Samsung Gear VR now available for preorder

Oculus is in such a weird position right now. You can buy (well, pre-order, but at least it has a ship date) a version of their hardware right now, but it only works if you have a Samsung device, or are willing to buy one. Or you can wait for the "real" Oculus device, but all they'll say about when that'll come is "Q1 2016" -- which isn't encouraging when Q1 2016 is, like, six weeks away. But Gear VR is a real Oculus device, Samsung says. And then Oculus agrees... in a halfhearted way that makes you wonder just how much they really mean it.

None of which would matter much if they weren't heading into the prime shopping season of the year. But since they are... ugh.

If I had to guess, they're using the Gear VR and the next few months to test out their services / infrastructure (such as Oculus Arcade, Oculus Video, Oculus 360 Photos, Oculus Social) before they do a much bigger launch of the highly anticipated Oculus Rift.

They say "Galaxy Note 5 require a software update from your carrier."

I wish I knew if Verizon wil be offering this update. I just bought a Google cardboard type device (cheap!) for my Note 5 but the lenses are small so the experience ends up not being very immersive.