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    Google Daydream's web-browsing features surface in Chrome

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    Mallory Locklear
    Mallory Locklear
    09.22.2017

    At Google's I/O developer conference in May, the company announced that it was working on a VR version of Chrome that could work in Daydream. Well, Chrome development team member François Beaufort announced on Google+ today that the first set of features are now ready for you to test out.

  • Oculus is building a VR web browser, codenamed 'Carmel'

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    Timothy J. Seppala
    Timothy J. Seppala
    10.06.2016

    Today at Oculus Connect, co-founder Nate Mitchell announced that the company is working on a fully VR web browser. It's dubbed "Carmel," emphasis on the "mel," and is "fully optimized for VR." This follows the likes of Google making aspects of Chrome on mobile, for instance, browsable in virtual reality. On top of that, Oculus is working toward more web-based VR stuff in general with tech called React. React is the framework for making web experiences more VR ready, all without the need to download huge program files. One of the demos on stage, for instance, was a car configurator from Renault. Developing...