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Google gets serious about VR
« on: May 18, 2017, 01:52:50 PM »
Just passing on a bit of news on something to keep an eye on. 

Google's developed a mobile VR headset (untethered, 6dof, inside-out head-tracking) with other partners, which is based on its Daydream OS. In conjunction with this, Google announced a possibly game-changing VR rendering technique, called Seurat.. And here's also a bit about it from TechCrunch. Don't know yet if it will translate to PCs but if it does it could be a big help for game devs.

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Re: Google gets serious about VR
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2017, 07:12:13 PM »
Not really much, Daydream has been on the cards for ages. You're still driving it with an Android device - so it lacks the horsepower to compete with a dedicated PC CPU/GPU combo.

Things to be watching out for are lightfield based headsets. That will the next big shiznit that rocks the VR/AR boat - Magic Leap and someone else are working on them.