Android N Daydream a VR platform. This is essentially the name for Google’s new VR platform which will be a part of android itself.
Daydream will be the house of VR content within android. There will be a Daydream version of the Google Play Store, and it will contain all the VR apps. You’ll be using this in VR mode, and whenever you are in Daydream you’ll be able to simply return to the list of your VR-capable apps. Among those you’ll notice all Google apps like Street view, YouTube, Play Movies, and Google Photos, but also several games as well. When within Daydream, your notifications will be displayed in 3D cards.
Coming to support Daydream at a low level within the android OS there is a dedicated VR mode. Smartphones that are going to be special certified by Google. Apparently we should expect devices from Samsung, HTC, Huawei, Xiaomi, LG, ZTE, Asus, and Alcatel to launch during the fall. The first phone to be Daydream-capable is that the Huawei Nexus 6P, unsurprisingly.
There’s a would like for a certification method of kinds as a result of phones which will be marketed as Daydream-ready got to be ready to pump things up to max once in VR mode, resulting in a latency of around 20ms (from the instant you progress your head to the instant the content on the screen changes accordingly). This will be achieved by harnessing all the power of the handset’s CPU and GPU, as well as a brand new graphics buffering system which will be used when in VR mode.
Google has created a reference design for a VR headset that should be helpful but also comfortable to wear for long periods of time – this can be that reported successor to Cardboard. Except Google is sharing this design with partners, so do not expect the search large itself to launch such a product. The headset can have a controller that is been designed by Google too. This knows once and however you wave it within the air, and will correct your hand’s movement to whatever’s in your VR house. It has two buttons and a clickable touchpad surface.
The end-user part of Daydream will be out later this year, but developers will already create apps for the new environment.
