Google is working with Qualcomm on
a reference standalone headset that other manufacturers can riff off of.
Not exact matches
Google said it has solved key problems with both augmented reality and its cousin, virtual reality, with a new
standalone virtual reality
headset and a way to navigate indoors using visual
reference points as a sort of indoor GPS, called VPS.
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.
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.
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.