{"id":24673,"date":"2017-05-17T12:22:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T19:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/google-unveils-vr-headsets-that-dont-need-smartphones\/"},"modified":"2017-05-17T12:22:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T19:22:04","slug":"google-unveils-vr-headsets-that-dont-need-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/google-unveils-vr-headsets-that-dont-need-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Google unveils VR headsets that don't need smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What the Google started at last year’s I\/O conference<\/a>, where it announced the Daydream mobile virtual reality platform and headset, is now complete with the announcement of Google’s new, standalone (no smartphone needed) VR headset project that uses inside out tracking it calls WorldSense.<\/p>\n

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Google’s VR headset inside-out positional tracking means that, unlike the Oculus Rift<\/a> and HTC Vive<\/a>, Google’s WorldSense VR headsets can operate without external sensor trackers, confirming rumors leading up to Wednesday’s reveal. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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What the Google started at last year’s I\/O conference, where it announced the Daydream mobile virtual reality platform and headset, is now complete with the announcement of Google’s new, standalone (no smartphone needed) VR headset project that uses inside out tracking it calls WorldSense. SEE ALSO: Rejoice! Oculus Rift owners can now experience the awesomeness… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[373,374,370],"tags":[382,380,381,378,379],"class_list":["post-24673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-mixed-reality","category-virtual-reality","tag-immersive","tag-mixed-reality","tag-mr","tag-virtual-reality","tag-vr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t