Reality seen as next big thing in phones
Alphabet's Google announced new devices featuring the company's technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
Alphabet's Google quickened the pace of its push into virtual and augmented reality this week as its hardware partners announced new devices featuring the company's technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Google has been trying to position the vast network of smartphones running its Android operating system for virtual and augmented reality, known as VR+ and AR, fields that many in the industry say are poised to go mainstream after years of niche appeal. Chinese manufacturer Huawei Technologies announced on Thursday that two of its smartphones will soon work with Daydream View, a VR headset released last year by Google. Meanwhile, Taiwanese manufacturer AsusTek Computer announced that its ZenFone AR will support both Daydream and Google's Tango software for AR, in which computer-generated content is overlaid on the real world. While the announcements expanded the lineup of participating phones, Google still had much to do to take its technology to the masses, said ...
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