SYDNEY: Samsung has unveiled their newest flagship at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, as the company before keeps on releasing all kinds of ads for their existing products along with teasers for the upcoming ones.
The company has already advertised their Gear VR headset in all sorts of ways, and now they released yet another ad. This video was posted by Samsung Australia YouTube channel, and it basically shows us the opening of what seems to be a “Shark Diving” store 1,200 kilometers from the nearest ocean. This video vas shot in Alice Springs, Central Australia, and it shows interesting reactions of people as they see the sign in from of the store, and their reactions after using the Gear VR to experience virtual shark diving journey.
In a recent video published on Samsung Australia’s YouTube account, the company opened a dive store in a town called Alice Springs, which happens to be over 700 miles away from the nearest ocean: “the last place you’d open a dive store.” They stocked it with snorkels, wet suits, fins and inflatable toys. As you might expect, the denizens of Alice Springs were befuddled.
As people started to wander in off the streets, they all asked the same question: “Where’s the water?”
After heading to a room in the back of the shop, they each strapped on the Gear VR. Suddenly, they were underwater.
These are the kinds of experience that VR headset makers want consumers to know about, but for now, the Gear VR is only compatible with the Galaxy Note 4. There have been signs that either the next model of the Gear VR will support a wider range of Samsung devices or Samsung will release an adapter, but until then, the number of desert shark divers will remain woefully limited.
