 Hey everybody, this is Sean with The Verge and I am wearing the new version of Samsung's Gear VR VR Viewer. Now there's not a ton of differences between this and previous versions, but I'm going to point out the most important ones while I'm skateboarding down a hill. First off, we have a whole new touchpad. Samsung's really smoothed it out so that it doesn't have those grooves anymore. It's just a more flat touchpad. And obviously this is a whole new color. We're used to the Gear VR being white. This is more of like a black blue, kind of echoes some of the style that Samsung's put in its other products recently. Another big difference is that there's a new dedicated button to bring you right back to Oculus Home so you can get to the menus faster. They didn't remove the back button though, so that's still there if you want to just go through the menus step by step. Another big change is there's more cushioning on this one. It also feels like it breathes a little better so that you don't fog up the lenses as easily. And that's a good thing because there's actually a wider field of view this time around, 101 degrees versus 96 on the last version. Whoa! And now the last big difference between this and previous Gear VR versions is that since this is coming out with the Note 7, it's actually USB Type-C connector in here, but it's modular so you can take the little piece out that connects the USB Type-C, swap in one that'll come with the new Gear VR that is micro USB. So all of Samsung's other new phones, the S7, S7 Edge, and the phones before it will be backwards compatible with this new Gear VR. This is going to cost the same as the last version of the Gear VR, $99. It's going to be available on August 19th when all the other new stuff from Samsung drops like the Note 7 and the Gear 360. Yeah, that's it. This is the new Gear VR from Samsung. I'm going to keep skateboarding. See you guys later. But what's cool is that it's actually... Shoot. Yeah. We can start back at that spot, right? Yeah. Are you still seeing the same view? Yeah. You should see a street view, okay? Yeah. Sure, I know the first person to do this. We were very impressed. We were very impressed.
 Hey everybody, this is Sean with The Verge and I am wearing the new version of Samsung's
 Gear VR VR Viewer.
 Now there's not a ton of differences between this and previous versions, but I'm going
 to point out the most important ones while I'm skateboarding down a hill.
 First off, we have a whole new touchpad.
 Samsung's really smoothed it out so that it doesn't have those grooves anymore.
 It's just a more flat touchpad.
 And obviously this is a whole new color.
 We're used to the Gear VR being white.
 This is more of like a black blue, kind of echoes some of the style that Samsung's put
 in its other products recently.
 Another big difference is that there's a new dedicated button to bring you right back to
 Oculus Home so you can get to the menus faster.
 They didn't remove the back button though, so that's still there if you want to just
 go through the menus step by step.
 Another big change is there's more cushioning on this one.
 It also feels like it breathes a little better so that you don't fog up the lenses as easily.
 And that's a good thing because there's actually a wider field of view this time around, 101
 degrees versus 96 on the last version.
 Whoa!
 And now the last big difference between this and previous Gear VR versions is that since
 this is coming out with the Note 7, it's actually USB Type-C connector in here, but it's modular
 so you can take the little piece out that connects the USB Type-C, swap in one that'll
 come with the new Gear VR that is micro USB.
 So all of Samsung's other new phones, the S7, S7 Edge, and the phones before it will
 be backwards compatible with this new Gear VR.
 This is going to cost the same as the last version of the Gear VR, $99.
 It's going to be available on August 19th when all the other new stuff from Samsung
 drops like the Note 7 and the Gear 360.
 Yeah, that's it.
 This is the new Gear VR from Samsung.
 I'm going to keep skateboarding.
 See you guys later.
 But what's cool is that it's actually...
 Shoot.
 Yeah.
 We can start back at that spot, right?
 Yeah.
 Are you still seeing the same view?
 Yeah.
 You should see a street view, okay?
 Yeah.
 Sure, I know the first person to do this.
 We were very impressed.
 We were very impressed.