Google unveils Daydream View: a truly light and comfortable VR headset for phones
posted by Victor H.
/ Oct 04, 2016, 12:02 PM
How is it different? Two ways: first, it is very light and very comfortable, made out of soft, breathable materials - unlike most heavy and bulky plastic VR goggles out there, and secondly, with the cable-free way to connect to your phone by just placing it in the Daydream View headset and... immediately going into VR view.
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Additionally, Daydream View comes with a minimalist, compact controller that features great accuracy and works in concert with the VR headset: you can draw with it, control motion with it and even use it as a game controller.
A VR headset, however, is nothing without content. That's the place where many current VR headsets fall short. Google brings a ton to the content space, though: it has built Street View, YouTube and Google Photos right into Daydream View, and those are some of the most prolific channels in existence.
So what about the Google Daydream View price and availability? The pleasant surprise about all this is the price tag: just $79 for the virtual reality headset that will go on sale in the beginning of November.
Daydream View
source: Google
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12 Comments
1. Martineverest
Posts: 521; Member since: Oct 27, 2015
oculus rival????..never!
posted on Oct 04, 2016, 12:03 PM 0
7. sgodsell
Posts: 6732; Member since: Mar 16, 2013
The larger 5.5" Pixel XL, especially with its QHD display. Already rivals it.
posted on Oct 04, 2016, 12:30 PM 2
9. Unordinary unregistered
Because that will have the amount of games and content the Oculus and PS VR have/will have.
VR Flappy Bird here we come.
/s
posted on Oct 04, 2016, 12:43 PM 0
11. vincelongman
Posts: 5611; Member since: Feb 10, 2013
It looks like a great stepping stone into VR
But dont expect it to be similar quality to the Oculus or Vive, or even the PS VR
It will most likely be between the GearVR and PS VR in terms of quality
posted on Oct 04, 2016, 1:18 PM 0
2. Skimshaddy
Posts: 126; Member since: Feb 23, 2016
Wow! really? Maybe $19.99 I might buy one.
posted on Oct 04, 2016, 12:06 PM 0
4. UglyFrank
Posts: 2188; Member since: Jan 23, 2014
After what we have seen today, it is clear the S7 Edge Exynos is phone of the year. I don't know what they are thinking by having a 1080p phone at a flagship price point and trying to market it with VR.
posted on Oct 04, 2016, 12:23 PM 1
5. Hallucinator
Posts: 390; Member since: May 24, 2010
That looks awful
