Google makes open source development kit of `` Google Cardboard '' that can enjoy VR with cardboard and smartphone
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Announced by Google in 2014 ' Google Cardboard ' are those that can be experienced by anyone easily virtual reality using the smartphone cardboard lens (VR). Google announced on November 6, 2019 (Wednesday) that it will open source the software development kit for VR content for Google Cardboard.
Google Developers Blog: Open Sourcing Google Cardboard
https://developers.googleblog.com/2019/11/open-sourcing-google-cardboard.html
Google's open source is a software development kit for VR content that can be enjoyed using Google Cardboard, supporting functions essential to VR, such as motion tracking, stereoscopic rendering, user interaction via viewer buttons, etc. . Developers things that it becomes possible or add a VR elements or develop a new VR content on both Android devices and iOS devices, the app that are already developed.
Google said, “The overall usage of Cardboard is steadily decreasing and the Google VR software development kit is no longer actively developed, but it is consistent with entertainment and educational experiences like YouTube and Expeditions. are use this in, extra ones without the Cardboard, everyone was stated that we want to maintain in the future an approach to VR 'which can be used.
The software development kit for Google Cardboard is available on the following GitHub.
GitHub-googlevr / cardboard: Cardboard open source SDK and samples
https://github.com/googlevr/cardboard/commits/master
In October 2019, Google quietly ended the “Daydream” platform for enjoying VR using Android smartphones and stopped selling “ Daydream View ” VR goggles for smartphones. In fact, Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL released in May 2019 do not support Daydream by default.
Google interviewed the technical media VentureBeat , “There were many possibilities for VR using smartphones. You can use your smartphone anywhere and use it to get a VR experience on the go. Putting your smartphone in your headset and losing access to apps you use all day long can cause a lot of friction, and we ’re seeing the daydream view headset use decreasing over time Google has announced that it will shift from VR to augmented reality (AR) in the future.
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