YouTube Now Supports 360 Video, No VR Support (Yet)
Today YouTube announced that the video streaming service will now support 360 degree video that can be viewed in the browser or through the Android YouTube app. There's no VR support yet, but I've got a feeling that we can...
Magic Leap CEO to Take to the Stage at TED 2015 in March
Additions to the TED 2015 speaker lineup have been announced, and Rony Abovitz, Founder, CEO and President of Magic Leap, is heading to the conference to speak about... to reveal... well, we're not too sure really—par for the course considering the...
View-Master Comes to the 21st Century with Help From Google, Delivers ‘Kid-Friendly Immersive Digital Experience’
It was announced yesterday at the New York Toy Fair that Mattel's View-Master is ditching the film 'reels' and partnering with Google "to deliver an affordable, kid-friendly immersive digital experience" using a chunky plastic version of Google's Cardboard smartphone...
Google Glass “Graduates” from Google[x], New Dedicated Team Teases ‘Glass 2’
Google has recently announced the discontinuation (or as they put it, "graduation") of its beta phase wearable, Google Glass. As Glass 2 is teased by its (now dedicated) team, Google's investment in secretive 'cinematic reality' company, Magic Leap, has us scratching...
At the End of 2014, Tech Giants Sony, Facebook, Google, Samsung, Apple, and Microsoft All Have...
Having tracked the emerging consumer VR market for more than three years now, it's hard to believe how fast it's taking off. VR is steadily transforming from a promising technology to a disruptive one. And the proof is now...
With 500,000+ Units Shipped, Google Just Got Serious About Cardboard
Today Google is getting serious about Cardboard. The simple VR smartphone adapter debuted at the company's annual I/O 2014 conference earlier this year. What started out as a '20% project', essentially a hobby, is turning into something significant.
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DODOcase Expects to Sell 1 Million Google Cardboard VR Kits By Year’s End
Within hours of Google's announcement of Google Cardboard, a radically simple VR smartphone adapter, DODOcase started taking offers for a pre-made version of the kit. DODOcase says they've sold 15,000 of the kits so far and expect to reach...