Google Steps Up Cardboard VR Platform Compatibility Program

O Google whether all applications developed for your cardboard VR working correctly on all versions of any of the various devices created from it. This is more difficult than it looks, because as the headset is an open-source, a multitude of companies and independent users are developing similar devices to use with the platform.

To try to ensure control of the situation, Mountain View (a city in California where the Google is headquartered) launched the project “Works with Google Cardboard“, which allows manufacturers of Headsets can submit their projects and test their compatibility with applications made for the Cardboard VR.

Regardless of the material used (whether metal, plastic or cardboard) and the dimensions (as long as the vision fits), the prototypes that are compatible receive a unit’s QR code (QR code) that works as a virtual certificate and adapts the device to the platform. In this way, once the user scans the unit’s QR code using the compatibility app Google, all applications designed to Cardboard VR will be optimized for the characteristics of the device in use.

Developers who sell Headsets will also be able to apply a kind of certification badge, indicating that their Design is compatible with applications and games developed for the Google. Mountain View City Hall came to mount a store where people can get devices certified with the “Works with Cardboard".

As for apps, the Google also released a new set of design guidelines for developers, who mainly focus on making their creations compatible. In addition, the company has released updated Cardboard SDK all with Android e Unity with better head monitoring and drift.

On the other hand, it will be possible to find compatible applications more easily, thanks to new user experiences with music, videos and games using the Cardboard VR. New updates should arrive soon as ua team from the School of Engineering at trinity university of Dublin (IRL) has just joined the development division of Cardboard VR, bringing its sound technology ambisonic surround with them. O Google says it intends to use this technology to bring “immersive audio for VR" in the future.