Google Daydream VR is officially dead with the arrival of Android 11
It’s no actual shock, however the Daydream VR app is not officially supported by Google as of Android 11, which marks the finish of the line for the cell digital actuality platform that was first launched again in 2016.
The 2019 Pixel 4 did not work with the Daydream View headset, and Google stopped promoting the headset itself at round the similar time, so there was no actual expectation that the platform can be supported going ahead anyway.
Now it is official: “Daydream VR software is no longer supported,” says Google in a help doc. “You may still be able to access the service, but it won’t receive any more software or security updates.”
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“Thank you for using Daydream View,” continues the help doc. “The Daydream VR app is no longer supported by Google and may not work properly on some devices running Android 11 or later.”
No extra daydreaming
While this doesn’t suggest Daydream View headsets are out of the blue going to cease working with the apps and video games that exist already, it does sound as if an Android 11 would possibly begin to have an effect on the easy working of the Daydream VR app.
Like headsets similar to the Gear VR from Samsung, the concept with the Daydream View was that you just slotted in your cellphone to offer the display and the processing energy. The headset was principally only a approach of taking a look at digital actuality apps in your cellphone.
Nowadays the expertise has progressed to the stage the place standalone headsets similar to the Oculus Quest 2 have every part in-built, no cellphone required. Meanwhile Google itself does not appear fairly so keen about VR because it as soon as was.
Both Google and Apple have been busy including augmented actuality options in Android and iOS (mixing actual world and digital components, which is apparently extra of a precedence than digital actuality at the second with regards to cell gadgets.
Via Android Police