Leak: Samsung’s new Gear VR has wider field of view, works with Note 7

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by Sindy Cator on August 1, 2016 at 4:41 pm

The Samsung Gear VR is already the best VR experience you can get without dumping $1,000 or more on a standalone kit and PC, but a new leak suggests it’s about to get much better. Most critically, the new Gear VR will reportedly have a 110-degree field of vision — a marked uptick from the current model’s 96-degree view. If you’ve ever felt as though you were looking through a portal into VR, that might help. Elsewhere, the next Gear VR is said to work with larger devices like the incoming Note 7. It’s believed to be backwards compatible for…