Sentences with phrase «headset reference design»

It's safe to assume that many of the same phone manufacturers that are bringing Android N phones to market will also run with the headset reference design to deliver their own Gear VR competitor — and more choice is great for consumers.

One of the best aspects of Android N is Daydream, which is a new virtual reality ecosystem that comprises a new headset reference design, new interface and motion controller.

As Google's headset reference design and motion controller will be available to multiple partners, this open approach could spell trouble for Oculus and the Samsung Gear VR.

Despite the Vive Focus hitting the international market later this year, the headset is seemingly already outdated thanks to Qualcomm's latest stand - alone VR headset reference design.

Not exact matches

Google has worked with Qualcomm to develop a reference design for its Daydream headsets.

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.

Google announced its Daydream View platform at I / O in 2016, and then, last year, it announced new phone partners and a reference design for Daydream - compatible headset that doesn't need a phone because it has built - in positional tracking.

After all, it was part of Google's reference design for its Daydream standalone headset.

Qualcomm has worked with Google to produce a reference design for Daydream standalone headsets, based on Qualcomm's own Snapdragon 835 VR platform.

The platform comprises a VR - ready certification program for smartphones, as well as reference designs for VR headsets and all the accompanying software infrastructure, including a VR - friendly variant of the Play Store.

Google will take a similar approach to what it's been doing with other Android devices: it'll build a reference design for the headset and controller, which will pair with its existing Nexus 6P smartphone, but with the goal having third - party device manufacturers build their own headsets and controllers based on the Daydream platform.

The first partners are HTC and Lenovo, and they'll build a headset based on a Google reference design built in partnership with Qualcomm.

Microsoft's reference design does deviate from the other VR headsets currently on the market.

Each Windows Mixed Reality headset maker is using Microsoft's motion controller reference design and sticking their own logo on them, but there's no tweaking.

The company also said it would release reference designs for a Daydream headset and controller that hardware partners could use.

Google will share VR headset and controller reference design with their partners, in order for all the pieces to be ready by this fall.

Before we started our demos, Bavor cautioned that we were trying a year - old prototype using a previous - generation chipset, with higher latency than we'd see on the upcoming reference design from Qualcomm or the final headsets from Lenovo and HTC.

Qualcomm thinks standalone virtual reality (VR) is the way of the future, and to help move that future along the chip maker is out with its second reference design headset on which partners like Google Daydream, HTC and Oculus will base their own devices.