Google today introduced Tour Creator, a tool that allows people to create and share their real-world experiences via virtual reality. Google explains that to make a VR tour people can use their own 360-degree photos and supplement them with imagery from Google Street View. It is easy enough that anyone can put Tour Creator to use. “The […]
Google has expanded the availability of web-based virtual reality content to Google Cardboard. Google first brought WebVR to Chrome for Daydream-compatible devices earlier this year. Now, most any Android handset can access virtual reality content through the Chrome browser with Google Cardboard. People who don’t have Daydream or Cardboard viewers handy can use their mouse or […]
3DRudder announced that its foot-based VR locomotion controller is now compatible with the Samsung GearVR mobile HMD and Google Cardboard devices. 3DRudder first caught our attention in December 2014, and then we had a chance to try a prototype version of its foot controller in January 2015. The device is a simple to use locomotion […]
Total War: Warhammer is heralding its launch with a 360-degree trailer, allowing you to pan or peer your way around its battlefields. If you’re a Google Cardboard owner, fire up the YouTube app, navigate to the trailer, hit VR mode and drop your phone in the box. You’ll be able to look this way and […]
Last year, Mattel first relaunched the View-Master as a Google Cardboard viewer. They’ve just announced today a second generation viewer with upgraded hardware at the New York Toy Fair. Additionally, they’re releasing more games in addition to virtual reality experiences. The View-Master Viewer DLX features enhanced optical lenses and a focal adjuster. The latter feature is found on the Gear […]
Google today updated the SDK for Google Cardboard and added support for spatial audio. Until today, Cardboard apps were limited to stereo sound. The addition of spatial audio will allow developers to create more immersive sound environments to match their VR experiences. Google says the SDK lets developers specify the size and material of their […]
Disney and Google have announced an unprecedented collaboration, Awaken the Force Within, allowing Star Wars fans the chance to take part in an immersive experience in celebration of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The global program begins today and gives fans the chance to make a choice to be on the Dark Side or […]
YouTube kicked off widespread support for virtual reality video content in the Android YouTube app. Android handset owners can find VR content in YouTube and watch it through the Google Cardboard viewer. The VR content includes 360-degree videos that allow people to pan in all directions. Further, Google says any video on YouTube can be […]
To kick-off San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary Entertainment gave away 50,000 Google Cardboard viewers at their booth and debuted two new VR experiences–“Warcraft: Skies of Azeroth” and “Beward Crimson Peak.” Now, you too can take to the skies of Azeroth as the experience has debuted online as an interactive YouTube Warcraft video which you can check […]
LG has announced the VR for G3, a custom version of Google’s virtual reality cardboard headset made for the G3 smartphone. LG is offering the VR for G3 for free to people who buy the G3 smartphone. According to LG, the G3 is suited well to Google Cardboard thanks to the positioning of the buttons […]
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