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10-05-2016, 02:25 AM
Google's Daydream View isn't the VR future we were hoping for
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After months of anticipatoin for Google's virtual reality (http://mashable.com/category/virtual-reality/) headset, we finally got a look at the company's most serious venture into VR hardware and it was... underwhelming.*
SEE ALSO: Google's new VR headset is just $79 (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-vr-headset-daydream/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
Called Daydream View (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-vr-headset-daydream/), the device looks almost exactly like the so-called reference designs the company showed off back in May (http://mashable.com/2016/05/19/daydream-google-vr-plan/) at its I/O developer conference. Except there's one major difference: The entire device is wrapped in soft fabric.*
Yes, really.*
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Although it's important to **te that I haven't had a chance to touch the new VR device, after several years of experience with the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift (http://mashable.com/category/oculus-rift/) and HTC Vive (http://mashable.com/category/htc-vive/), I can safely say that soft fabric isn't the killer feature missing from VR headsets. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-daydream-view/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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After months of anticipatoin for Google's virtual reality (http://mashable.com/category/virtual-reality/) headset, we finally got a look at the company's most serious venture into VR hardware and it was... underwhelming.*
SEE ALSO: Google's new VR headset is just $79 (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-vr-headset-daydream/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
Called Daydream View (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-vr-headset-daydream/), the device looks almost exactly like the so-called reference designs the company showed off back in May (http://mashable.com/2016/05/19/daydream-google-vr-plan/) at its I/O developer conference. Except there's one major difference: The entire device is wrapped in soft fabric.*
Yes, really.*
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/t4J_5PrnU8D_PVggEUZ76GTvIaM=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F234614%2Fdydrmvw4.jpg
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Although it's important to **te that I haven't had a chance to touch the new VR device, after several years of experience with the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift (http://mashable.com/category/oculus-rift/) and HTC Vive (http://mashable.com/category/htc-vive/), I can safely say that soft fabric isn't the killer feature missing from VR headsets. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/google-daydream-view/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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