😀

Could I use this with an iPhone12 or phones with a similar size to the s6-s8 models?

If amaze vr was still working I think there would have been a legitimate use case to still use gear vr / oculus go. There were a couple of great games that just never made it to quest

The only phones which can sorta fit is a note 10+. Even if the phone doesn't fully fit, could I still do this and get the vr working? I still have my gear vr and I wish I could use it again.

i forgot about smash hit VR !!! one of the best optimised games for gear VR

This type of vr glasses was once used at a rollercoaster called revolution (mount mara when it was vr) in Bobbejaanland, Belgium. Glad they are gone cus vr and rollercoasters dont match.

i used a cheap BT gamepad for this ,cuz i had the free s7 preorder edition one with no controller

did the s10 ever overheat > the s6 and s6 phones did after 30 mins of use in a 21c room, many people added fans to the back of the phone, i assume s10 had way better cooling

I COULDNT FIND A WAY AROUND THE ERROR MESSAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH LORD

Thank you for your valuable video. I tried to use my s7 edge with gear VR and its working 🎉❤❤ Only the problem is, I'm unable to open and login with Oculus gear VR app with my Facebook and Oculus meta account 😢

Is there any way we can by pass one UI 4 and other versions so we can use vr on samsung s10 ?

Even to this day, the Gear VR environment and base room is still one of the best. WMR was okay but just not as good/smooth. SteamVR I eventually disabled. Quest is just AR. ^_^ GearVR was truly good.

When I was using this...I had a piece of software The software allowed me to connect it to a PC The software allowed me to play alien isolation on an 80 inch screen. Technically it is still usable to... Atleast your one is...

Hm may I ask would this still work with VRidge ?

I am so fucked up that Google killed VR. My Daydream Headset is defacto completely useless since Chrome removed also support for VR and it is pretty hard to get a older Version of it...

@johnzoid74

3 ай бұрын

that’s wild I completely forgot about those. Pretty short lived! Yeah thanks Google booo!

@omarbray637

3 ай бұрын

It's not useless if you have a PC built for vr gaming...

you must test GearVR for Samsung Galaxy Note 4! that one is the 1st gen of Galaxy GearVR

Can the headset be set up with the newer s23 phones

I have been making fun of angry bird players, but VR bird actually looks very fun!

Hey man. When I click on browser from the Gear VR Services app it takes me to the Start screen and when I click start it says “the following software must be installed” and there’s nothing there? And ideas?

I did the developer mode and everything, how do I get the login to work now

Who needs a time machine when you can just put on a Gear VR and travel back to 2017?

Guys pls is the S20 FE SUPPORTER ? i cannot connect to the bluetooth controller

If you would have just googled how to expand both sides, you'd have saved money by just flipping the switch UNDER the spot you plug the phone in, and pushing the bit back, thus making space for it. This works with s6-s10

i didnt know there was a usb c version of this that came in black. i only have ever had an experience with the white gear vr that also didnt have a controller. i used a galaxy s7 for that

i always wanted it

I think using an S6,7,8, or 9 would be better since the S10e is only 1080p while the other phones have that 1440p screen

@manofzuo

2 ай бұрын

Yes, there is definitely a difference in image quality between my S7 and S20FE in favor of the older headset. I've tried both in my GearVR.

@girlsdrinkfeck

2 ай бұрын

@@manofzuo s7 overheated though

@manofzuo

2 ай бұрын

@@girlsdrinkfeck yes, it overheats, but I don't use it for long sessions, so it doesn't bother me that much

@girlsdrinkfeck

2 ай бұрын

@@manofzuo i glued a usb fan to the cover

@manofzuo

2 ай бұрын

@@girlsdrinkfeck gluing anything to the phone is not an option for me, because sometimes I use s7 outside of the goggles and radiator/fan wouldn't fit in my pocket

With components as cheap as they are and 3D printing available, we should be able to build our own and dare I say it Better mire comfortable, cooler and lighter!!!

I loved my Gear VR, but man it sucked! Constant glitches, it looked like an old Oculus dev kit (pixelated, terrible). But as a teen I loved the novelty of having a headset for cheap. I just got a Quest 3 and it blew my mind. I can't play the horror games I loved on Gear VR because they're too realistic on Quest 3 😂

i miss my old samsung gear vr

The oculus vr app doesnt work anymore right ?

My first “vr” was super awesome

can it work with the cardboard app on play store?