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On Thursday, Samsung senior vice president Peter Koo took the stage at the second annual Oculus Connect virtual reality conference to announce a new, updated GearVR headset, slated to launch in November 2015 for $99.
"This is the device that will take virtual reality mainstream and deliver a virtual reality for everyone," Koo said during Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe's keynote panel. Though details were scarce, Koo told the crowd that the new headset will be "22 percent lighter" than the prior model and will receive improvements to the side-of-head touchpad and "overall feel." A full list of compatible devices wasn't confirmed, but Koo said that every 2015 Samsung handset will be compatible with the new GearVR.
One major piece of new software will launch alongside GearVR: Oculus Arcade, which will allow GearVR users to fake like they're standing in front of arcade cabinet versions of such classic games as Pac-Man, Gauntlet, Spy Hunter, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Oculus executives also announced that November will see the launch of GearVR's 1.0 SDK for VR developers.
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