By
creating standalone headsets, Google and its manufacturing partners will be able to customize device's displays, optics, and sensors to work better with VR.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Microsoft brought a fleet of HoloLens prototypes to BUILD 2015, each of them a
standalone computer, eyepiece, sensor rig, and spatial sound system all integrated into a single
headset, and offered me the opportunity to see what
creating a Windows Holographic experience was like.
With the
headset, Microsoft says, everything from gaming, through streaming media in apps like Netflix, to productivity apps, Skype video calling, or even
creating virtual 3D objects in the new HoloStudio app - think Paint for the 21st century - are possible in a full
standalone wearable computer.
Today at @Google I / O @htcvive was announced as a partner in
creating standalone #VR
headsets for #Daydream https://t.co/P2q7pnUMB8 pic.twitter.com / hAAdXYMscE