Mobile VR could do great things, but not in a way that worked for me.For the last week, I’ve been trying a new product built on much the same premise: Google’s Daydream View, a $79 pair of ...

Two years later, Google has another VR platform. This one is called Daydream, and it’s launching on the Pixel and Pixel XL phones, along with a $79 headset called Daydream View .

The company moves past its cheap, basic Google Cardboard in favor of full-blown virtual reality goggles and a controller, coming for $79 in November.

The fresh approaches to VR embodied by those projects aren't shared by Daydream View, whose only major features above the Samsung Gear VR are its wireless controller and a price point that's about ...

Virtual reality was supposed to transform entertainment. At least, that was the expectation roughly a decade ago with the arrival of the Oculus Rift, the first virtual reality (VR) headset from the ...

If it isn't abundantly clear by now, Daydream View is going squarely against the $100 Gear VR. I'm still a big fan of that headset, and if you're a Samsung phone owner, it's your only option.

The Daydream View, Google's first virtual reality headset, is a cheap way to try VR. But it needs more games and apps to truly shine.

There are VR versions of popular Google services like YouTube, Google Photos, and Google Street View, along with a handful of third-party games. But none of what I used felt like essential ...

Google’s Daydream View is only a year old, but it’s already receiving a minor refresh to make one of the best mobile VR headsets even better as Google invests in virtual tourism.. The tweaks ...

Like Google Cardboard, Samsung Gear VR, and any number of third-party devices (Hello View-Master VR!), Google’s DayDream View headset is basically a device for strapping a phone to your face.

Google today unveiled its first Daydream headset called ‘View’, a high-quality mobile VR headset that works exclusively with Android’s integrated VR support. Google announced several big ...

VR Street View Mode in Google Maps isn’t 3D for now, but it may be possible for Google to add computed-3D down the road. Users of Apple’s iOS have not seen the same love from Google yet—the ...