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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...

HTC’s VP of Design Leaving to Join Google’s VR Team

According to a report by The Verge, HTC's VP of Design is leaving the company to join up with Google's Daydream VR team. Having joined the company in 2008, in recent year's HTC's VP of Design, Claude Zellweger, played a...

Google VR/AR Team Seeks New Hire to “drive multiple hardware projects simultaneously from prototype to mass...

A flurry of new job postings suggests Google is ramping up a team to create new consumer VR/AR hardware that goes beyond their Daydream View headset. Google announced the Daydream View headset in late 2016 amidst a new initiative that saw...

Huawei’s Mate 9 Pro is Daydream-compatible, Future Phones to Include Tango

Amit Singh, lead of business and operations at Google's VR/AR team, today officially announced on stage during the Huawei keynote speech that the Huawei Mate 9 Pro and Mate 9 Porsche Design will be the next phones to conform...

Google Launches Android Chrome WebVR Support

Google have launched WebVR support for the Android platform via the Chrome browser opening up this exciting platform to Android mobile VR users on Cardboard and Daydream users. The combination of immersive and web technologies is one of the most...

What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations

If you're at all involved in the VR space, you likely recently saw a flurry of downtrodden headlines describing "slow," and "modest," holiday VR headset sales, with some even calling VR "the biggest loser this holiday." The impetus of those headlines...

Moto Z and Moto Z Force: Now Daydream-Ready

The Moto Z and Moto Z Force smartphones are the first devices after the Pixel and Pixel XL  to be recognised by Google as ‘Daydream-ready’. Daydream VR is Google’s new mobile VR platform built into the latest version of...

Daydream-ready Phone Minimum Requirements Detailed in Android Documentation

The latest Compatibility Definition Document for Android includes a new section specifying what's required from a 'Daydream-ready' phone. Daydream VR is Google’s new high-end mobile VR platform, built directly into Android, but it only works with specially designed phones. For...
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‘Google Earth VR’ Launches on HTC Vive, A Breathtaking New Way to Know Our Planet

Today Google launches Earth VR for the HTC Vive for free, giving us a whole new perspective on the world. I remember, back in 2001, how amazed I was to see Google Earth for the first time. I remember huddling...

Google Daydream Review: Casual VR Closes the Gap

Today marks the launch of Google's high-end Android VR platform, Daydream, a major step beyond Cardboard and a serious competitor to Gear VR. Google has been playing in the VR space since 2014 back when they launched the Cardboard initiative,...

10 Daydream Apps Launch Today, 40 More Coming By Year’s End

Alongside the official reveal of the Google Pixel phone last month, Google announced Daydream View, a VR headset and controller combo designed for use with the company's first Daydream-ready phone. Now available on the Google Store, Verizon and Best...

Google’s Josh Carpenter on Bringing WebVR to Daydream in 2017

Google announced at the W3C WebVR workshop in October that they would be shipping a WebVR-enabled Chromium browser in Q1 of 2017. I had a chance to catch up with Google's Josh Carpenter last week to talk about some...

Google Launching WebVR Support for Android Chrome in January, Desktop to Follow

WebVR is gaining significant momentum; last month the biggest players in the browse space came together to discuss the future of VR on the web at the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality. There, Google said that the...

Cardboard Apps Can Tap into Enhanced VR Performance on Daydream Phones

A spokesperson for Google's VR team has confirmed that Google Cardboard applications will be able to benefit from the enhanced VR performance that's baked into Daydream ready phones. Cardboard was Google's first step into virtual reality. Wanting to introduce as...
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Daydream View Gets Its First TV Commercials

With Google's Pixel phone out the door, the first Daydream-ready phone, the company is now ramping up to launch Daydream View, the first Daydream-ready VR headset. The device is making a cameo alongside the first cable TV ads for...
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