Google gearing up for VR with Chrome update
We haven’t heard a lot on Google’s VR platform, The Daydream while the competition has been churning out new updates and content fairly quickly and consistently. However, Google has not forgotten about its VR product line and has come up with a new update that might elevate its popularity significantly.
The plan is to bring the web to Daydream, more specifically, Chrome. With this move, Google can enable users to consume content on the web using the VR headset. The upside to this move is that people use the web on a daily basis and coupling VR with the web will enable users to have access to websites within their headset.
You might how different it would be to use the web through a VR headset compared to watching it on your phone or PC. Both will have the same 2D appearance,and nothing really changes right? NO, Google is bringing optimization to web-based VR using WebVR. So more developers will have more tools at their hands to create VR experiences on the web.
The new chrome version is available on Lenovo’s Mirage Solo and Google’s Daydream headsets upon the latest update of Android.
Google Hires PlayStation VR veteran Richard Marks: Google gaming device inbound?
Google has hired Sony’s former VR veteran Richard Marks to aid in the development of Google’s VR products. Richard was the man behind Sony’s PlayStation VR. He helped Sony to develop VR games that increased the market share of Sony’s market share significantly.
Google put out a statement “ATAP is at the intersection of science and application where our goal is to solve significant problems and close the gap between what if and what is. We’re super excited about Richard joining the senior team and look forward to his contributions,”
If you have been tracking Google’s recent moves, then you can see a pattern here. In January, Google hired Phil Harrison, the former head of Sony’s Research and Development. Is google workingon a gaming setup?
Google is reportedly working on a project named “Yeti” where the users can stream the games to Google’s own game console.
Google is expanding the AR compatibility with ARCore 1.4
Google’s ARCore is the search giant’s implementation of AR-based apps. The biggest advantage of ARCore is that it uses existing hardware on the mobile device to facilitate AR, unlike Google’s previous attempt, Tango, which was resourced heavy.
Developers did a teardown of the latest version, ARCore 1.4 and found that the new update brings in support for a host of devices that include, Honor 10, Huawei Nova 3, Huawei Nova 3i, Vivo NEX A, Vivo NEX S, Samsung Galaxy A6 (2018), and the Xiaomi Mi 8 SE. If you don’t see your phone on this list, note that these are the newly supported set of devices.