Google announces new VR headset of its own

By Park Sae-jin Posted : May 20, 2016, 16:00 Updated : May 20, 2016, 16:00

Google's 'Daydream' virtual reality headset [Courtesy of Google]



Google announced "Daydream", a virtual reality (VR) headset Thursday at the company's I/O Developer Conference.

This is not the first time for the tech giant to release a VR headset, but "Cardboard", which was released last year with prices as low as around ten US dollars, but it was literally made out of a sheet of cardboard and offered its users with very limited VR experience.

Daydream is not a standalone VR headset like the rumors said, but many experts see that Google's new VR headset will offer better or similar VR experience when compared to Samsung's "Gear VR".

The new VR headset will need a new smartphone to work as a headset. The smartphone is needed to run Android N, an upcoming version of Android OS. Google did not reveal any standards on smartphones required to run Daydream, but the smartphone specifications reportedly need to fulfill the ability to display VR video at a latency under 20 milliseconds.

Also, Google plans on updating its applications such as Google Play, Street View, Google Photos, and YouTube to be more VR-compatible.

Google did not release much information on the VR headset, but so far, Android manufacturers such as Samsung, LG, HTC, Xiaomi, Huawei, and ZTE are to release Daydream compatible smartphones.

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