I bought the Gear VR when they just said a Note 4 was needed. Once I got it I found out that of course, this was not the case with my HK bought Note 4. So useless region locked lenses and a piece of plastic. I'll never buy any VR hardware from Samsung again.
As a Gear VR dev I am extremely excited about this. This is a major step forward for GearVR as a platform and think it'll do a lot to promote openness among developers. Now if only we could do away with the walls on that garden...
Great news, the Gear is an awesome piece of kit if you have the cash, I'm planning a few projects with it myself.