Google has revised its plans for mobile virtual
reality (VR) just last November: it launched the Daydream platform, a set of
requirements more demanding than the all-access Google Cardboard that ensures a
higher quality VR experience.
Along with the Daydream platfrom itself, Google
launched the Daydream View, a US$ 70 light-weight virtual reality headset that was
the first and only so far to support the new platform. Today, Huawei is the
second company after Google to introduce its own fully Daydream-complient
virtual reality headset.
Unlike the soft, fabric-woven Google Daydream View,
the Huawei VR solution is plasticky and looks much more like a Gear VR of
sorts. Just like the Daydream View, the Huawei VR solution comes with a tiny
joystick / pointer that allows better navigation. The company also announced
that its Mate 9 Pro phone is Daydream compatible.
Huawei has not announced a specific release date for
the VR headset so far.
