Tuesday 16 May 2017

Where are the Daydream VR phones Google promised?

When Google announced the Daydream virtual reality platform at its 2016 I/O conference, the system was pitched as a core feature of Android Nougat, with strong support from manufacturers. Almost every major Android phone maker was supposed to be releasing a Daydream-ready phone, which would work with any Daydream-compatible mobile headset. But one year later, the platform is still niche, and a lot of these partners have been keeping quiet about their plans.

Google originally listed eight manufacturers that would support Daydream. Samsung, HTC, Huawei, LG, ZTE, Asus, Alcatel, and Xiaomi all promised to enable it, which would put every major phone maker except Sony on the platform. So far, two of these companies have released...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/16/15599774/google-daydream-phone-release-delay-future-io-2017

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/05/where-are-daydream-vr-phones-google.html

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