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Google wants to put your photos in a wild personal virtual reality gallery
Google's WebXR experiments look to enhance the world around you

Will Sattelberg Will Sattelberg
Google wants to put your photos in a wild personal virtual reality gallery

Google is one of the few companies of its size willing to commit to trying out new ideas on a large scale. While these projects are often killed off without restraint, it's still fun to see what new software is released from its labs each year. In its latest experiment, Google is launching some new WebXR apps for Chrome, designed to combine AR and VR to add new context to the world around you. From scannable social distancing to a virtual gallery of your memories, these new "XR experiences" are pretty wild.

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Google finally stops selling Cardboard VR goggles
The daydream is over

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
Google finally stops selling Cardboard VR goggles

Google was among the first to herald the advent of mobile VR, but that daydream is slowly coming to an end. After the company halted the Cardboard SDK development and open-sourced it in 2019, it has now finally stopped selling the Cardboard hardware altogether in its online store.

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Google's Daydream is over — the VR platform is dead (Update: Some services restored)
Support officially ends with Android 11

Hagop Kavafian Hagop Kavafian
Google's Daydream is over — the VR platform is dead (Update: Some services restored)

This story was originally published and last updated . 

You probably barely remember what Daydream is, or rather was, and no-one will blame you for that. Google launched its VR platform back in 2016 and even introduced its own View headset to the market, which it also updated about a year later. Apps became gradually available for the platform until many of them stopped being updated, or worse, entirely dropped support for Daydream. It was clear Google pretty much abandoned it, but it's now made it official with an announcement.

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Google's latest canceled VR project will at least live on as an open source project
Tilt Brush will remain available in digital stores

Prasham Parikh Prasham Parikh
Google's latest canceled VR project will at least live on as an open source project

One of the more interesting VR applications we've seen in recent years is Tilt Brush, an app that lets users create 3D art in a virtual environment. Unfortunately, Google has announced that it's ending internal development for the app. It will get another chance to succeed, however, as an open-source project.

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Oculus discontinues the Gear VR-based Go headset
The headset could run software designed for Samsung's Gear VR

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Oculus discontinues the Gear VR-based Go headset

Virtual reality company Oculus used to have a tight partnership with Samsung, to the point where both company's devices shared the same software ecosystem. The Oculus Go was released in 2018 as a self-contained VR headset, with a Snapdragon 821 processor and full compatibility with games built for Samsung's Gear VR. Sadly, it's now time to say goodbye to the headset.

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Get $50 off the Oculus Go standalone VR headset, now starting at $150 (Update: Now $130)

Rita El Khoury Rita El Khoury
Get $50 off the Oculus Go standalone VR headset, now starting at $150 (Update: Now $130)

Virtual Reality may not be the hot topic it once was, a few years ago, but it has settled into a nice niche for gaming first and foremost, and media consumption to a more minor degree. If you're intrigued by VR and have been pining for one of those powerful headsets, you can spare your wallet and start small today with the Oculus Go, which is down to $150.

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Chrome 79 rolls out new VR and AR capabilities to everyone, adds password checkup feature, and more

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Chrome 79 rolls out new VR and AR capabilities to everyone, adds password checkup feature, and more

It has been three weeks since the last Chrome release, and right on schedule, Chrome 79 is now rolling out across desktop and mobile platforms. This isn't the largest update we've seen recently, but there are a few changes worth highlighting. Let's jump right in!

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Google open-sources Cardboard SDK to keep it alive

Manuel Vonau Manuel Vonau
Google open-sources Cardboard SDK to keep it alive

Long before Google introduced Daydream and subsequently left it dead in the water, the company created the Cardboard platform. You can use the carton headsets as an ultra-low-budget entry to VR to this day, and they're compatible with almost any regularly shaped phone on the market. Google has now open-sourced the underlying VR SDK which will allow interested developers to create their own VR experiences on Cardboard viewers and improve and enhance the project as they see fit.

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Chrome Beta 79 enables WebXR API by default, opening door to more web-based AR/VR experiences

Corbin Davenport Corbin Davenport
Chrome Beta 79 enables WebXR API by default, opening door to more web-based AR/VR experiences

Chrome 78 has rolled out to all platforms, which means it's time for Chrome 79 to hit the Beta Channel. This update is definitely smaller in scope than the last few releases, but there are still a few interesting additions — especially if you're interested in VR/AR.

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