Latest Google AR & VR news

Just last month Google announced that it was killing off its Daydream VR project. The news came in the midst of the company's annual "Made by Google"... Read more

ARCore is Android’s version of Apple ARKit. It's a baked-in augmented reality tech.... Read more

Google is winding down its Daydream VR project after a two-year run, with the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL phones not supporting the platform.... Read more

Google is taking steps to make search results on your phone more exciting. One of these moves includes adding AR animals to search results.... Read more

Google may never have achieved commercial success with its Google Glass headset, but it is finding room for growth in the enterprise sector.... Read more

If you work in a factory and use Google Glass there, you might be happy to learn a new and improved headset could be coming your way.... Read more

A new version of the augmented reality spectacles has been spotted online and a release could be imminent.... Read more

If you head to the Google homepage today, Thursday 3 May, you will see a new Google Doodle. However, today's is the first to compatible with VR headsets,... Read more

Google will unveil a new 4.3-inch, 18-megapixel VR headset screen at Display Week 2018. The screen will have a wide field-of-view, use OLED display technology... Read more

Have you ever wanted to take a ride in a driverless car?Well, now you can experience what it's like, thanks to Waymo, which has released a 360-degree video... Read more

As virtual reality (VR) gets more and more popular, the ways in which such content can be captured and experienced begins to change.VR180: What is it?You... Read more

Google is holding a product launch event and it just officially announced the Daydream View. This virtual reality headset is actually a second-generation... Read more

When it comes to virtual reality, Google has been very active in getting cheap devices into people's hands, thanks to Google Cardboard, and even supplying... Read more

Daydream VR has so far been an experience that has run on your smartphone, but now it's making the jump into a standalone headset. Google and Qualcomm... Read more

Variety has learned from various sources that Google may unveil a standalone virtual reality headset at its annual I/O conference later today. Google... Read more

Remember Google's Jump VR platform? Well, it has a new camera rig.When Google introduced Jump, which uses cloud-based software and algorithms to stitch... Read more

Google has announced it has begun rolling out an update for its Chrome web browser on Daydream-ready Android smartphones, that will let you access WebVR-formatted... Read more

The same day it was revealed Hugo Barra is leaving Xiaomi to head up Facebook-Oculus' virtual reality efforts, HTC's now-former design lead announced... Read more

Don't like the dark grey colour of Daydream View? Well, you're in luck.When Google launched Daydream View a couple months ago, it only made the VR headset... Read more

Google Earth already does a great job of showing us places around the world we never even knew existed. It can show 3D images and close ups of places,... Read more

Google's VR vision extends beyond Cardboard and Daydream.The company began embracing virtual reality a few years ago when it launched a Cardboard DIY headset... Read more

Google has been busy beefing up the Cardboard platform as of late, with the most recent addition being the launch of a dedicated camera app that lets you... Read more

Google has been going after virtual reality, with the latest example being that Cardboard Camera is now available for iOS.Google's new camera app, originally... Read more

Google reportedly had plans to take on Oculus, HTC and PlayStation with its own high-end virtual reality headset. However, it was scrapped with the company... Read more

DJ and dance music artist deadmau5 is starring in his own virtual reality game out at the end of July. What's more, you can order a limited and special... Read more

Soon, you'll be able to jump into the web. Like, literally. The latest beta and developer versions of Google's Chrome browser app for Android includes... Read more

Clay Bavor, VP virtual reality at Google, took to the stage at Google I/O 2016 to add flesh to the bones of Google's future VR plans. Evolving the VR... Read more

Google is reportedly getting ready to unveil a standalone headset, and to complement that, it might announce a major Project Tango expansion.Project Tango... Read more

Okay, so you've heard Google is developing a virtual-reality headset that is more legit than Cardboard, but a new report has just indicated the company... Read more

Google is tackling virtual reality this year. Like, for reals.Or at least that's what Re/code and The Financial Times have reported. The search giant... Read more

It looks like Google Glass 2 is close to hitting the workplace. Project Aura, not to be mistaken for modular phone Project Ara, is a division at Google... Read more

Although Google has consistently made noises to suggest otherwise, it has been widely reported for much of the last year that the Google Glass project... Read more

You might not have to wait until 2019 to get your hands on a smart contact lens from Google.The Google X team announced in 2014 that it developed a smart... Read more

Google Glass might have been suspended earlier this year, at least the Explorer program was, but there's still life in the technology yet. Head of the... Read more

Google wants you to know it's investing in virtual reality compatibility.The company's Cardboard VR viewer, which launched last year, has inspired a whole... Read more

Google is making a TV show based on its hit augmented reality game.According to The Information, Google's Niantic Labs, which develops the Ingress science... Read more

Long live Google Glass!According to The Wall Street Journal, Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has confirmed that Google didn't scrap the Google... Read more

Google Glass is in danger of becoming a fond yet long-forgotten memory, much like Atari or LaserDiscs.Google announced on 15 January that it would soon... Read more

Researchers at the University of Washington just announced something new they have been developing: a contact lens with a built-in LED display.Consider... Read more

Google appears to be closing all Google Glass Basecamp stores, it's claimed.9to5Google recently spotted a post on Google+ from Spencer Kleyweg, a Google... Read more

The self-dubbed "world's smartest helmet" is now available for preorder, enabling you to ride in style, or more specifically, with with a heads-up display,... Read more

Google Glass isn't available in India so they built their own intelligent wearable, a smartshoe called Lechal.Built by Indian start-up Ducere Technologies... Read more

Google is working with Swiss drug maker Novartis to create smart contact lenses. The eye worn devices will be able to detect a user's health or autofocus... Read more

Deciding that the finger swipes are a limiting factor to how people use Google Glass, one London-based design agency come up with an alternative; mind... Read more

Google Glass has only be available to buy in the UK for six days, and already cinemas have banned the smartglasses. Why? Piracy.So far the largest cinema... Read more

Google's I/O developer conference is tomorrow, meaning upgrade announcements from the company are starting to trickle online. And Brits will be glad to... Read more

Google has announced that its Explorer Programme is now available in the UK. That means that developers and fans in the UK will have a chance to buy their... Read more

Following a limited one-day sale of Google Glass in April, Google has now completely opened the Explorer Program to all American consumers.Starting today,... Read more

Google Glass cost early adopters a whopping $1500 to buy new, but apparently only cost the mighty G $79.78 in components.According to teardown.com the... Read more

Google has launched a try-on program of sorts for Google Glass, its optical head-mounted display that is expected to go on sale in 2014.Although Glass... Read more