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Google Brings ARCore 1.0 to Multiple Flagship Smartphones, Google Lens Preview Soon

Ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) next week, Google announced it's bringing ARCore, it's augmented reality SDK, out of preview and to a number of flagship smartphones in its 1.0 version. Google Lens, the company's tool to help users identify real-world...
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BBC Brings VR Nature Experience ‘BBC Earth: Life in VR’ to Daydream

BBC Worldwide and Google have partnered to bring a new BBC Earth VR experience to Daydream. Dubbed BBC Earth: Life in VR, the computer generated experience takes the user to the Californian coast, and the bustling underwater world filled with sea life nearby. Production studio Preloaded says that...

Google Brings AR Mode to ‘Motion Stills’ Android App

Google recently launched an augmented reality mode for the Android version of its video capture app Motion Stills, which brings the ability to insert AR objects into the world so you can record GIFs and video. Much like Google's AR...

Lenovo Unveils Mirage Solo Daydream Standalone VR Headset

Lenovo today unveiled the first standalone VR headset in Google's Daydream mobile VR ecosystem, the Mirage Solo. Revealed today at CES, the headset integrates Google's WorldSense six degrees of freedom (6DoF) positional tracking alongside the headset's 3DoF controller. First teased back at...

‘YouTube VR’ Finally Comes to PC, Bringing the Platform’s 360 Videos to Vive, Rift, and Windows...

It's been a long while coming, but Google has finally launched a YouTube VR app on PC. The app is now available on Steam, officially for the Vive (but also functional with Rift and Windows VR headsets). Google expects YouTube...

Google Shares New Research into Foveated Rendering Techniques

Display resolutions are growing, but the graphical processing power to serve these displays with content isn't growing at the same rate. Enter foveated rendering, a technique commonly held as one of the next logical steps in making VR headsets...

Huawei VR Controller Appears in FCC Filing, Suggesting Mobile VR Headset Launch is Near

Huawei first announced its Mate 10-compatible 'Huawei VR 2' headset back in October, although it wasn't certain if it would ever leave China. A recent FCC filing however confirms the existence of a VR controller very similar to the one seen in...

Google’s Daydream Impact Project Aims to Bolster Philanthropic Efforts With VR

Google's newly announced Daydream Impact program is a philanthropy project that provides organizations, nonprofits, and advocates for change with resources, tools, and training to create immersive VR content to support their cause. Instead of just creating advertisements, organizations using...

Google Releases ‘Resonance Audio’, a New Multi-Platform Spatial Audio SDK

Google today released a new spatial audio software development kit called 'Resonance Audio', a cross-platform tool based on technology from their existing VR Audio SDK. Resonance Audio aims to make VR and AR development easier across mobile and desktop...

Hands-on: Google’s New Daydream View Headset With Pixel 2 & Pixel 2 XL

Google today announced the next iteration of their Daydream View headset for virtual reality on Android. We highlighted the changes and improvements in our announcement article, but how does it handle in practice? After watching Google unveiled a range of...

New Google Daydream Revs Up Phone Performance for VR, & Brings Improved Comfort, Field of View

Today at an event in San Francisco, Google revealed the second version of their Daydream View VR headset which makes comfort improvements across the board, including new, custom lenses with a wider field of view. Interestingly, this passive device...

Here’s Every Daydream Ready Smartphone, Now 15 and Counting

Google Daydream, the company's mobile VR platform, is compatible with a number of flagship smartphones from various manufacturers. Growing to a total of 15 Daydream-compatible phones by the end of the year, we take a look at the mobile VR...

Google’s New Pixel Phones Are “factory calibrated and optimized for AR”, Now With 60 FPS Tracking

Google's event today saw the unveiling of its newest smartphones, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. According to the company, the Pixel 2 camera has been "factory calibrated and optimized for AR." Google says its specially calibrated Pixel 2 camera enables robust...
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Watch Google’s Pixel 2 Event Livestream Here, Starting at 9AM PT / 12PM ET

According to Google "There's something new to love on October 4th," as the company is slated to unveil its newest smartphone today, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. Watch here for suspected updates surrounding the company's AR/VR aspirations. Google does VR...

Latest Chrome Update Lets Google Daydream Users Easily Browse the Web in VR

We knew that Google was working on adding VR capabilities to its mobile version of Chrome since last year. Now with the release of Chrome 61, Daydream VR users can browse websites and also continue to enjoy the quick...
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