PlayStation VR is its own worst enemy. Sony’s new-fangled head-mounted display and the bits and pieces that make it run feel like a forced collision between the past and the present. SEE ALSO: Google Daydream brings ‘Harry Potter’ to VR The headset is definitively a product of the Now: it’s sleek, it’s space-age, and it’s...
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Hands on with Daydream View, Google's first virtual reality headset
If you’ve spent any time in virtual reality then “cozy” is definitely not the first word that comes to mind. Google thinks its new Daydream View headset can change that. The $79 headset is Google’s first true virtual reality device and it’s soft and fuzzy — literally. SEE ALSO: Google’s new VR headset is just...
Google's Daydream View isn't the VR future we were hoping for
After months of anticipation for Google’s virtual reality headset, we finally got a look at the company’s most serious venture into VR hardware and it was…underwhelming. SEE ALSO: Google’s new VR headset is just $79 Called Daydream View, the device looks almost exactly like the so-called reference designs the company showed off back in May...
Google Daydream brings 'Harry Potter' to VR
Niantic may have shut down rumors about “Harry Potter Go,” but never fear, Potter fans — Google is here for you. The company announced Tuesday that its new mobile virtual reality platform will include a Harry Potter adventure from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. SEE ALSO: IMAX wants you to ‘walk into a...
Google's new VR headset is just $79
Monday’s leak indicating that Google would release a Daydream virtual reality headset turned out to be accurate. At the company’s Made By Google event on Tuesday, Google took the wraps off its new VR headset, the Daydream View, which is designed to work with its new Pixel line of smartphones. SEE ALSO: Google’s big hardware...
Google to release Daydream VR headset Tuesday, report says
Less than a day before Google’s next big event, where the company is expected to announce an array of new products, a report has leaked that one of those products will be a new virtual reality headset. SEE ALSO: Google’s big hardware event: What to expect The headset, which will be part of Google’s new...
Apple's Tim Cook says augmented reality, not VR, is the future
Apple’s famous veil of secrecy was pierced on Friday during a rare interview with the company’s CEO, Tim Cook. The topic: augmented reality. SEE ALSO: Microsoft is bringing Windows Holographic to all Windows 10 PCs The comments from Cook were delivered during an interview session at Sen. Orrin Hatch’s Utah Tech Tour in Salt Lake...
Unleash Your Virtual Feng Shui With Social VR Platform myVR for Google Cardboard
In virtual reality, transporting players into unique spaces is the foundation of the experience. Developers are able to immerse players into nearly endless possibilities using the medium. Social VR can offer a bit a malleability to the players themselves as they shape these virtual spaces to be a reflection of their personal interests, and this...
Facebook's immersive media head on why 360 video may need its own app
Most Silicon Valley heavyweights don’t take time out from their office job to get face to face with apex predators. Eric Cheng is the head of immersive media at Facebook, but he’s also a professional underwater photographer who uses his work to call for shark conservation. In Sydney to promote Tales by Light Season 2,...
Google's experimental Sprayscape app makes VR more like Snapchat
Imagine if you could share a virtual reality-ready 360-degree view of any moment, on the fly, as easily as you send a video on Snapchat. That’s the premise of Sprayscape, the latest experimental app from Google. Out today, the Android app makes VR selfies a reality — even if they are a bit blurry. SEE...