wraggster
March 8th, 2015, 22:51
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/4dc3fd9782029026b4e8565b050abcea/201657810/gearvr_630px_wmed_2.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/06/android-vr-rumor/)We've already got Android in phones, tablets, TVs (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/27/android-tv-google-tv/) and maybe even cars (http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/18/android-m-cars-rumor/), but according to a new rumor, the next step could be VR headsets (beyond Mattel's View-Master (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/13/google-and-mattel-view-master/)). While smartphones can already provide the brains of a VR unit for Samsung's Gear VR (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/06/gear-vr-s6-oculus/)or Google Cardboard (http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/10/google-cardboard/), the Wall Street Journal (http://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-android-to-take-on-facebook-in-virtual-reality-1425684553) says Google has "tens of engineers" working on a version of Android that would power virtual reality apps. According to the rumor, that's in addition to the Magic Leap augmented reality project Google has invested in (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/25/magic-leap-explainer/), and a separate AR project Google is working on itself. Based on what we've seen of Android development so far -- and the recent flood of VR hardware -- it's really no surprise, but if you see a slew of headset rumors ahead of the next Google I/O it might be for something other than just a new edition of Glass.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/06/android-vr-rumor/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/06/android-vr-rumor/