Google is reportedly planning a new one device VR (virtual reality) that will compete with Oculus of Facebook and Samsung's Gear VR, reports Tim Bradshaw of the 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 uses smartphones already on the market. The mobile phone will be placed in a reception which the plastic device will bring.
There seems to be a lot of interest in virtual reality devices from major technology companies. Google has sold over 5 millions of cardboard devices that use sensors and a smartphone to provide an introductory virtual reality experience.
Industry analysts agree. In a recent survey its analyst Goldman Sachs, Heather Bellini reported that the virtual and augmented reality market could become an $80 billion industry by 2025. So many of the big tech names are scrambling to be ready.
