If you’re anything like our resident gaming correspondent Deon, you’re beyond excited about the possibility of virtual reality like that of the upcoming consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset which is due sometime towards the end of this year. A few weeks ago at its launch event for the new Galaxy Note 4 phablet Samsung called John Carmack, the father of the first-person-shooter and current CTO of the Facebook owned Oculus VR onto stage to introduce a companion device for the Note 4 in the form of the Gear VR headset.

It’s a headset that allows you to mount your Note 4 in the front of it to transform it into a full VR headset complete with root access to the hardware that allowed Oculus to reduce the lag that often cripples similar projects. It has a 90 degree viewing angle which translates into a viewing experience that’s akin to looking at a 175 inch screen from 2 meters away.

While we don’t have a confirmed price or date of availability yet we have had it confirmed that the Gear VR will be coming to South Africa some time in the near future which could put it in line to hit our shores at the same time as the Oculus Rift proper.