Category: Google
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Daydream VR Headset – Out Now!
Back in early October we posted about the Google Daydream VR headset that was going to be released sometime in the fall. The wait is now over. Carphone warehouse have them on their site already for purchase. Only available in Slate at release but other colours will be added later down the line. Googles Daydream VR…
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Googles Daydream View, Daydream-ready headset & controller
Daydream, is it Googles virtual answer to the internets prayers? Or is it quite the opposite? Well, nobody is entirely sure yet, apart from the lucky few who are developing it as you read this. Daydream is Googles platform for high-quality mobile VR. Google aim for it to simplify the complexity of VR; they believe…
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Batman The Animated Series Coming to View-Master in Virtual Reality!
Last year one of the top toys of the 60s, 70s and 80s was remastered for the modern age when Mattel (with the help of Google) re-released the View-Master as a Virtual Reality headset compatible with Android mobile devices. But how do you make the idea of a View-Master that plays in VR even better?…
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Samsung Gear Fit2 Hits the Ground Running
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Samsung is one of the frontrunners of active tech and the company has just launched two exciting new fitness focused products: The Gear Fit2 and the Gear IconX. Firstly let’s take a look at the Samsung Gear Fit2 – a smartwatch which is the genetic successor to the original Gear Fit released in 2014. With a…
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Google I/O 2016: Google Daydream – Android Powered 4K VR
In the series of Google I/O announcements last night, Google has upped its game in Virtual Reality platforms, moving away from Google Cardboard and introducing their version of Oculus Rift for Android smartphones. With a plan to release it in late autumn 2016 Google are calling this Daydream. In the ever long Android battle of…
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Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality to Rule 2016 – But Which is Which?
This year could very well be the big one for both augmented and virtual reality devices. The furor surrounding the Oculus alone should be enough to at least pique the interests of the general public. The sales of virtual/augmented-reality devices will supposedly soar to 14 million by then end of 2016 and jump to 38…
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Experience Star Wars Through VR with Google Cardboard
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Internet giant Google and US cellular network Verizon have brought together budget virtual reality with this year’s most highly hyped movie to release a set of limited edition Star Wars Google Cardboard headsets. We say limited, but there are in fact 200,000 Star Wars Google Cardboard units up for grabs for Verizon subscribers but we…
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Google Glass 2 is in the Works – Will Be Known as ‘Enterprise Edition’
After rumours circulating that Google Glass is essentially dead and buried, it has now been confirmed by Google that Google Glass 2, or as they have named it, the Google Glass Enterprise Edition, is in the making. There is no exact date as to when it will become available to the masses, seeing as the…
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Project Soli – Google’s Interaction Sensor Based on RADAR
Remember watching Minority Report and seeing Tom Cruise manipulate that 3D virtual computer? Even if not, I am sure most of us can imagine a sci-fi environment where we manipulate computers and gadgets just by using a simple hand gesture. One of Google’s latest projects is straight out of science fiction and looks to have…
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New Google Glass ‘Out Soon’ Says Partner
Google Glass was the buzzword, and the starting point, for a very exciting, very cutting edge world of wearable devices. It was billed in 2012 as the next big thing, something everyone would wear. The trial models and the Explorer Program tests have come and gone, over three years the device seemed to supernova into…