Google Is Looking To Join The VR Game As Early As This Year
Google Cardboard was only the beginning.
It looks like Google is planning on joining Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, and the HTC
According to a report via The Financial Times, Google's headset is meant to compete with the "big boys" of VR, featuring "better sensors, lenses, and a more solid plastic casing." Of course, there's no name as of yet, but it's looking like said headset will come out later this year with an additional update to Android VR tech. It'll need to use a smartphone as a companion for both its display and processing power, much like Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR.
Google hasn't commented further on this development per GameSpot, but this is a pretty interesting turn of events. We'll keep you updated as additional information becomes available.
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replyBrittany Vincent posted a new article, Google Is Looking To Join The VR Game As Early As This Year
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A challenger virtually appears
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Niiiiiice.
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They should work on improving the tablet experience on tablets (just like the honeycomb days) and the performance of Android in general instead of this crap
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Pet peeve: Can you report headlines like this as "Google reportedly looking to XXX" or the like?
I'm constantly reading stories that assert something as fact and then it turns out it hasn't been confirmed by anybody so it's just speculation with varying degrees of likelihood.
This really bugs me when I know something about the topic since a good half the time it turns out to be false. I don't happen to know on this one, but a bunch of Chrome stories that are bogus have been reported this way lately so it's on my mind.
Sincerely,
dognose
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Pet peeve: you aren't dognose
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I will let the editorial team know about your wording complaint.
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Reportedly!!!!
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You say this as if you don't realize it's on purpose. Rumors that the headline implies as fact get more clicks. This is how the press has worked for like... ever.
Just like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines -
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the obvious corollary of that chart is that power consumption/availability and heat have also improved massively since those days. It's not like an iPad 2 has that power cheaply but immediately overheats. It's a usable massive increase in power. You can find plenty of similar charts comparing mobile power to PCs or consoles (ex iPhone 6S web browsing being comparable in speed to a SP3, GPU approaching Xbox/360 levels of power). The trend line isn't set to change immensely in the near term. There's a reason Carmack spent a significant amount of his time at Oculus focused on mobile.
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guessing they are taking what they learned from the Tango and putting it in a phone, which could be really cool
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So they can wait to New Year's Eve to start technically?
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Prototype demo: http://gfycat.com/RaggedChiefChinchilla
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