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Android N gets a low-latency VR mode
We don’t know if Google will launch its own virtual reality headset at its I/O developer conference this year, but Android N, the next version of the company’s mobile operating system, will feature a special mode for VR apps. Google Cardboard’s SDK Gets Spatial Audio Support
When you think about virtual reality, you probably think about visuals and imagery and immersive far-off places. However, the key to a really fantastic immersive experience is not only what you see, but what you hear. And not just what you hear, but how you hear it.
Google announced today that its Cardboard SDKs for Unity and Android now support spatial audio. Read More
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Get A Free Star Wars Edition Google Cardboard
The Star Wars: Force Awakens train is a rollin’ and Google has gotten involved in a few different ways. One was by offering a special edition Google Cardboard in four Star Wars limited edition themes in Verizon stores on December 2nd. They were handed out to Verizon customers for free, but I was told that a lot of stores ran out. Welp. If you want one, you can still get one. For free.… Read More
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Star Wars Dips Into Virtual Reality With “Jakku Spy,” Created In Parallel With The Force Awakens
The Star Wars marketing blitz is on, with everything from trailers hitting the Internet to cans of food donning the likeness of characters at the supermarket. People are flat out excited to see this new installment, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, on December 18th. The Star Wars Virtual Reality Experience Drops On December 2nd
We’ve been waiting for an official Star Wars virtual reality experience for some time. With the movie coming out next month, that time is almost now. In an announcement today on StarWars.com, we got some updates on what to expect. Google Expands Its VR Program For Students To More U.S. Schools
Earlier this year, Google announced its so-called Expeditions Pioneer Program. This project aims to bring Google’s Cardboard VR viewer to students by bringing a full kit of gear for using virtual reality in the classroom to schools. Google started rolling this program out to select schools in September and now it’s ready to expand this program to more schools in the U.S., with… Read More
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Meet The LucidCam, The Future Of Consumer VR
Trying to wade through the noise and hype that surrounds VR can be overwhelming, but there are clear real-world uses that make the future of the technology exciting. Lucid flew through that noise for me. The thing that’s going to bring the “future” to the “now” is a killer app that consumers can understand and more importantly afford. That’s where Lucid… Read More
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YouTube Adds Support For VR Video To Its Android App
Google’s YouTube app for Android now supports virtual reality (VR) video in combination with its Cardboard VR viewer.
VR video takes the 360-degree videos you may already be familiar with a step further by using VR techniques like stereopsis and binocular disparity to give you a stronger feeling of immersion (which is what VR is all about, after all). Read More
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Experience Street View In Virtual Reality With Google Cardboard
A lot of us chuckled when we saw Google Cardboard for the first time, but it’s actually quite genius. Google shared today that its virtual reality experience Google Cardboard is now available in 39 languages and over 100 countries for both Android and iOS. The developer docs are now in 10 languages, to make the VR experience even more worldwide. The 15 million installs of Cardboard apps… Read More
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Vice News Offers Immersive Report On The ‘Millions March’ Protest Using VR
Virtual reality promises a lot of potential changes to the way we experience the world, but the ramifications it has for how we tell stories might be among the most interesting. Vice News is offering a glimpse into what news broadcasting might look like when VR is omnipresent with a report on the New York Millions March from December, where people rallied to protest the killings by police of… Read More
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