Virtual Reality Getting Really Real In Business

Not content with placing itself at the top of the smartphone tree, Samsung has recently — and in a blaze of publicity — launched a new generation of virtual reality products. Director of Samsung Ireland, Gary Twohig, tells Jason Walsh that VR isn’t a

Gary Twohig,director of Samsung Ireland

Samsung’s latest product announcements, made at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, were the S7 and S7 Edge smartphones, but another product revealed at the trade show grabbed headlines around the world: the Samsung Gear VR.

Gear VR is a virtual reality headset, but with the processing power located in any compatible Samsung smartphone, including the new S7 and S7 Edge, as well as the S6, S6 Edge and S6 Edge Plus and ...