$200 turns your Galaxy Note 4 into a VR headset

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http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/aef64f8ba9fb95cc93380f55809b722e/200683692/gearvr_alone_630px.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/12/samsung-gear-vr-pricing/)Moments after Samsung announced that you could get a Gear VR as early as next month (http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/12/samsung-gear-vr-innovator-edition/), Oculus released an all-important detail: its price. Oculus and Samsung are selling two versions of its Gear VR Innovator Edition -- the headset alone is $199, but if you want the Bluetooth gamepad as well, you'll have to pony up $249 for the bundle. It's worth noting that this particular Gear VR (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/03/samsung-virtual-reality/) is designed for the Galaxy Note 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/15/samsung-galaxy-note-4-review/), which you will have to supply yourself in order to get that whole virtual reality experience. Seeing as a Note 4 will likely cost you around $300 on contract and upwards of $800 without, the total Gear VR experience is looking to be quite expensive -- starting at around $500 and almost $1,000 if you decide to go off-contract. That's considerably more than the $350 Oculus Rift DK2 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/19/oculus-rift-development-kit-2/), though bear in mind that Oculus has yet to announce the consumer retail price of its Rift headset.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/12/samsung-gear-vr-pricing/