Hulu’s virtual reality app is now available and viewable on Samsung Gear VR powered by Oculus. That equipment works with the Galaxy S7/S7 edge, Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge phones. Additional supported devices and platforms will be available soon, according to Hulu.
Ben Smith, head of experience at Hulu says that the company has more than 25 pieces of content from the likes of Baobab Studios, Discovery Communications, Las Vegas, The National Geographic Channel, RYOT, Showtime Networks, SilVR Thread, Spoke, Studio Transcendent, The Uprising Creative and Viacom available in the Hulu VR app. All 3D virtual films are available for every VR app user, with or without a Hulu subscription, he adds.
The new VR app also includes Hulu’s first originally produced VR short film, “The Big One,” where users witness a meteor shower that turns into the apocalypse. Subscribers also can use the VR app to stream Hulu’s 2D content.
“Just like with VR content, the 360 degree environments in the Hulu app transport viewers into immersive settings to watch their favorite show: sitting in a comfortable living room, watching a movie in a big screen theatre, or kicking back on a scenic beach,” Smith writes in a blog. “Viewers can interact with each 360-degree environment and change the ambience which includes outside scenes, lighting and look and feel to their preference.”