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Google Pays Homage to Film Pioneer Georges Méliès in VR Short ‘Back to the Moon’
Google is celebrating the life and artistry of French film pioneer Georges Méliès today with a charming VR short that commemorates his iconic silent films including the groundbreaking A Trip to the Moon (1902).
Releasing today, the 106th anniversary of his celebrated silent...
Google Demonstrates Promising Low-cost, Mobile Inside-out Controller Tracking
A number of standalone VR headsets will be hitting the market in 2018, but so far none of them offer positional (AKA 6DOF) controller input, one of the defining features of high-end tethered headsets. But we could see that...
Google Partners With CyArk to 3D Scan the World’s Historical Sites, Provide Open Access to Data
Google has partnered with CyArk, the non-profit studio behind VR app MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018), to expand CyArk's mission to 3D laser-scan the world's historical sites and provide open access to the data. Called the Open Heritage Project, Google and CyArk...
Google Offers High Quality ‘Jump’ 360 Video Stitching with Improved 3D
Google this week introduced a new "High Quality" option for their Jump Assembler, an automated 3D 360 video stitching service for creators shooting with Jump cameras. The new approach brings more accurate stitching with enhanced depth maps resulting in...
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...
Google’s ‘Welcome to Light Fields’ VR App Reveals the Power of Volumetric Capture
Google has released a free app for PC VR headsets called Welcome to Light Fields. The company says the app serves as a showcase of "the emerging technology Google is using to power its next generation of VR content."
When it...
Google to Announce New Dev Tools at GDC 2018, Keynote to Feature AR/VR
This year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) is nearly upon us, and now that talks for the week-long event are published on the GDC website, it appears Google will be taking the stage to introduce a number of new products and...
‘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 is Developing a VR Display With 10x More Pixels Than Today’s Headsets
Earlier this year, Clay Bavor, VP of VR/AR at Google, revealed a "secret project" to develop a VR-optimised OLED panel capable of 20 megapixels per eye. The project was mentioned during SID Display Week 2017 but has gone largely...
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...
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...
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...
Google & Song Exploder Create ‘Inside Music’ VR App to Help You Better Appreciate Songs
Song Exploder, the popular music podcast that lets musicians explain every part of their songs, has gotten some help from Google to create a new app that throws you in the middle of song so you can experience it...
Google’s AR/VR Team Just Keeps Growing
Google first started its venture into virtual reality with Google Cardboard back in 2014. Since then we've seen the company's ambitions in VR and AR continue to grow with the introduction and launch of the Daydream headsets in 2016,...

















