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Daydream View: Google's new VR viewer (CNET News)

2016-10-04
I'd like to introduce you to daydream view it's the first day dream ready vr headset now if you're into VR I'll just say that the specs are there has a nice field of view and with the daydream phone low latency and really accurate head tracking we didn't just look at the specs we obsessed over the details of the design we wanted to make something that's comfortable really easy to use we also thought about how you could make it your own so first let's talk about comfort how it feels how it fits well you'll notice immediately that it doesn't quite look like other VR headsets and that's because in designing it we weren't inspired by gadgets we looked at what do people actually we're we're stuff that soft stuff that's flexible and breathable and so we crafted our headset out of that same comfortable stuff fabrics soft microfiber and other materials that you'd find in clothing and athletic wear in fact we worked with clothing designers and makers to get the design just right and the result is something that's soft and cozy it feels great to wear so the materials are really nice it's also lightweight thirty percent lighter than similar devices next let's talk about making it easy to use you open the latch you drop your phone in you close the latch and you're ready to go that's it the headset and phone say hello wirelessly so there's nothing to connect and the headset includes an auto alignment system that gets everything just right we wanted interacting with VR to be easy to and that's where the daydream controller comes in it's really easy to use at the top is a clickable touchpad or a couple of buttons but there's more to it than meets the eye hidden inside are a bunch of sensors that respond to how you move okay now what do you do with a controller after you use it you lose it we didn't want that to happen so the controller has a home inside the headset when you're done just kind of snuggles in there like this these little things that make the whole experience easier and more seamless
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