Is Samsung's Gear VR compatible with Steam VR games?

[unga bunga]

I know, I'm poor, and the most of Virtual Reality headsets I can get is the Gear VR. I can't afford things such as the Oculus Rift, or HTC Vive, stuff like that. But I'm scared at the thought of getting a pretty good virtual reality headset (to me) and being restricted to only using it on things I download on my phone.

[PandaOnPC]

It's only compatible with Samsung mobile phones, and cannot be used as a headset on PC

[unga bunga]

Originally posted by CrazyRedPanda:

It's only compatible with Samsung mobile phones, and cannot be used as a headset on PC

Well that sucks. :(

[ecnahc]

What about the apps that allow you to use the Nvidia stream technology to your phone from your PC.

[ecnahc]

http://www.vrbites.com/howto/play-pc-games-in-your-gearvr/
Still not full comparability, but for someone trying to save money, or wanting to get their VR fix without shelling out so much on the 1st generation before we see how it picks up, its a good choice.

[AdolJr]

Originally posted by Moot:

I know, I'm poor, and the most of Virtual Reality headsets I can get is the Gear VR. I can't afford things such as the Oculus Rift, or HTC Vive, stuff like that. But I'm scared at the thought of getting a pretty good virtual reality headset (to me) and being restricted to only using it on things I download on my phone.

Just stumbled on this thread because I am going to get a Gear VR soon , so I tried to search google for answers , and I found an answer

this guy stream his steam game to his mobile to play steam VR games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9spWoYkUGo

[Vaupell]

Works fine for me, there are atleast 4 different ways to may your GearVR work just like oculus rift on PC.

[BossGalaga]

Originally posted by CrazyRedPanda:

It's only compatible with Samsung mobile phones, and cannot be used as a headset on PC

Originally posted by Vaupell:

Works fine for me, there are atleast 4 different ways to may your GearVR work just like oculus rift on PC.

Yeah, you can use it for PC, not plug and play out of the box but it can be done. It's basically Oculus Jr. I'm pretty sure it won't be compatible with Vive only software/games though for obvious reasons.

[Freezie]

The ♥♥♥♥ no. It can never be like oculus rift. I tried so much. You can only move the mouse, exept the game send infos to the server u use like trinus vr and says him ONLY to move the head axis. Not every game have a walking axis and head moving axis.. The problem there is you move THE WHOLE body when using this kind of programms.. Sadly.. I have the gear vr and i'm still searching how to use the head axis only by using the gearvr . If anyone know, would be awesome for half life 2

BTW sorry for my bad english , german crap :D We can read and listen, but not write :D