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Experience Daydream today
Friday, November 11, 2016
From
seeing a dinosaur come back to life
,
to
traveling to the farthest reaches of Pluto
, to
saving a runaway goat from dangerous traps
, Daydream brings you immersive virtual reality adventures powered by a smartphone. And now you can experience it all with Daydream View, a VR headset and controller made by Google, for $119 (AUD) – available now on
Google Store
, at
JB Hi-Fi
, as well as Telstra from November 22nd.
Fresh featured content front and center
The
Daydream app
, available on any Daydream-ready phone starting with
Pixel and Pixel XL
, lets you launch your favorite VR experiences and browse from an ever-growing collection of apps, games and videos. Plus, the app brings new featured content front and center so there’s always something fresh when you put on your headset.
Enjoy the best of Google in VR
With Daydream, you can experience some of the most popular Google apps like
Google Photos
and
Google Play Movies
in virtual reality. Visit 150 of the world’s most amazing places like the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal with
Google Street View
.
Youtube VR App
With
YouTube VR
, you can watch the entire library of YouTube videos on a virtual big screen and experience hundreds of thousands of immersive videos from top creators. The new standalone app was built from the ground up and optimized for VR. You just need a Daydream-ready phone like Pixel and the new Daydream View headset and controller to get started. Every single video on the platform becomes an immersive VR experience, from 360-degree videos that let you step inside the content you watch to standard videos shown on a virtual movie screen in the new theater mode.
Google Arts & Culture
And we’re also bringing Google Arts & Culture to Daydream. Step inside a virtual gallery and view masterpieces from over 50 world-renowned museums. Whether it’s Vincent van Gogh’s landscapes from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
a collection of the Most Beautiful Cats from
RMN-Grand Palais
, or
one of the first oil paintings of Sydney
, you can zoom in to see brushstroke-level details. The app is launching today as a Preview Edition with more enhancements to come in future updates.
Explore, watch and play
In addition to Google apps, there are
many other experiences available
on Daydream. Explore new worlds, kick back in your personal VR cinema and get in the game with an intuitive controller that puts you at the center of action.
Our goal with Daydream is to bring high quality, mobile VR to everyone. And this is just the beginning. There will be even more
apps
and
games
coming to Daydream in the next few weeks and even more Daydream-ready phones available over the next few months.
Posted by By Andrey Doronichev, Group Product Manager, VR
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