YouTube VR is branching out.
YouTube on Wednesday announced it's launching the virtual reality app on Samsung's Gear VR headset. Featuring more than 800,000 virtual experiences, the app is already available on Daydream View, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR.
"We want everyone with a VR headset to be able to experience YouTube VR," YouTube's VR Product Lead Erin Teague wrote in a blog post. "Starting today, we're expanding access to millions of people with Gear VR headsets."
The free app will be available for download in the Oculus Store this week.
Meanwhile, YouTube has also added a new social feature to the app, as well as some exclusive content. On Daydream View and Gear VR, you can now watch and discuss videos in a "communal, virtual space," Teague wrote. To try it out, just click the "Watch Together" icon located under the play controls.
The new content lets you go backstage with rock band Portugal. The Man and singer-songwriter Hayley Kiyoko via the VR180 Rockstar VR series. Plus, a new episode of The Female Planet series features Olympic bronze medalist fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. There's also a new action video from SoKrispyMedia which "puts you in the middle of a video game, where you can race to escape a digital world before a glitch traps you there forever," Teague wrote.
The YouTube VR app lets you explore the site in a 3D VR setting. You can browse and watch full 360-degree videos that "put you in the center of the action" or take in standard rectangular videos on a "virtual big screen," according to the app's description. You can also sign in to view your subscriptions, playlist, and watch history, just like usual.