Along with the announcement of Galaxy Note 8, Samsung also revealed another iteration of the Gear VR headset that's designed to support the Note 8 and its 6.3-inch display. If you bought a new Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the old Gear VR headsets won't work with the Note 8. New Samsung Gear VR! New Samsung Note 8! For those who would like to make full use of their 3D Blu-rays and watch 3D Blu-ray movies on Gear VR 2017 (Galaxy Note 8 Edition), you're in the right place.
Note: The new Gear VR headset is backwards compatible with all recent Samsung handsets including the S8 and S8+, S7 and S7 Edge, S6, S6 Edge, S6+, and the Note 5.
Play 3D Blu-ray on Gear VR 2017 via Galaxy Note 8
To get the 3D movies from Blu-ray discs and convert them to Gear VR and Galaxy Note 8 compatible 3D formats, you'll need help from a third party 3D Blu-ray ripping tool. A good 3D Blu-ray ripper software usually has three basic characteristics: being able to decrypt all the known Blu-ray protections, being able to convert 3D Blu-rays into all the popular 3D videos like MP4, MKV, AVI, etc, and being able to convert 3D Blu-rays into various 3D formats, like Side by Side, Top and Bottom and Anaglyph. Pavtube ByteCopy is the one got these three features covered.
To get your desired 3D video quality and effect, you can adjust the output 3D video depth value to change the 3D depth perception. As for whether selecting the full SBS 3D or half SBS 3D, if you have a VR player with more graphic power and you wish to have a better 3D video quality, just select the full 3D SBS format, if not, a half SBS would satisfy your needs. Apart from that, you can also check the "Switch Left Right" option to change the image display order for 3D SBS movie.
For Mac users, pleadse download the Mac version - Pavtube ByteCopy for Macto get your desired 3D movies from 3D Blu-ray disc on macOS High Sierra, macOS High Sierra or Mac OS X El Capitan.
Step-by-step to Convert 3D Blu-ray for Gear VR 2017 (Galaxy Note 8 Edition)
Windows Version Pavtube ByteCopy taken as example, Mac share the same steps. Just keep in mind you have download the right version, Windows platform .exe files cannot be installed on macOS – and vice versa.
Step 1: Load 3D Blu-ray disc
Add 3D Blu-ray from disc drive into Pavtube ByteCopy by clicking "Load Disc" button.
Tips: The program will automatically select the main Blu-ray title for you, you can select your desired subtitle languages or audio tracks from the drop-down list of "Subtitle" and "Audio" under the Blu-ray title displaying list.
Step 2. Choose 3D video format
Move to "Format" menu, find "3D Video" category and choose "MP4 Side-by-Side 3D Video(*.mp4)" as output format, since 3D SBS MP4 is the best option which is widely used by different smart phones and 3D media player.
You can click settings to open "3D Profile Settings" window, here you can adjust output 3D video depth, select the specific 3D resolution: Side by Side (Half - Width) or Side by Side (Full) or change the image display order for 3D SBS movie.
Step 3. Start 3D video conversion
Go back to the program main interface, hit on the "Convert" button and start to create 3D SBS video from 3D Blu-ray disc. When the conversion is done, you can locate the generated 3D SBS MP4 video in output folder to view on Gear VR with seriously immersive 3D effect.