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Virtual and augmented reality have been sprouting up everywhere in 2015, but Google's had its hands in VR and AR since last year's Google I/O developer's conference. This year it could be poised to do even more.
Virtual-reality devices, like the Oculus headset, close us up into the a separate world, cutting off reality completely. Google's current version is Cardboard, a dirt-cheap take on VR that mounts your phone on your face with stiff brown paper. Google has already dabbled in AR, first with the Google Goggles apps, most famously with its wearable Google Gl***, and most recently with its 3D depth-sensing Project Tango tablet.
Virtual-reality devices, like the Oculus headset, close us up into the a separate world, cutting off reality completely. Google's current version is Cardboard, a dirt-cheap take on VR that mounts your phone on your face with stiff brown paper. Google has already dabbled in AR, first with the Google Goggles apps, most famously with its wearable Google Gl***, and most recently with its 3D depth-sensing Project Tango tablet.