Samsung and Oculus on Wednesday unveiled the Gear VR -- a virtual reality wireless headset optimized for Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 phablet, also announced Wednesday.

The Gear VR -- or "Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition," as Oculus describes it -- will be compatible with a wide range of film, gaming, 360-degree video, and educational and experiential content. It will be released later this year at a price yet to be announced.

Targeting VR enthusiasts, developers and other early adopters, the Gear VR has broken new ground.

"I guess it's the first time that a tablet is pairable with a VR headset," Lewis Ward, a research manager at IDC, told TechNewsWorld. "This could be a new avenue of exploration for VR technologies, and I suppose it's inevitable -- but it's extremely bleeding-edge for a company (Oculus) that hasn't got a product in the market yet."