MWC 2016: Every Big-Name Smartphone Announced at the Show, in Pictures

The LG 360 VR ( Virtual Reality ) was announced during the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2016 (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain.

Samsung said it would give Gear VR devices to people who preorder its Galaxy S7 and Alcatel, a brand of China's TCL, is shipping its new Idol handset in a box that transforms into a VR headset.

The G5 comes with several accessories, such as a sound system developed by Danish firm Bang & Olufsen, and a virtual reality headset which will allow it to compete with the Gear VR headset launched by Samsung previous year.+ The focus on accessories comes with the smartphone market beginning to slow as it becomes increasingly saturated.

This handy camera is a 13MP device that records photos and videos in 360-degrees and allows you to export the videos to your LG device or upload to YouTube as a 360-degree video or even to Google StreetView.

For Facebook, that's just the start.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks past Mobile World Congress attendees watching a virtual reality presentation in Barcelona on February 21, 2016.

LG is working on a VR headset which would let people use it not only at home, but in other places as well.

"We want to make Facebook the best video platform for virtual reality and Samsung is the only company in the world that can provide a good experience in terms of virtual reality", he said.

"All of these additional devices, whether it is a virtual reality goggle, whether it is a camera, whether it is a smartwatch, they are all ways of generating additional profits", said Ian Fogg, the head mobile and technology analyst at IHS Technology. In the case of dual cameras, each has a 180-degree fisheye lens. Instead of docking the smartphone into the VR headset like you do with a Samsung smartphone and the GearVR, you plug your G5 smartphone into the LG 360 VR through a cable.

So, does this mean virtual reality has finally made it big or is it just another fad like 3D?I think the average consumer will disregard the advancement in the virtual world at first, with mostly hardcore gamers and tech enthusiasts chasing after the products. Such an image or video would simultaneously capture not just the steps but also the faces of those watching. The phones are also compatible with the VR headsets that Samsung released past year. VR is going mobile this year.

So consumers can initially expect two very different virtual reality experiences depending on if they go the serious gamer route or casual user route.

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