Tag Archives: VR

We’re big fans of HTC’s Vive VR system here at Ausdroid, so we jumped at the change to take Vive Cosmos, the newest version of the PC-bound headset, for a spin. Cosmos features a redesigned headset and controllers and is available for pre-order at vive.com/cosmos with an October 4 release …

Tour de Cure and Sony Foundation have today announced the largest Virtual Reality (VR) cancer research grant in Australia to three local research teams, with the aim of the research to help better understanding of rare and youth cancers, but also to hopefully ultimately find a cure also. The three …

Residential property developer, Peet, in collaboration with Ogilvy Melbourne, have launched a VR360 degree app called, Vision360, which has been designed to help potential homebuyers visualise what the development will look like once completed. The app, which launched officially today, allows potential homebuyers and users in general, the ability to …

Last year’s Daydream View was a fun device but it wasn’t perfect. After listening to users, Google has made changes to Daydream View to hopefully address some of the issues users have — and it is available here now. The new Daydream View has upgraded high-performance lenses to give the …

Some manufacturers have had a modicum of success with 360 degree cameras and now Huawei have signalled their intention to throw their hat into the ring with a 360 degree VR camera entering the United States Patent and Trademark Office. While Huawei has not yet been granted the patent for …

At Google I/O 2017 Google showed the use of AR and VR as part of the whole shopping experience. While not quite what was shown at Google I/O, Ikea have taken the bull by the horns and are launching a VR store in Australia. When shopping for furniture and house …

With the all of Google’s fingers in various VR Pies there can be little doubt that this is a platform that Google want’s to get in on the ground floor with. Between tilt brush, Cardboard and Daydream to name just a few of Google’s recent VR efforts they are trying …

LGBTIQ history has yet to find a place in many school curriculums (remember the Safe Schools Program which was canned by this and the previous Government). However, technology and new tools like virtual reality can open pedagogical doors to cast light on what has been for too long taboo. Let’s …

The long wait for Google’s new Virtual Reality platform for Android almost seems to be over. With Android 7.0 being released and Android 7.1 expected to be announced at Google’s October 5th event alongside some compatible hardware, the new Daydream platform should almost be here. But what use is a …

If the latest report from Bloomberg is correct then the mysterious ‘people familiar with the matter’ have revealed to them that Google’s Daydream VR platform is ‘virtually ready’ (hah). The sources confirmed that not only is the platform nearing final release quality but Google is working hard to have a …

Earlier this morning, Google revealed its Daydream VR platform for hight quality mobile virtual reality. With Daydream, Google has all ingredients to create great immersive VR experiences. Over time, Daydream will encompass VR devices in many shapes and sizes but at launch, later this year, they are starting with high-quality VR …

If you didn’t think VR was going to be a thing at Google I/O 2016, think again. Google’s just announced via the Google Cardboard account on Google+ that they will be live streaming the keynote presentation in the wee hours of Thursday morning (our time) in 360-degree video. The placeholder …