Make VR worlds for Samsung's Gear VR with Qualcomm dev kit
As interest in virtual reality explodes, there's a growing focus among developers on writing programs that can provide interactive experiences on VR headsets. Now, Qualcomm is jumping in with a new VR software development kit that makes it possible to write applications for Samsung's Gear VR headset.
Apps written with the kit, due out in the second quarter, will exploit graphics features on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chip, which is in some models of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones. The handsets hook up to the Gear VR headset.
The goal with the SDK is to provide a VR experience via mobile devices, which means balancing graphics and other processing to preserve battery life on handsets. The mobile VR experience won't be as intense as on an Oculus Rift VR headset, which requires a high-end GPU found in high-end desktops.
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