Facebook is plugging away on creating their perfect VR app that promises to integrate the social platform into 3D virtual worlds. Last we saw of the prototype in April that introduced a number of features, all of which hinge on Touch, the natural input controller from Oculus.
Revealed today on stage at Oculus Connect, Mark Zuckerberg teased “the next phase of virtual reality,” an inside-out tracking solution that would allow a headset to go entirely without the need of an outside tracking tech like the Rift’s IR camera and Constellation tracking.
Connect, Oculus’s annual developer conference, is already in full swing, but if you didn’t manage to book the flight and hotel to San Jose, CA, you can still pop your head in to see what this year’s hubbub is about.
Amazon’s UK retailer seems to have already jumped the gun on today’s supposed announcement taking place at Oculus Connect opening keynote, where we’ll likely hear official word on price, release date, and everything else surrounding the long awaited Touch controllers.
PlayStation VR is almost here, with its October 13th launch creeping ever closer. Although we’ve already had our paws all over the headset in our comprehensive review—a deep dive into the platform that any prospective buyer should read before forking over the $400 for the PS VR—we’re just as excited as you to play what PlayStation today revealed in a blogpost to be over 30 launch titles including another 20+ to follow in Q4 2016.
On October 4th, Google revealed Daydream View, which is their reference design for their mobile VR headset. Google CEO Sandar Pichai also announced the first Daydream-ready phone designed called Pixel, which also has native hardware support for their artificial intelligent Google Assistant technology. Pichai emphasized that Google and the wider tech industry are moving from mobile-first to AI-first, and so they showed off more demos of their AI conversational interface with Google Home.
PlayStation VR launches on October 13th, but today is review day and we’ve got a detailed PSVR review ready for you!
Today was the big reveal for Google’s first Daydream ready phone, Pixel, and the Daydream View headset, the first high-end VR headset from the company. We’ve got a high res gallery of the new headset and have rounded up all of today’s coverage into one handy list for you.
Google’s first Daydream VR ready phone, Pixel, is now available for pre-order and the company is bundling in the new Daydream View headset “while supplies last.”
Here’s a video tour of Google’s eagerly awaited Daydream VR headset ‘View’, revealed today for the first time. We take a look at the design concepts, features, fit and finish of this unique looking VR headset.
Today at Google’s press event announcing the Pixel phone and Daydream View headset, the company detailed VR content on the way to the Daydream Android VR platform.
Google today unveiled its first Daydream headset called ‘View’, a high-quality mobile VR headset that works exclusively with Android’s integrated VR support.
Google today announced the first Daydream-ready smartphone(s), Pixel and Pixel XL.
Daydream VR, Google’s high-end VR platform for select Android smartphones, may be seeing its time in the spotlight at the company’s hardware-focused event today. Although Google hasn’t said specifically whether Daydream will be making an appearance, you’d better watch to find out.
