You can now watch Netflix in virtual reality

You can now watch Netflix shows like “House of Cards” and “Orange is the New Black” on an Oculus virtual reality headset.

Netflix became the first of several streaming media apps to launch on Oculus’ virtual reality app store on Thursday.

Videos from Hulu, Vimeo, Twitch, and TiVo will be available in the near future too, Oculus announced during its developer conference.

So will 20th Century Fox and Lionsgate movies like the X-Men and The Hunger Games franchises.

Even 360-degree videos on Facebook will work soon. (Facebook owns Oculus.)

If you don’t have a virtual reality headset yet, you should consider waiting for the Samsung Gear VR headset to go on sale, which should be later this fall.

The Gear VR is Samsung’s first virtual reality device for consumers. In order to use it, you need to have a compatible Samsung smartphone — a Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge+, S6 and S6 Edge.

The quality of virtual reality hardware and software has improved dramatically over the past few years. Thursday’s announcements indicate that finally — after decades — we have a whole host of videos to watch and experience on a consumer-friendly device.

“Together with Samsung, we’ve redefined virtual reality and created the best mobile VR experience available today,” Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe said in a statement.

Samsung says the Samsung Gear VR will cost $99.

— CNNMoney’s Jason Farkas and Bronte Lord contributed to this report

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