Google IO 2015
Google Tango Dev Contest Includes AR/VR Track and $95,000 in Prize Money
Project Tango is Google's computer vision initiative that seeks to equip consumer devices with consistent and useful environmental tracking capabilities. Google thinks that the platform could be...
1 Million Cardboard Headsets Shipped, Google Says
The latest public data point on the number of Google Cardboard viewers shipped shows tremendous growth for this inexpensive entry point into virtual reality.
A week...
Behind-the-scenes With Google’s New Live-action 360 Short Film ‘Help’
During ATAP's presentation at this year's Google I/O, the in-house skunkworks debuted HELP, a new live-action 360 monster movie made in collaboration with The Mill...
Google’s ‘Project Soli’ Radar Hand Tracking and How VR and AR Might Use it
Google's I/O 2015 conference last week was packed with technology with potential uses with VR or AR. The most unusual among them, Project Soli,...
Google Wants to Use Tango Tech for VR, But Admits Current Dev Kits Aren’t...
Project Tango, Google's computer vision project able to track and map 3D spaces in realtime, may well find its way into future VR projects...
Google’s New ‘Cardboard Design Lab’ App Uses VR to Teach You About VR Design
Google has just released the Cardboard Design Lab app for Android which puts users inside of a VR environment and teaches them fundamentals of...
Google ‘Jump’ is an Open VR Camera Design with “Seamless” Stitching Solution and YouTube...
Amidst other VR related announcements from Google at today's I/O 2015 conference comes 'Jump', a VR camera that will follow Cardboard's path by offering...
GoPro to Make 16 Camera VR Film Rig Based on Google’s ‘Jump’ Design
GoPro, the biggest name in rugged 'action' video cameras, is ready to jump into the VR space with a 16 camera array based on Google's...
Google ‘Expeditions’ Lets Students Take VR Field Trips to Anywhere
Google today unveiled an educational initiative that leverages virtual reality and the company's low-cost Cardboard VR viewers to let teachers take their students on...
Google Announces New, Larger Cardboard VR Viewer with Universal Input Button
At Google's I/O 2015 developer conference today, Clay Bavor took to the stage to update the world on the company's VR developments and has...
Google I/O 2015 VR Itinerary – Virtual Reality Sessions Livestreamed
Today and tomorrow, Google hosts their annual I/O 2015 developer conference. We've dug through the schedule to find sessions of interest for the VR...