Google Virtual Reality Projects You Must Know


Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming a popular technology these days. Really it is an interesting technology. Because of the growing interest and the rapid development of Virtual Reality Technology, many IT companies have launched projects to develop VR Technology and VR Products.

Among those companies Google leads with some interesting projects. If you visit the official Google VR site, you can find more information about those projects. I will note some information about these projects for you to know.

Google Cardboard - a virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google for use with a head mount for a smartphone. Named for its fold-out cardboard viewer, the platform is intended as a low-cost system to encourage interest and development in VR applications. (Read: Google Cardboard Overview: VR On The Cheap)

Google Daydream - Daydream is a virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google for Android Nougat, the seventh major version of the Android mobile operating system.

Tilt brush - a room scale 3D painting virtual reality application developed and published by Google. The software was released for Microsoft Windows on April 5, 2016. (Read: Google Tilt Brush - Paint in a 3D Environment)

Google Jump - A 360 degree camera software. It is 3D, so it can be used with Virtual Reality devices. It creates a panorama 360 degrees wide. The Jump camera rig includes 16 separate cameras.

Google Earth VR - A virtual reality platform developed to travel around the world virtually. (Read: Google Earth VR - Explore the World Virtualy)