Google could launch a competitor to the Samsung Gear VR this year. In any case that suggests an article in Financial Times , emphasizing the Mountain View giant’s wishes to gain a foothold in the world of virtual reality. No way this time to compete with the HTC Vive Pre or the Oculus Rift to Facebook but to propose, at first, a bit more elaborate apparatus as cardboard. And also more open Android ecosystem, since it would ensure to offer a device compatible with a wider variety of terminals, any brand.
The second objective would also have a device that, more or less long term, could help to promote a hypothetical Android system dedicated to virtual reality. According to an article published last year in the Wall Street Journal , we are in fact learned that the OS had a good chance to be in development.
After cardboard, plastic?
the question is whether Google will use a third partner to manufacture its competitor Gear VR device. Although there are great chances that this is so, one can not help but remember that several months ago, Google talk of building more and more equipment itself, as it does with Pixel computers.
In fact, again according to the sources of the Financial Times , with its next VR device, Google would offer good “best lenses” and “sensors better quality “, to complement those qu’embarquent smartphones. Probably for more accuracy and responsiveness when sail in compatible apps on Android or the mobile on the nose. And what about the entry of the Tango Project in the dance? The latter was the subject of a partnership between Mountain View and Lenovo at the last CES, and we can not help thinking that it would be entirely appropriate in a suite of apps provided with a VR headset.
however, it was not until the Google I / O , the annual event of the brand held in May, find out more about this future VR helmet which commercialization could occur in the coming year. And if this is confirmed, it’s a safe bet that a presentation in due form of an Android version dedicated to virtual reality will also be on the menu at the same time.
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