Welcome to the future. OK, maybe not the future – VR's been around for a couple of years, after all – let's just call it a more accessible future. One with automatic doors, ramps instead of stairs, ...

The world of virtual reality is a convoluted mess right now, divided into three categories: low, mid and high end. On the low end you've got Google Cardboard and all the "viewers" that don't have any ...

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It’s been easy to be sceptical about virtual reality. For all the money spent in the last few years in the space, not least Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of Oculus, it’s been a long road to ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google’s Daydream, Android’s built-in virtual reality platform, is as ...

Forget Google Cardboard, Google's first VR headset is available and it's pretty darn good. Before you dive deep into a virtual ocean, or find yourself trying to diffuse a bomb with the help of ...

Google Daydream View launched in 2016 and was Google’s swing at proper phone-based virtual reality. Like the Samsung and Oculus collaboration Gear VR, the Daydream View was a cheap, light, “dumb” ...

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Google’s been putting out hardware over the past month like iTunes puts out updates: nearly nonstop. I really like the Google Pixel phone, though thought it unlikely to win over many converts from iOS ...

Google is bringing the Daydream VR experiment to a close. The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones it announced today don't support the platform, and it won't sell Daydream View headsets anymore. The ...

The good: Affordable, Comfortable to wear, Portable, Remote supports motion controls The bad: Limited selection of apps, Only works with Daydream-ready Android phones, Makes Pixel phone run hot Who ...