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    Google Daydream View Review: Ruined by the Light

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Jamison Cush, Dec 7, 2016.

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    Jamison Cush Administrator NBR Reviewer

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    Virtual reality on mobile is cake. Headsets run relatively cheap, and the smartphones that power it are good enough to justify their flagship-level prices sans VR capabilities.

    At launch, the Google Daydream platform continues the trend. Think of it as Google Cardboard 2.0 for high-end Android smartphones running Nougat and beyond, with better viewers and more sophisticated VR.

    The Google Pixel XL and Pixel smartphones are the first to ship with Daydream (Lenovo is updating the Moto Z devices to Android Nougat with Daydream support as of this writing), and those pair with Google’s Daydream View, a $79 VR headset and controller combo -- the first for Daydream.

    Is this cake rich and tasty, or is it just stale and bland? We took a Google Daydream View review unit for a spin with a Google Pixel XL to find out.

    Read the full content of this Article: http://www.notebookreview.com/review/google-daydream-view-review-ruined-light/
     
    Jamison Cush, Dec 7, 2016
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