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Google Explains Chrome and Toyota Project

by Bob Raikes

Mark Grady is from Google, where he is head of Android and Chrome Enterprise Channel in EMEA and Valon Rexhepi who is from Fourcast a developer of systems using Chrome who talked about the …

HTC Vive & Lenovo To Use Qualcomm Daydream Reference

by Bob Raikes

HTC and Lenovo are building stand alone headsets based on the latest Qualcomm reference design according to the RoadtoVR blog. Qualcomm has released more information about the components in the reference design including the …

VR Viewers Barely Turn Their Heads

by Alan Spencer

Google looked at the analytics for 360° videos posted on YouTube, and found that people rarely bother to turn their heads. In fact, people spend 75% of their time looking towards the front 90° …

New Google Hire Suggests System Chip for Next Pixel

by Alan Spencer

A new hire by Google suggest that the company may be intending to develop its own chips for future versions of its Pixel phone. The new hire is an engineer named Manu Gulati who …

KN2 Google Makes AR/VR Display Breakthroughs

by Bob Raikes

Clay Bavor is from Google where he is the VP responsible for AR & VR. After checking with the audience how many people had tried ‘good VR’, he explained that when he introduces people …

Google to Work with Asustek?

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes reports that Google is working with Asustek to make a new smartphone with a 5.7″ display and intended to give a good VR experience that it may launch later in 2017. As we …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Google To Put 360º Video on TVs

by Milos Pavlovic

At the Google I/O event, the company announced that it is to support 360º video on the web or on mobile devices based on Android, including the NVidia Shield, That will mean that content …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Google| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Google To Develop Stand-Alone VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

Google announced at its Google I/O developer event that it would ship a stand-alone headset version of its DayDream VR technology, rather than relying on a smartphone as a display. Google said that building …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Samsung Still Leads VR Market

by Milos Pavlovic

IHS Markit said that competition in the VR market is hotting up with Google’s Daydream platform emerging to offer an alternative to the established market leader, Samsung’s Gear VR. According to the latest forecasts, …

Google Intros Yi Halo VR Camera

by Chris Chinnock

Google used NAB to introduce its latest VR camera, the Yi Halo, one year after partnering with Xiaomi-backed, Chinese action cam maker Yi Technology. (Google Announces YI Halo 360º VR Camera with 8K x …

Google Announces YI Halo 360º VR Camera with 8K x 8K Output

by Norbert Hildebrand

Google has announced a new camera, the Yi Halo, that takes 360º video acquisition to the next level. It is the high end version of the Google Jump VR platform. In addition to the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Amazon Offers its Smart Speakers in Battle with Google Home

by Alan Spencer

Amazon has started offering select manufacturers free use of its smart speaker microphone technologies as part of its efforts to spread the use of its Alexa virtual assistant. The move is in response to …