Thinking Of Getting A VR Headset

I'm seriously looking at getting into VR gaming(and VR in general). Right now the set I'm looking at is the Samsung's VR Gear. Anything I should know before getting into it. Game recommendations? Hooking up the headset to a computer? should i get a controller to go with it? ect. I was pretty much ignoring VR until now so so far I'm going in blind. and when I say ignoring, I mean head in sand levels here.

Isn't Samsung VR is for their crappy phones?

Pretty much. The Samsung VR is basically a headset mount that you plug a phone into, so you need to already own one of the compatible Samsung phone models. Even if you own one, it's barely a VR experience compared to the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or the Playstation VR.

As far as which headset to buy, that's hard to say. Price is obviously a factor. Nobody knows what is the cheapest option because of the three they've only announced the price for one of them (the Oculus, which is $600). Nobody knows what the price of the Vive or the PS VR is yet but the current thinking is that they probably aren't going to be any cheaper. The Oculus is also the only one that's even up for preorder yet, with the Vive going up for pre-order by the end of the month. Also, you need to make sure your PC is beefy enough to meet the recommended specs. A Geforce 970 or better is recommended to keep up with the frame rate and resolutions necessary for optimally drive one of these units.

-Byshop