You think cat videos on YouTube are funny? Wait until you watch them in a virtual reality headset. Google plans to release in the fall a version of its YouTube app designed for virtual reality, allowing you to strap on a head-mounted display to view both conventional clips and 360-degree videos that let you swivel your head around for a more immersive experience.
YouTube VR will initially be exclusive to Google’s new Daydream VR platform, which will work with select Android phones, and there’s no word on iPhone, Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Rift compatibility yet. But if you’ve got a Daydream-ready device, the YouTube app should have all of your saved videos and channel subscriptions right where you left them.
“It’s the whole YouTube experience,” said YouTube VR product manager Kurt Wilms in an interview at the video streamer’s San Bruno, California, headquarters. “All of YouTube, all in VR.” Read More…
