![]() ![]() The company says the feature allows hosts “to arrange video participants and webinar panelists into a single virtual background, bringing people together into one scene to connect and collaborate in a cohesive virtual meeting space.” Sometimes we need a change of scenery, even on Zoom! ?️ Now, you can use our new Immersive View to bring people into a scene, like a classroom, fireside chat, or boardroom. Zoom unveiled Immersive View last fall, though has only now launched it for its global community of users. Zoom filter flub sees lawyer appear as a cat in virtual court sessionįacebook’s Messenger Rooms goes global to take on Zoom Winning Olympians are having a Zoom moment straight after victory We'll revisit this review when more Daydream apps and devices are available. For full-fat VR, we currently recommend the Sony PlayStation VR - or the HTC Vive if you've got a slightly bigger budget. While the bundled motion controller is handy, Daydream doesn't really push the immersion level much past Samsung's Gear VR, and you still can't walk around or grab things due to hardware limitations. I'd love to get one for my grandma so I could capture some of my favorite places with the Cardboard Camera app and share them with her.īut if you're already a VR enthusiast looking for the most immersive experiences, you should know that the Daydream may never be anywhere near the level of a HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or PlayStation VR. If you already own a Google Pixel and love the idea of exploring the world, it already feels like a solid purchase. Google says there'll be 25 apps live today and 50 by the end of the year - plus a wider array of compatible phones - but we've only tried 10 of them on a Google Pixel. If you haven't yet bought into VR, the Daydream View could be the best way to get started - but as of today, we've simply can't say for sure. My Pixel XL consumed roughly 30% of its battery life for just over an hour of use. ![]() ![]() (You view them in the Google Photos app.) Verdict: Wait I captured that moment in San Jose all by myself using Google's Cardboard Camera app - just by slowly spinning my phone around - and a minute later, Google's servers turned it into a 3D, 360-degree complete with the ambient audio of the cars zooming down the freeway. Sure, you can't smell the smells or hear the sounds - you're visiting a frozen moment in time - or go anywhere Google's cameras haven't gone, but at least you can explore the streets and landmarks of far-away places without leaving your room.īetter still, Daydream can let you view frozen moments that you capture yourself. Go visit your childhood home, then keep "walking" around your neighborhood. ![]() With Google Street View, you can type in any street address. While you can watch any YouTube video in Daydream (with keyboard or voice search), YouTube 360 videos can let you swim with dolphins or get up close to your favorite YouTube stars. The Daydream View works with longer hair, too. Update: Here are our thoughts on the best apps so far.Īnd there is one reason you might want to pick up Daydream right away: virtual teleportation. Thankfully, we should get to try more apps soon: Google is promising 25 apps on day one. Google Arts and Culture is a great idea - visit art galleries in VR - but the screen resolution of even the Pixel XL wasn't enough to appreciate the fine detail in paintings like the famous " A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."Īnd while it's neat to be able to watch a rented movie in VR, the Google Play Movies app (a single, relatively small screen) is far from the best way I've seen to do it. The Wall Street Journal app is a fascinating way to visualize how the economy is doing - you use the touchpad to rotate a holographic table which turns each majorly traded company's share price into a 3D bar graph, and consume a small selection of articles and videos - but I'm not sure even regular traders would care for such a small, generic slice of info instead of something tailored to their specific portfolios. Even as I marveled at how I could look around the hellish environment of Hunter's Gate or Wonderglade's cartoony amusement park just by turning my head, their unimpressive graphics and slow, repetitive gameplay bored me after just a few minutes. To be honest, it's not a big enough selection to really grasp what Daydream is capable of - particularly if you're a gamer. ![]()
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