Hello fellow Gear VR enthusiasts,

I recently found a very cheap used Gear VR (SM-R322), and as I had an S7 sitting in a drawer collecting dust, I thought I’d try it out.

Even though it’s been discontinued for over 3 years, the platform is still surprisingly usable. The only major drawback is that you can’t login to the Oculus app anymore, which means (at least according to my current research) you need to take the phone out of the Gear VR whenever you want to switch apps. (As Oculus Home doesn’t work without being logged in).

During my search for stuff to do with Gear VR, I noticed that it has a decently sized subreddit, but no lemmy presence, so I decided to fix that!

If you have questions about the platform, want to show off a cheap find, or anything else, feel free to post here!

  • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Any 3rd party apps you know about that makes it work on newer phones? Mines not even newish, S10+ but no way I know of to still use my gear VR that’s collecting dust.

    • eco_gameOPMEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Sadly Gear VR stuff was removed in Android 12. If you want to make it work on your S10+, you either have to downgrade to Android 11 or remove the USB connector in your Gear and use it as a Google Cardboard headset instead.

      If it even is possible, I might make a guide for the former in a few months, as I’m in a similar boat with my S10.

      For the Cardboard solution, AFAIK someone made Cardboard QR Codes for all Gear VR models, but I don’t have the link for those right now.

      Edit: Cardboard QR Codes: https://kunkunsoft.wordpress.com/cardboard/

      Edit 2: better link: http://www.sitesinvr.com/viewer/viewer-calibration.htm