Google’s Cardboard VR Now Works (Very Well) With iPhone

cardboard-iphone Google’s Cardboard VR app first appeared last year at I/O 2014, but the initial version was somewhat limited in terms of device support. A new version released this year works with devices with screen sizes ranging up to 6 inches, but the more exciting news for many might be that it now also works with iPhone. Read More

Google Updates Play Games With Improved Player Analytics

IMG_9981 Google Play Games, Google’s cloud-based platform for game developers, got a number of updates at the company’s annual I/O developer conference today that should make the life of game developers a little bit easier. Play Games, which launched at I/O two years ago, will now offer developers a far easier way to get data about a game’s player, making it easier for developers… Read More

Chromecast Gets Autoplay, Queuing, Second Screen And Multiplayer Game Powers

Driver Speedboat  Paradise Google’s Chromecast is a quiet little media secret agent turning the search giant into a big time home entertainment player. All told, users of Cast-enabled software have hit the little button to put their small-screen content up on the big screen a total of 1.5 billion times in the U.S. alone, and Chromecast floats other Google boats, too – users increase their YouTube viewing time… Read More

Google Launches ‘Expeditions,’ An App For Shared Virtual School Field Trips

google-io-20150285 Google is focusing its VR efforts on bringing the variety of the wider real world closer to more people, and its new Expeditions app for virtual field trips is no exception. The app is aimed at giving students the ability to travel to places they otherwise might not had the opportunity to reach.
Expeditions ships as a kit that provides classes with everything they need to take a synced trip… Read More

Google’s New Cardboard VR Kit Supports Phones With Up To 6″ Screens

google-io-20150283 Google didn’t go crazy and build a brand new Cardboard VR set for I/O this year as was rumored – but it did modify the original version with tweaks designed to fit the needs of the contemporary smartphone market. The Cardboard VR kit, which is still indeed made of cardboard, now supports phones with displays up to 6-inches in diameter, meaning it will work with the Nexus 6, among… Read More

Google Has Shipped Over 1 Million Cardboard VR Units

google-io-20150282 Google revealed today that Cardboard has quietly become the leading VR platform in terms of platform reach – over 1 million Cardboard units have shipped out to users so far, a 100 percent increase on the 500,000 milestone it announced in December of last year. Cardboard’s progression is a testament to Google’s approach, which favors simplicity and low barriers to entry… Read More

Google Partners With Udacity To Launch Android Development Nanodegree

andfund At its I/O developer conference in San Francisco, Google today announced that it has partnered with Udacity to launch a six-course Android development nanodegree. The idea here is to help developers learn how to write apps for Google’s mobile operating system “the right way” up to the point where they could potentially be hired by Google itself. Clearly then, this is not… Read More