In an effort to accelerate the expansion of Gear VR, Samsung is reaching out to developers through its new Gear VR framework, or GearVRf. Samsung introduced the Gear VR last year. It is a virtual reality headset that pairs with smartphones.

GearVRf is an open source framework that helps developers produce video as well as apps and games for Android-powered virtual reality headsets. The framework makes it easy to develop VR applications without requiring extensive knowledge of OpenGL and the Oculus renderer, as the GearVRf uses programming language already familiar to many Android developers, such as C++ and Java. In addition, the GearVRf does not require a high degree of 3D graphics knowledge. For instance, developers who already have images, videos and even 3D models can easily add and edit them in their virtual space.