I’m talking about Google Earth VR, an app designed for the first generation of PC headsets but still works on modern hardware. ... Google Earth VR beats passively browsing maps on a phone.

I’m rocking Google’s first VR headset, the $80 Daydream View, and it doesn’t just look like a sweatshirt on my face, it feels like one too. The best kind of sweatshirt.

VR Street View Mode in Google Maps isn’t 3D for now, but it may be possible for Google to add computed-3D down the road. Users of Apple’s iOS have not seen the same love from Google yet—the ...

Despite not receiving updates in years, Google Earth VR (2016) on Steam is still one of the most useful and immersive ways to interact with the company’s 3D version of planet Earth, Street View ...

Google has just unveiled a new AR feature for Google Maps that offers a unique way to explore landmarks. To use the feature, you can point your device at the tower in the real world and select the ...

Exclusive: Google's new creative AR tools promise real-world games, concerts and shopping with Maps-like features add. But Maps itself is transforming, too. I started with CNET reviewing laptops ...

Not to mention VR as a whole has struggled to find a strong mainstream following since its biggest push in the 2010s, with Cardboard's successor — Google Daydream — only lasting from 2016 to 2019.

On the eve of WWDC 2023 and Apple’s new headset, let’s take a look back at that time Google tried to jump on the VR bandwagon with Daydream, which is now just a distant memory. VR is a ...