Google is trying to close the technology gap between its mobile virtual reality platform Daydream and the capabilities of more powerful, PC-based headsets. To do that, it’s launching software support for motion controllers that support what’s known as six degrees of freedom, or 6DoF. That lets you move more realistically through the physical world while immersed in a virtual environment because the controllers help track where you are and how you move based on the position of your hands.
Google is also launching experimental 6DoF motion controllers for the Lenovo Mirage Solo headset, the first of its Daydream-based standalone VR headsets that was launched earlier this year. The Mirage Solo does so-called inside-out tracking, meaning the…
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