Google Daydream
After Reports of Canned AR Glasses, Google’s XR Ambitions May Be Just a Daydream Without Samsung
Google has reportedly shelved a multi-year project that sought to commercialize an AR headset, known as Project Iris. Provided the report is true, it appears Google will now need to rely on Samsung to compete with Meta and Apple...
Developers Now Receiving Google’s Experimental 6DOF Controller Kits
As applications for the Lenovo Mirage Solo 6DOF controller dev kits come to a close recently, it appears Google has begun sending out its first wave of units, an experimental hardware add-on for Lenovo's Mirage Solo standalone headset that brings...
New Pixel 3 & Pixel 3 XL Are Daydream Ready, Google Confirms
Google today revealed its latest phones, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. And while the introduction of the devices didn't see much fanfare related to VR, Google has confirmed to Road to VR that both phones are compatible with...
Google: Don’t Expect 6DOF Controllers for Lenovo Mirage Solo
If you're waiting on positionally-tracked controllers for Google's latest entry into the Daydream platform, the standalone 6DOF VR headset Lenovo Mirage Solo, you probably won't ever see it, at least not from Google.
Google's annual I/O dev conference was strangely...
Oculus Go, Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus Standalone Headsets Compared
Standalone VR headsets represent a new headset segment that sits somewhere between smartphone-based VR devices, and tethered, high-end VR systems, while offering some notable advantages over both. In this article we compare three standalone VR devices which will be...
Lenovo Mirage Solo Daydream Headset Now Available For Pre-order at $400
Lenovo's Mirage Solo, a standalone VR headset in the Daydream app ecosystem, has had an official release date and price for some time now: May 5th and $400. Pre-orders are now live for both the VR headset and Lenovo's...
Hands-on: ‘Dr. Splorchy’ is Another Justin Roiland™ Fever Dream That Defies a Concise Headline
Squanch Games, the studio behind Accounting+ (2018) and brainchild of Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland, is coming out with a new Daydream exclusive that follows the exploits of the titular Dr. Splorchy, plopping you aboard a spaceship with dangerous bugs that you have to...
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...
‘Blade Runner: Revelations’ for Daydream to Launch with 6DoF Tracking Support
A new adventure set in the Blade Runner universe from developer Seismic Games is coming soon to the Daydream mobile VR platform. The game is optimised for WorldSense, a new six degrees of freedom (6DoF) positional tracking system developed...
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...
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 Offering $40 Game Bundle With New Daydream View Headset
From now until the end of 2017, Google is offering a game bundle worth $40 with every Daydream View purchase, which includes some of the platform’s best titles. Google’s updated VR headset was announced this week alongside their Pixel...
Discovery and Google Announce VR Travel Series ‘Discovery TRVLR’, First of 38 Episodes to Arrive in...
Discovery and Google today announced the launch of a new 38-episode VR video series called Discovery TRVLR, a product of both Discovery and Google’s internal VR teams. The first 6 episodes is slated to launch on Friday, November 3.
Discovery TRVLR comes exclusively...
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...


















