I've heard a rumor that Facebook has been working on VR and have successfully launched one product, Oculus Rift. Have any VR projects been released or announced for Android?
I've heard a rumor that Facebook has been working on VR and have successfully launched one product, Oculus Rift. Have any VR projects been released or announced for Android?
There are already two VR projects running on Android.
Google Cardboard (google-cardboard) provides a cheap way of strapping your phone to your face and a software platform for app authors to add VR capability to their apps. In its original form, it's a template that you make out of cardboard and add a couple of cheap lenses to, but several manufacturers have started shipping low-cost "VR headsets" based on this design.
Samsung Gear VR is a Samsung project developed with Oculus VR. It uses the screen from any of this year's high-end Samsung phones, along with extra sensors provided by the headset device, to provide a mobile VR platform offering more immersion and presence than Google Cardboard. It's a product you can buy in shops now.
Facebook hasn't launched a VR device. Their investment in VR has been to buy pioneers Oculus VR, which is responsible for developing the Gear VR for Samsung, as well as the Oculus Rift, their PC-based VR product.
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