Gear VR is an important product line of Samsung VR project and the only product line of Samsung VR at present. It has been updated to the third generation, and now a new patent on Gear VR has been exposed.

The U.S. Patent Office approved a Samsung patent application at the end of February. Samsung's Gear VR is equipped with a sensor module on the upper left side of the helmet. The module can recognize the user's gesture operation in the air and give feedback to the mobile phones in Gear VR, that is, you can operate Gear VR without touching the screen/buttons. This patent shows that you can use this function to perform any touch operation on the phone in Gear VR, and you can also quickly adjust the volume.

Users who have used mobile VR helmets should know that the most inconvenient part of mobile VR helmets is manipulation. Since VR helmets cannot achieve the same control as mobile phone touch screens, they can only be controlled by head swing and Bluetooth handles, and it is very difficult to switch apps in the helmets. Samsung's patent for isolated manipulation will make the manipulation of Gear VR more arbitrary, It can improve VR experience.