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hey guys this is austin and welcome to my holiday gift guide 2015 edition king things off is the Samsung gear VR virtual reality is becoming seriously legit and the gear VR is one of the first headsets you can actually buy what separates this from other models is that it relies on your phone to do the heavy lifting you'll need either a samsung galaxy s6 or note 5 it might seem weird to base a VR headset around a phone but there are actually quite a few advantages to this approach this frees you up to not only be able to move around a bit but also to use the gear VR on the go it also allows the headset to be reasonably priced as the main hardware is all built into the phone you've already bought that hardware is no slouch either the Galaxy line has terrific high-resolution AMOLED displays that are perfectly suited for VR use and the Exynos chip set inside can handle some surprisingly solid games get into a game in the gear VR is one of the nicest looking setups out there if you've never tried virtual reality it really is crazy just how immersive it can be and the cool thing about this is that the oculus software allows you to do more than just play games by watching video and apps like twitch Netflix and Hulu for $100 if you own a new galaxy smartphone the gear VR is absolutely worth a look next up we have the SanDisk connect wireless stick and big thanks to SanDisk for sponsoring this gift guide it looks like a fairly ordinary USB flash drive but it's got a trick up its sleeve Wi-Fi download the app on your Android or iOS phone or tablet and you can access photos and video right off the wireless stick with up to 128 gigabytes of capacity this can also be helpful if you need a little extra storage on your phone from the app you can upload photos and videos right to the drive which is really handy you can then connect up to three devices wirelessly to view the files on top of using this as a backup for data on your phone it also works as a normal USB flash drive plug it into a computer and you can put whatever files you want on it with the added benefit of charging it up at the same time especially when you consider the price the San disconnect wireless stick is a really cool piece of tech to share files and even use as a backup moving on we have the GoPro Hero GoPros are massively popular and for good reason there are terrific little cameras that have all kinds of uses the standard hero pairs a 5 megapixel camera in the standard size GoPro body which means it's compatible with a massive range of accessories the camera itself is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and while it might not have the easiest menus to navigate in the world for the most part you charge it throw a microSD card in and you're ready go it shoots video at 1080p at 30 frames per second or 720p at 60 and the quality really isn't half bad they might lose out on the higher frame rates in 4k video of its bigger brothers but it's also nowhere near the same price and delivers good enough quality for the vast majority of people with the included waterproof housing you can do a lot but with the huge variety of GoPro accessories you really can't go crazy with it there are a lot of expensive drones out there but you eight one eight a delivers a lot of the same fun without worrying about wrecking a thousand dollars worth of gear it's incredibly light which makes sense as not only is it easier to fly but it's less likely to break when you crash it and you'll probably crash it the controller feels good with a small screen and buttons to change modes and trigger photo and video recording it's seriously fun to fly too it's got a gyroscope to be more stable up in the air and can even do cool tricks the battery lasts about 7 minutes which is okay but it's easy to fly and is an absolute blast to play with the built-in camera is of the very best potato quality but for what's essentially a toy it's passable at about 50 dollars it's a lot of fun if you guys enjoyed this I teamed up with Amazon to create part 2 of this video going over even more awesome stuff so definitely be sure to go check that out at the link in the description anyway guys thank you so much for watching and I will catch you in the next one