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"Seurat, a new tool that allows for rendering of very high resolution immersive content even on mobile VR devices that don't necessarily have the best specs. To demonstrate Seurat's capabilities, Google showed off a collaboration with ILMxLAB, which brings cinematic-quality renders from Star Wars to interactive mobile VR."

users on the Gear VR platform will be able to create their own user profiles and search for friends by username who they can interact with in virtual space

11m VR users by 2016

Samsung already released a web browser for the Gear VR late last year so it's possible to browse the web using the headset but now that it has support for WebVR, users will be able to browse the virtual reality experiences found on the web as well.

"The big highlight is that Google will be building a version of Chrome especially for use inside virtual reality. The browser will be coming later this year. Oculus launched a browser for the Gear VR in its most recent big software update, though Daydream's option seems to take advantage of some of the strengths of Chrome, like bookmarks and history. The company has already brought WebVR to mobile and desktop Chrome. They showed off WebVR Experiments last month to bring bite-size experiences to VR on Daydream and Cardboard. Google gave some light details on bringing Chrome to augmented reality situations, as well, so that users can bring their outside world into the browser. This will allow people shopping for a coffee table on Amazon's mobile app to scan their room and see what the right size would be. The update will be launching today on an experimental build of Chromium."

The perfect projectX ;-)

whoa, hadn't consider this, we just jump to the entire interweb being a network of virtual reality worlds and experiences. I need a drink.

good read on what vr needs to fullfil its potential in moviemaking.

Interesting list, we need these when they come out - some already have.