Samsung’s new Gear VR ad makes you literally want to put one onMumbai, Nov 23(AZINS) With ever so many iterations of bulky (and expensive) prototypes over the past several years, Virtual Reality is finally ready for the store shelves and en mass consumption. And Samsung appears to be one of the first off the block with their newly-launched Gear VR headset.

Launched that a decidedly alluring price of $99, it’s no surprise the initial batch of units were swiftly sold out in the US on Amazon and BestBuy.com. Of course, this price is only the headset--users will still need to spring for a Samsung Galaxy S6 or Note 4 smartphone to use with the headgear (with support for other Samsung phones coming up later.)

But if this ad is anything to go by, it is clear that Samsung is pushing way more than just the gaming and entertainment aspect of virtual reality--from education to commercial 3D visualization and more, this device could just mark the start of a floodgate of VR in the year ahead.