Η Google φέρεται να σχεδιάζει μια νέα συσκευή VR (εικονικής πραγματικότητας) που θα ανταγωνιστεί το Oculus of Facebook and Samsung's Gear VR, reports Tim Bradshaw of Financial Times.
This is not Google's first attempt on a VR device, although Bradshaw says it will be very different from the first one made from cardboard. The new Google device will be made of plastic and will run with a new Android software.
Google will release the device alongside the new technology that will bring the new Android VR sometime in 2016. Bradshaw reports that the device will use smartphones that are already on the market. The mobile it will be placed in a slot that the plastic device will carry.
There seems to be a lot of interest in Appliances of virtual reality by the big tech companies. Google has sold more than 5 million cardboard devices that use sensors and a smartphone to provide an introductory virtual reality experience.
Industry analysts agree. In a recent survey, Goldman Sachs analyst Heather Bellini said the market for virtual and augmented reality could become a 80 billion industry by 2025. So many of the big names of technology are trying to be ready.
