Last year's Google I / O focused on Android Oreo, Google Assistant, Google Photos, and
Daydream standalone headsets.
Qualcomm has worked with Google to produce a reference design for
Daydream standalone headsets, based on Qualcomm's own Snapdragon 835 VR platform.
Lenovo has, fortunately, come to the rescue with the new Mirage Solo with
Daydream standalone headset that promises freedom in more ways than one.
After all, it was part of Google's reference design for
its Daydream standalone headset.
Meet the Lenovo Mirage Solo, the first
Daydream Standalone headset.
This particular
Daydream Standalone headset is almost entirely white plastic, including the inside.
First seen at CES 2018, it's the first Google
Daydream standalone headset to hit store shelves, meaning you don't need a compatible smartphone to insert into it.
Not exact matches
The first
Daydream - based
standalone VR
headset is finally here.
Firefox Reality is designed and engineered specifically for the next generation of
standalone VR and AR
headsets, but during initial development our source code will also run in Developer Mode on
Daydream and Gear VR devices.
Much of this — minus some of the phone - specific notifications — is likely also going to be available for the upcoming
standalone Daydream VR
headset that Google is launching together with Lenovo next month.
Aside from their own booth, the company's partners were showing off the latest and greatest hardware, and that included Lenovo with the world's first
standalone Daydream VR
headset.
Several companies are bringing
standalone headsets to the market this year, including Oculus with the budget - friendly $ 200 Oculus Go
headset, Lenovo with its $ 400 Mirage Solo
Daydream headset, and HTC with the likely $ 600 - plus Vive Focus
headset.
Lenovo is including its
standalone Daydream headset in classroom VR kits starting this Spring
Google's
Daydream VR is set to take on a big new project this year with the debut of
standalone headsets, and that starts with the Mirage Solo from Lenovo.
Lenovo has a
standalone virtual reality
headset, i.e. one that doesn't require a smartphone to be inserted, that runs on Google
Daydream in the works.
Lenovo finally released the details of its
standalone Daydream VR
headset.
Roto VR also built support for mobile HMDs, such as the Google
Daydream platform, and HTC's upcoming
standalone Vive Focus
headset.
HTC was supposed to be the first to market with a
standalone Daydream headset, but at some point during development, the company reversed course and abandoned its agreement with Google.
While the initial
Daydream devices required a compatible Android phone for its smarts and screen,
standalone versions are now on the way, including devices created by Lenovo and HTC — the creator of the Vive
headset for PCs.
That's even in presence of the Lenovo Mirage Solo
headset that was initially announced last year during Google's Fall event where it announced the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, though at the time it was only known that a
headset from Lenovo would be coming and that it would be based on
Daydream, and be a
standalone offering.
We already have details on HTC Vive
standalone headset, and it will be the first to go cable and free with Google's
Daydream platform.
Another first at CES is Lenovo's Mirage Solo
standalone Daydream VR
headset.
Google is working with Qualcomm on the new
standalone Daydream headsets, and they'll use Qualcomm chips inside them.
Update: HTC is no longer set to release its
standalone Daydream headset, Google VR's Clay Bavor confirmed.
This year, at Google IO 2017, it was made obvious that said device makers responded, with dedicated,
standalone Daydream headsets in works by HTC and Lenovo.
It all comes down to preferences and what you want out of your VR experience, but it might serve the
Daydream platform better if
standalone headsets for the
Daydream platform were released sooner rather than later.
While the company didn't have much to say or show of this reference design device, Google did tease that both HTC (seen above) and Lenovo (seen below) are working on
standalone Daydream headsets based on this reference design.
During Google IO 2017, the firm officially confirmed the well - reported rumor that it would be launching
standalone Daydream headsets with select hardware partners.
Google is also partnering with HTC and Lenovo to develop the first
standalone Daydream VR
headsets, and those will be available later this year.
Google announced the first
standalone virtual reality
headset powered by its
Daydream technology during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Tuesday.
It's currently unclear how much these new
standalone Daydream headsets will cost or when they will be released in Canada.
We only have a few sketches of HTC's and Lenovo's
standalone Daydream headset, but so far their designs look very similar to other virtual reality
headsets currently on the market.
While
Daydream's initial focus was on
headsets powered by
Daydream certified smartphones, Google seems to be pivoting the platform's direction towards
standalone headsets.
At I / O 2017 the Google announced plans to release
standalone Daydream virtual reality
headsets that don't require a mobile phone or PC to operate.
Lenovo announced the world's first
standalone Daydream virtual reality
headset Mirage Solo, along with the Mirage Camera at CES 2018 in Las Vegas.
What Google is offering with
Daydream Standalone through the Lenovo Mirage Solo is something more than what you can already get with a
Daydream headset and your phone.
Google's platform, called
Daydream Standalone, allows multiple manufacturers to build
headsets free from using your phone as a brain.
You Galaxy S8 users will probably be pleased to hear that
Daydream support is coming to Samsung's latest pair of flagships later this summer, while Google also introduced a new
standalone VR
headset.
The US - focused
headset was a Google
Daydream standalone that HTC teased way back at Google I / O in May.
Google is also making
Daydream phone - free: it will soon support
standalone VR
headsets that don't require a phone or PC.
The
headset is different from Google's
Daydream VR platform, as that is said to be merely the stepping stone into the bigger hardware push presented by the
standalone headset.
The company's
standalone Daydream headsets will free users from their smartphones.
The first
Daydream - based
standalone VR
headset is finally here.
HTC has backed out of making Google's
daydream of a standalone Daydream VR headset but Lenovo
daydream of a
standalone Daydream VR headset but Lenovo
Daydream VR
headset but Lenovo has not.
This preempted the release of a
standalone Daydream VR
headset, forcing HTC to cut its losses and focus on the market where it has an advantage.
Lenovo announced the Mirage Solo — the first
standalone Daydream VR
headset that wouldn't require a smartphone to use — at CES earlier this year for a mid-2018 release.
Google's push on VR also took a step forward thanks to Lenovo announcing the Mirage Solo, a
standalone Daydream headset.
You may have forgotten about Google's promise of releasing
standalone Daydream VR
headsets with the help of partners, but the Lenovo Mirage Solo is here to remind you of that plan.
During the company's CES 2018 press conference, Lenovo revealed the Mirage Solo, a
standalone Google
Daydream virtual reality (VR)
headset that doesn't require the use of a smartphone or being tethered to a high - end PC.
HTC Vive has seen a few add - ons over the years, such as the HTC Vive Tracker, and though there were plans to create a
standalone HTC
headset that ran Google's
Daydream VR platform, those plans fell through.