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What is Samsung Gear VR Comfort Mode and how to use it

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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Samsung Gear VR Comfort Mode is a setting that alters the warmth of the lighting within the VR experience. Depending on your eyes or taste, the neutral light setting may or may not work. Comfort Mode allows you...

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How to use the Samsung Gear VR with your iPhone

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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Someone asked me the other day how to use the Samsung Gear VR with your iPhone. I have also received a couple messages here on Tom’s Hardware asking that same thing. So to help as many people as possible, I...

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How to set up and install your Samsung Gear VR

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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If you’re unboxing right now and want to know how to set up and install your Samsung Gear VR, you’re in the right place. Having recently done this very thing myself, I shall show you how to quickly get your new...

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How to use a Bluetooth gamepad with your Samsung Gear VR

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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Many Samsung Gear VR experiences don’t require a gamepad to enjoy. Some more advanced and involved games benefit hugely from using a gamepad. Fortunately, Oculus officially supports three gamepads while others...

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Samsung Gear VR vs Google Daydream: Mobile VR showdown

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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The Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream both offer decent quality virtual reality without the huge price tag. It is that ideal middle ground between those early VR viewers that didn’t work very well and the...

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Gear VR won’t launch how to fix

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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The Samsung Gear VR is an excellent headset but like any new technology has had its teething problems. It will occasionally throw up an issue that can interrupt your experience too. One of which is the where...

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How to save Gear VR games to your SD card

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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Depending on what Samsung phone you use, you may only have 32GB of internal storage to save all your games, movies, music and Oculus goodness. Wouldn’t it be great if you could save Gear VR games to your SD...

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How to launch Gear VR apps without Oculus

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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The Oculus app is a fairly reliable and stable app that is the window into VR for Samsung Galaxy phones. It loads automatically as soon as you attach your handset to the headset and loads into the home screen...

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How to prevent overheating with the Samsung Gear VR

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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After the scare of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, it is natural to not want your Samsung Gear VR to overheat your phone when using it. When running the Gear VR, the handset battery heats up significantly. While not...

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How to clean and maintain your Samsung Gear VR

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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Look after your equipment and your equipment will look after you. Spending a little time on cleaning and maintaining your Samsung Gear VR and it will look good and work well for longer. Given that things...

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How to play PS4 games on the Samsung Gear VR

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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If you own a Samsung Gear VR and don’t want to buy the PSVR, you can stream from your PS4 to a PC and then on to your Gear VR should you want to. If you really want to play PS4 games on the Samsung Gear VR...

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Play Google Cardboard apps on the Samsung Gear VR

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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Back in the early days of Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard, you needed to sideload Cardboard apps to make them work on a Gear VR. Now, with the cunningly titled ‘Play Cardboard apps on Gear VR’ app, you can...

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How to play Steam games with your Samsung Gear VR

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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There is a lot to love about Steam. While it has its own VR system, you can also play Steam games with your Samsung Gear VR. So if you don’t have the $600 to drop on an Oculus Rift, this could be your next best...

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XPS 13 2-In-1 vs HP Spectre X360: Which should you buy?

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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The Dell XPS 13 2-In-1 was one of the best premium laptops of 2016. The company must have thought it has the ultrabook market sewn up. That is until the redesigned HP Spectre X360 came along. Now things get...

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What to do if your Spectre X360 won’t hold a charge

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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The earlier HP Spectre X360 laptops had a few battery issues that either stopped charging when upgraded to Windows 10 or wouldn’t hold a charge for as long as they should. There have been a few new Spectre X360...

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HP Spectre X360 Hackintosh guide

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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As the HP Spectre X360 uses standard Intel processors and RAM, it is possible to turn it into a (mostly) fully functional Hackintosh. This HP Spectre X360 Hackintosh guide will talk you through doing just that...

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How to prevent heating issues in the HP Spectre X360

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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The smaller our laptops become while also getting more powerful, the harder it is to manage heat. The HP Spectre X360 is a powerful laptop with conventional i5 or i7 processor and RAM. Integrated graphics also...

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How to update all drivers and BIOS on HP Spectre X360

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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Keeping drivers updated is a well-known way of maximizing the security and performance of any computer or device. The HP Spectre X360 is no different. With drivers being updated all the time, they offer...

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HP Spectre X360 clean install guide

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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HP are pretty good at not filling their laptops with bloatware and unnecessary apps so performing a clean install isn’t as necessary on HP machines as it is on others. However, if you do want a fresh start...

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How to upgrade and install an SSD on the HP Spectre X360

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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There are three SSD options for the new HP Spectre X360 256GB, 512GB and 1TB. Even with larger drives, it is very easy to fill them up. Fortunately, HP specified standard NVMe M.2 SSDs which are very...

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How to install Linux Ubuntu 14.04 on the HP Spectre X360

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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The HP Spectre X360 comes with Windows 10 installed as default but that doesn’t mean you cannot install something else if you want. You could easily install Linux Ubuntu 14.04 on the HP Spectre X360 or some...

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How to disassemble the HP Spectre X360

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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I have always like pulling things apart to see how they work. I still do it now, although I am a little more careful now my toys are more expensive. If you feel the same way, or simply want to upgrade your...

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Boot from a USB Drive with your HP Spectre X360

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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If you want to boot your HP Spectre X360 from a USB drive, you have two options. You can boot just that once or permanently from it. Both will then cause the laptop to ignore your installed OS and choose...

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How to troubleshoot hinge issues on your HP Spectre X360

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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There are a few user comments about hinge issues with the HP Spectre X360. Some can be fixed at home while others cannot. If your laptop is under warranty, it makes sense to have HP fix it. If it is out of...

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How to troubleshoot HP Spectre X360 Wi-Fi issues

JamieKavanagh Oct 11, 2019

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Most laptops will have Wi-Fi issues at one point or another but usually they don’t reoccur as often as those that plague the X360. Lots of users have been complaining that the laptop takes an overly long time...