Oculus and Facebook have now announced that Gear VR experiences can now be streamed directly from the headset to a connected TV using Chromecast. This means that other people can now also see what you are experiencing in virtual reality. This makes it much easier to take turns at a game, for example. An evening with friends should turn out much more sociable.
To use this new social feature, all you have to do is open the Oculus app, press the cast button, select the device you want to stream to and finally put on the Gear VR headset to start. The Oculus app is available on Android. Learn more about Chromecast on the Chromecast page. Google. A Blog entry to Samsung Gear VR and Chromcast is also available.
Source: Press release