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When\u00a0Samsung\u2019s Note 8 smartphone<\/a>\u00a0launches on September 15, it will be accompanied by a\u00a0new version of the company\u2019s Gear VR headset<\/a>, made in partnership with Oculus. This latest iteration doesn\u2019t boast any new features, but Samsung did say that it was the only version of the device the Note 8 would support.<\/p>\n Yesterday, however, we received a tip from Josue Feliciano, who says he got a Note 8 early through Verizon. Feliciano upgraded from the Galaxy S8+, which was released earlier this year alongside the last iteration of the Gear VR (pictured above). The S8+ and Note 8 are both big phones, so Feliciano tried to fit the new phone inside the early 2017 Gear VR. He said it works.<\/p>\n So we reached out to Samsung to ask about Note 8 Gear VR compatibility. The company told us: \u201cThe Galaxy Note 8 requires the new Gear VR with Controller headset, which is available for pre-order now and will go on sale September 15.\u201d<\/p>\n Feliciano then sent us a video of the Note 8 being inserted into the older version of the Gear VR. The phone fits into the device with what appeared to be little trouble and boots up in VR as expected.<\/p>\n We followed up with Samsung. The company offered the following statement: \u201cWe introduced a new Gear VR headset that accommodates the Galaxy Note8 form factor while ensuring backwards compatibility. We do not recommend trying to fit the Note8 into older Gear VR headsets.\u201d<\/p>\n If you\u2019re planning to pick up a Note 8 and the new Gear VR within the next few days and you already own the older 2017 model, perhaps it is best to wait and see more first-hand reports, or if Samsung provides more detail as to why this is not recommended. If you don\u2019t yet own a Gear VR, then the $129.99 price is exactly the same as the older model.<\/p>\n This story originally appeared on Uploadvr.com<\/a>. Copyright 2017<\/i><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When\u00a0Samsung\u2019s Note 8 smartphone\u00a0launches on September 15, it will be accompanied by a\u00a0new version of the company\u2019s Gear VR headset, made in partnership with Oculus. This latest iteration doesn\u2019t boast any new features, but Samsung did say that it was the only version of the device the Note 8 would support. Yesterday, however, we received… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[373,374,370],"tags":[382,380,381,378,379],"class_list":["post-40488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-mixed-reality","category-virtual-reality","tag-immersive","tag-mixed-reality","tag-mr","tag-virtual-reality","tag-vr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n