YouTube compiles VR gaming videos for Google Daydream and Cardboard

If you’re a gamer and love watching virtual reality videos, YouTube is bringing the two things together by compiling 360-degree VR gaming videos into a playlist called “Step Into The Games.” This playlist has games from titles like Minecraft, Need for Speed, Super Mario Bros, and Call of Duty, to name a few. If you want to get maximum immersion, use the YouTube VR app on either Google Daydream or Cardboard headsets. These videos are also viewable on your web browser or mobile device but you’ll need to drag your mouse around or move your phone to see all the video has to offer.

Google’s accepting submissions from North American developers for its Indie Games Festival

Google hopes to get more indie game developers to create games for their platform by hosting a festival in San Francisco on September 24^th. Aptly called the Indie Games Festival, the event wants to host developers and feature some promising titles. Developers with a team of 15 or less can send in their games until August 14^th. Other conditions include that they aren’t a public company and the games must have been released sometime this year. Google isn’t limiting it to mobile games though, they want developers to submit titles for both Tango and Cardboard platforms, too.

Aside from being able to show off their games to the public (the event is open to all), Google is also offering prizes to the teams including Tango hardware, ad space in the Google Play Store, and tickets to next year’s Google I/O.

Source: The Verge

Google brings Cardboard SDK to iOS

As the rumours have suggested, Google is bringing its Cardboard SDK to iOS developers. This means, developers of iPhone apps can create apps that will work with Google's virtual reality viewer. The Google Cardboard is a low-cost viewer that lets you slot in your smartphone into the front of the viewer to bring both virtual and augmented reality experiences to you via apps.

Aside from launching the SDK for iOS, Google's also introduced VR view, a feature to let developers include immersive content within apps and websites. It can turn images and videos into 360-degree VR images and videos that can be viewed on the desktop or with a phone attached to a Cardboard viewer. Both the SDK and the tools needed to create VR views are available starting today.

Source: MacRumors

Google Store now has a dedicated VR section

Virtual reality (VR) has been at the forefront of a lot of movement in the tech world these days. Google isn’t falling far behind with a new dedicated page to highlight various VR products including the Google Cardboard, Mattel View-Master, and Google Tech C1-Glass VR Viewer. Unfortunately, product sales in the country don’t seem to be open at the moment and there isn’t word yet if Google plans to sell it to our local Google Store. In the U.S. the Cardboard headset and Tech C1-Glass VR Viewer can be bought for US$15 and the View-Master goes for $30 (which is available at Best Buy here).

Source: Android Police