However, it also predicted that “screenless viewers” such as current Daydream headsets would drop off in favor of next-generation standalone headsets.
Regardless of that slump in 2017, market research firm International Data Corporation predicted that 2018 would see better VR sales and reach 12.4 million headsets shipped (collectively between augmented and virtual reality). The mobile headset market, according to research, is dominated by the Samsung Gear VR, with 3.7 million sets shipped during 2017. According to media analyst outfit SuperData Research, Google shipped 209,000 Daydream headsets during 2016, but that number dropped to 153,000 in 2017. Google Daydream headsets debuted during May 2016 at the Google I/O developer conference and currently sell for $99 from Google’s web store. WebVR is a lightweight web standard for immersive 3-D VR experiences designed to be used on web pages that allows developers to launch VR apps.
#Google chrome browser vr update
This update follows the addition of the WebVR standard to Chrome by Google in February 2017 and a similar update to Chrome Android in September aimed at smartphones and tablets. “With Chrome now integrated into Daydream, you can start browsing on your phone, whether it is reading your favorite news article or watching a YouTube video, and easily switch to your headset,” said Brander. It is now also possible to start browsing on a smartphone – used as part of a Daydream headset – and seamlessly put on the headset and continue browsing in VR without any need to switch apps. However, there are also a few extra Daydream-specific features that have been added.įor example, “cinema mode” optimizes web video for it’s best presentation for viewing in VR. “So if you have one of these headsets, you can launch Chrome directly from your homepage to browse and interact with any webpage while in VR,” said Gordon Brander, Chrome user experience engineer.Īll of the features already available in Chrome on every other platform are available in VR: voice search, incognito mode, saved bookmarks, synchronization and the like.
Users with Google’s Daydream View or the Lenovo Mirage Solo with Daydream can now explore the web with Google Chrome by launching it directly from their homepage. Technology giant Google LLC announced Monday that users of its mobile virtual reality platform Daydream can now launch its web browser Chrome and natively surf the web in VR.
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