YouTube has redesigned a new VR app that has been designed to work with the Daydream VR headset. The new app works with the Daydream-certified Pixel phones from Google.
Early content includes a tour of the apartment of a beauty blogger as well as a cookery site.
Google also added four of its other applications were updated to support DayDream. As well as Youtube, they are Street View, Play Movies virtual cinema, Google Photos, and the Google Arts & Culture museum app.
Five other apps were revealed from other publishers, with another 40 or so available soon.
- Wonderglade (Resolution Games)— You’re magically teleported to an ever growing theme park where you can enjoy carnival-themed classic games. Using Daydream View’s controller, you can putt, tilt, spray, spin and laugh your way through all the levels. [Free with in-app purchases]
- Mekorama (Martin Magni) — In this game, you’ll help a tiny robot stumble home through 50 puzzling mechanical dioramas. [$3.99]
- Star Chart VR (Escapist Games Ltd)— You’ll explore the solar system in a beautiful and accurate real-time space simulation, from the Sun to the smallest moons of Saturn and out to the coldest, darkest, farthest reaches of Pluto. [$4.99]
- Hunter’s Gate (Climax Studios) — The classic shooter has been reinvented for a completely new VR experience where you’ll blast your way through the town of Hunters Gate as either Forge (a lucky gunslinger) or Payne (a revenge driven mage) as you defend it from demon invasion. Unlock and upgrade powerful weapons, spells, and Hunter skills. Hunters Gate also offers co-op play over local Wi-Fi and hours of procedural content. [$5.99]
- Wall Street Journal — The Wall Street Journal VR app offers reporting and analysis combining breaking news, a real-time interactive market data visualization, and 360º interactive videos in an immersive virtual reality experience. [Free app]
Analyst Comment
Reviews of the Daydream VR headset with the Pixel phone and YouTube app have included very positive opinions, including this one from the Verge. (BR)
