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Google is Bringing Daydream Compatibility to Samsung Galaxy S8 and LG’s Next Flagship Phone

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Google I/O has begun, the company’s annual developer conference, and amidst expectations of a new all-in-one VR headset , the company announced that Samsung’s Galaxy S8/S8 plus and LG’s next flagship phone will be officially receiving Google Daydream support. This story is breaking. Check back for more information soon.

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Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking

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Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. Three infrared sensors, detecting the flashes from an HTC base station (Lighthouse technology), are attached to the front of the Gear VR headset and connected to a microcontroller, which collects the timing data.

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Oculus Go, Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus Standalone Headsets Compared

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In this article we compare three standalone VR devices which will be available worldwide this year: the Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and HTC Vive Focus. For owners of a compatible Samsung smartphone, the Gear VR shell remains the best value proposition, but for everyone else, the Go will be the cheapest way to access Gear VR content.

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Jaunt Brings Award-Winning VR Content To PlayStation VR

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Today, Jaunt has applications on just about every consumer VR platform including the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. The only notable exception to Jaunt’s availability on the various hardware platforms was Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. As of today, however, that exception no longer applies.

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How visionOS 2 Better Integrates Your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Keyboard & Gamepad With Apple Vision Pro

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The first VR headset to ship after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014 was the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition, using the Note 4 smartphone as its display, processing center, and battery. Later, the HTC Vive powered over PC by SteamVR promised to pair with your phone to keep you connected while in VR.

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FOVE Eye-tracking Headset Gets Final Specs and Pre-order Date

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FOVE hopes to be the first VR headset on the market with eye-tracking, and we expect other major headsets like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR to add eye-tracking in future product iterations. Tracking: Head Tracking. Eye Tracking. Accessories: Positional tracking camera, face cushion.

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DreamGlass is an interesting Augmented Reality glass that costs only $399

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HTC has understood that too, and that’s why its latest flagship phone can be a controller for the Vive Focus. 3 degree-of-freedom head tracking. Marker-based positional tracking. Supported phones: Samsung: S8, S8 plus, Note 8, S9, S9 plus, Huawei: Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, P20, P20 pro. HTC: 10, U11.