New version of Gear VR to be revealed soon, may come with a dedicated controller, à la Daydream View
Samsung Gear VR SM-R324 is coming - same as SM-R323 for S7, but gets different front cover to hold Galaxy S8 - and a single hand controller.
— Roland Quandt (@rquandt) February 20, 2017
According to Quandt, the new Gear VR will be mostly identical to the previous iteration, though this one will feature a different front cover to hold the Galaxy S8 and the controller. There is no info yet regarding the hardware inside the controller, so we can't say whether it will have motion-sensing capabilities or not, but previously leaked renders of the device reveal its design and button setup.
The controller can be used with one hand to control different menus, or with two hands, gamepad-style, to play video games. It features a single analog stick, four face buttons, a home/menu button on the front, two shoulder buttons, and a bluetooth sync button on the back.
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