Samsung expands its Gear virtual reality headset

The company is aiming to entice more customers by adding entertainment and educational options to its Gear virtual reality headset. 

United States: Samsung, a South Korean multinational consumer electronics giant, is expanding its Gear virtual reality arsenal by adding the more options of entertainment and educational into it, in order to fascinate more number of customers with the help of Oculus, an American virtual reality technology company.

It announced various selections including Nomads (a three-dimensional video series), Tactera (a battlefield strategy video game), 6X9 (360-degree video), and so on along with more than 250 apps for their Gear virtual reality headset.

TechSci Research depicts that Samsung strategy of adding entertainment and educational options into their Gear Virtual Reality Arsenal for the end user customers would add more customers as well would have the positive impact on revenues.

TechSci Research, a global market research andconsulting firm closely analyse the development in the virtual reality market and recently published report, “United States Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2020”. According to the report, the market for augmented reality and virtual reality in the United States is projected to grow at a CAGR over 37% during 2015-2020.

Growing adoption in automotive, pico-projectors, and gaming & entertainment industries, for display of information, along with facilitation of real-time human interaction with objects and digital devices, are anticipated to be the major growth drivers for the United States augmented reality & virtual reality market over the next five years.