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Google job postings, new hires point to serious interest in VR hardware

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Stephen Schenck

There’s a fair chance that you may be starting to get sick hearing about VR-this and VR-that all the time, but you’ve just got to open your mind a little. After all, while it was easy to talk big about VR in years past, in 2016 we’re finally seeing things go commercial in a really big way, connecting the dots between stuff like basic Google Cardboard viewers and the really immersive 3D worlds that once only seemed possible in sci-fi fantasies. As such, it’s only logical that Google appears to be paying more and more attention to the burgeoning market,

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Google Cardboard picks up spatial audio SDK support for impressive 3D sound

Posted on January 13, 2016January 13, 2016 by Stephen Schenck

Google Cardboard already lets users dive into rich virtual worlds with just their existing smartphone and a cheap (if not outright free) viewer, seriously lowering the cost of entry for a stunning VR experience. But while Cardboard’s done a lot to transport our eyes to far away locales or 3D-rendered fantasy landscapes, it’s been missing a few pieces when it comes to giving our ears that same sort of ...

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Google exec reshuffling hints at big VR plans in its future

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Stephen Schenck

We’re living in an absolutely fantastic time for anyone who’s been following the development of VR tech over the past few decades, as worthwhile consumer solutions finally become available. Beyond all the great high-end stuff we’re seeing with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, it’s easier than ever to pick up a cheap Google Cardboard viewer and use your existing smartphone to get in on the action – and

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YouTube for Android goes full VR for Cardboard users: 3D with head tracking

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

If you’ve ever played around with Google Cardboard and YouTube, you’ve likely been amazed by some of the 360-degree footage available, and watched your share of 3D videos, but so far there’s been a big gap between the two: what about watching footage that’s in 3D, and also has head-tracking support? It’s been a long time coming, but today Google announces a couple new features for the YouTube Android app that finally make this dream a reality.With supported clips, users can now immerse themselves ...

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Google Street View gets immersive with new Cardboard support

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Yesterday we were talking about new app features that should have been obvious; at the time, that meant Google Translate picking up the ability to translate text within other Android apps on your device. Today we’re looking at another update to a Google Android app, one that delivers an “of COURSE it should let you do that” moment of its own: Google’s finally marrying the first-person VR view of Cardboard with the mountain of full-360-degree Photo Sphere content users have submitted to ...

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Microsoft looks like it’s come up with a Google Cardboard of its own

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

We’re just a week away from Microsoft’s next big event, when we’re looking forward to meeting the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. From what we’ve already seen leak, we’ve got a lot to look forward to from this pair, not only from the software side of things, which will see the phones ship with Windows 10 Mobile , but also in terms of their hardware, which should mark a welcome return to flagship-level specs from Microsoft’s smartphone offerings. That include some high-res quad ...

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OnePlus starts taking orders for its nearly free Google Cardboard VR viewer

Posted on July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

One week ago, OnePlus offered the latest in a string of announcements about the upcoming OnePlus 2. But rather than teasing us with the latest hardware component it was revealing, the manufacturer had some bigger news, announcing plans for its launch event. In just over three weeks, on July 27, the company intends to introduce the OnePlus 2 to the world. And it’s doing so with some unique showmanship, inviting fans to tune in live to watch the unveiling in full-3D VR. Of course, you’ll need some ...

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OnePlus 2 launch date set for late July (with a VR twist)

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

OnePlus has slowly been warming us up to the idea of the OnePlus 2, spending the last week now sharing a few key details about the company’s upcoming smartphone. We know which SoC it will use, have a general sense of pricing, and most recently we heard to expect reversible USB type C connectivity. This is all great, and we look forward to learning more in the weeks leading up to the phone’s launch. But when exactly might ...

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Conan’s got a free VR viewer for your smartphone

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Stephen Schenck

Accessing real 3D content on your smartphone is a breeze these days, thanks largely to the efforts of Google in promoting its bare-bones Cardboard viewer. A couple lenses, an enclosure for your phone, and you’ve got everything you need to start checking out tons of 3D apps. And while there are any number of extremely affordable Cardboard viewers out there, there’s no beating free, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about today, as Conan ...

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Who’s doing 3D on their phones? Only half a million Cardboard users, that’s all

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

LG Optimus 3D, HTC EVO 3D: time was, if you wanted to view 3D content on your phone, that meant picking up a special smartphone with an autosteroscopic display. Except, as the lack of subsequent models like those should indicate, people weren’t picking them up. But a few years later the situation has changed, and now the hot thing with 3D is pairing your regular-old 2D smartphone display with a set of lenses for an ...

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Google Cardboard is like a DIY Oculus Rift

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

Google I/O didn’t bring us the big Glass retail news that some of us have been hoping for, but it still managed to address wearables in its own way – mostly through all the Android Wear news we got to hear. “But I’m more interested in head-mounted displays,” you insist. Well, even if the absence of Glass news, Google still has some progress to share along that line, introducing Google Cardboard.Cardboard is basically a DIY virtual reality headset that uses your smartphone for ...

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