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NextVR Developing Longer Format Original VR Content, Starting With ‘Paranormal Evidence’

NextVR, a platform known for its VR live broadcasting of sporting and concert events, is creating original VR content in the form of a suspenseful show called Paranormal Evidence. The California-based VR broadcast company developed the program, described as...

Google Expects 11 Daydream Ready Phones Available by Year’s End

In a few years' time Google expects to operate Daydream on "Android scale," one day opening the VR door to "hundreds of millions of users." But in order to get there, the company needs a much wider selection of Daydream ready...

Google Tests Interactive Learning with VR Espresso Machine, “People learned faster and better in VR”

The team behind Daydream, Google's mobile VR platform, is currently conducting experiments with the aim of broadening virtual reality's usecase to include more interactive learning. With an experimental VR espresso maker at the ready, the team says "people learned faster and better in...

HTC Vive & Lenovo Standalone Headsets to be Based on Qualcomm Reference Design, Components Detailed

Just about the only thing we know so far about the new Daydream standalone VR headsets in the works from HTC and Lenovo is that they are... in the works. Now however we're getting a little more clarity about...

Daydream 2.0 Platform Update to Bring Major Improvements to All Daydream Devices

Daydream's 2.0 software update, called Daydream Euphrates, is going to bring along with it some major changes that are set to reach down to the core of the upcoming Android 'O' operating system. In a AR/VR press briefing, Google told...

Daydream’s Chrome Browser Will Soon Let You Seamlessly Navigate From 2D to Web-based VR Content

Announced during the second day of Google’s annual I/O developer event, Daydream VR will soon have access to the Android Chrome web browser. Because of Chrome's official support for WebVR, this means that users will be able to navigate...

Hands-on: Google’s Standalone Daydream Headset Prototype with WorldSense Tracking

Over the last 12 months or so we've been keeping an eye on Google's aggressive hiring for its AR/VR team which, among other things, suggested that the company was working on new “mass production” hardware that would go beyond the...

Google Expects “Tens of Millions” of Daydream-Ready Devices on the Market By Year’s End

During Day 2 of Google I/O 2017, following major announcements of support for standalone VR headsets and a ‘2.0’ release of the Daydream software platform, Mike Jazayeri, Director of Product Management for Daydream, stated that “tens of millions” of...

Daydream Standalone Headsets to be Priced Similar to Rift and Vive

Daydream-compatible standalone headsets are coming, revealed on stage at Google I/O yesterday, but the big question remains: how much is one of these inside-out positional tracking headsets going to cost? Google tells that although prices are dependent on the individual...
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Google Announces ‘WorldSense’ Inside-out Tracking for Standalone Daydream VR Headsets

Google today announced that standalone VR headsets are coming to Daydream, the first of which will be made by HTC and Lenovo. Supporting these new devices is an inside-out positional tracking system that the company is calling 'WorldSense', which...

Google is Bringing Daydream Compatibility to Samsung Galaxy S8 and LG’s Next Flagship Phone

Google I/O has begun, the company's annual developer conference, and amidst expectations of a new all-in-one VR headset, the company announced that Samsung's Galaxy S8/S8 plus and LG's next flagship phone will be officially receiving Google Daydream support. Taking the...

Google Announces Standalone Daydream VR Headsets Coming From HTC, Lenovo

On stage at the company's Google I/O 2017 developer conference today, the company announced that it is building standalone Daydream VR headsets. The first partners work with the company to bring such headsets to market is HTC and Lenovo. Google...
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Google Announces New Tools to Develop High-performance Daydream Apps

During the opening presentation at today's Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google's...

WebVR Officially Launches on Chrome for Android with Daydream Support

Experimental builds of Chrome for Android have seen ongoing development of WebVR functionality, but today is a major milestone as WebVR comes to the stable branch of Chrome on Android—that's the same version that everyone on Android sees in Google's...

Google Opens Daydream App Submission to All and Publishes VR App “Quality Requirements”

Google has put out the welcome mat and unlocked the doors to all developers wishing to develop apps for their Daydream VR platform, but in order to keep the standards high have also issued a "Quality Requirements" guide. As we reported in...
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