On May 18 of this year, Google excited the entire global technology circle with a wonderful I/O conference. Of course, it also includes 1 million Chinese viewers across the sea.
However, some viewers concerned about the virtual reality (VR) field indicated that this I/O conference lacked something. What is said is frequent Google VR headlines that have appeared in major media predictions but have not yet appeared.
Watching the purchase of HTC Vive's buddies happy to play, as well as the PS VR debut at next week's Hong Kong Animation Game Show, a crowd of Google VR powder can now only look at a VR platform called "Daydream". Feelings are just a few moving pictures of the cake. It really is quite annoying.
However, in the past few days, this unappeared Google high-end VR headline also reported the abandoned news.
Media Recode hinted in the report that Google has abandoned this development project. After the news came out, I believe that the mood of many fans has also dropped to the freezing point.
However, things have turned a new turn today. When the technology media Engadget asked the insider of Google about this matter, someone familiar with the matter said that Google did not close this development activity.
According to Engadget, Google is currently developing a VR head-mounted device “positioned in the high-end marketâ€, which is similar to Oculus VR, HTC Vive and other products.
The person familiar with the matter disclosed that Google has established a 50-person team in the original X lab to form an independent research and development department. The main task of this department is to develop this high-end positioning VR device and system.
This is a wireless VR headset displayed at CES2015
The VR head-up device does not need to connect to a computer or a mobile phone. The head-mounted display comes with a screen. It is also equipped with a new system that is different from Android.
At the same time, compared to ordinary VR heads, Google's VR headpiece will also be mixed with Augmented Reality (AR) technology.
VR platform Daydream released on Google I/O 2016
When asked about the deployment and development of this product, the person said that debuting the Daydream system at the conference is still a major focus of Google's future development. However, after this hardware device, does not rule out Google will increase its efforts to promote this product.
As for the launch date of this device and its piggyback system, the person did not make any disclosure. As of press time, Google officials have not made any response to related reports such as Engadget and Recode.
So, for users who are looking forward to Google's launch of high-end VR devices, it will only leave a bright hope. It's like an open and closed glass window. You don't know if it's open or not, and you're not sure what's behind it.
However, a bit of a daring guess is that Google is certainly not the only one in Daydream that is planning a VR plan.