14 DAY TRIAL // Chromium evangelist François Beaufort posted today on his Google+ profile information regarding the VR (Virtual Reality) capabilities of the open-source web browser, which is the base of Chrome OS and Google Chrome.
It would appear that the Chromium team is working on a set of new virtual reality features for the web browser, which means that more VR goodies are coming to popular Chromium-based web browsers like Opera, Vivaldi, and Google Chrome.
While the Chromium team is currently working on the possible of browsing the Web in VR with Google's Daydream View headset, it looks like you can already give VR a try on the latest Google Chrome 61 build released earlier today for GNU/Linux, Mac and Windows.
"Users can give this a try today by navigating to any site in Chrome and then simply putting the phone into their Daydream View headset," explained François Beaufort. "This is just the beginning for web browsing in VR so stay tuned, there’s more to come!"
Users will be able to interact with any website in VR
When these VR capabilities will be ready to hit the street, users will finally be able to plug in their favorite VR headset and browse the Web in virtual reality. Basically, you'll be able to interact with website in VR, follow links between web pages, and much more.
It'll also be possible to move between 2D and immersive viewing on websites that support the latest WebVR technologies, but, until then, you can give VR a try in Google Chrome 61 stable or Opera 49 developer by downloading either web browser from our web portal.
In related news, the latest Opera 49 developer browser landed a couple of days ago as the first release with a built-in VR 360 player that lets users enjoy VR content with Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or any other OpenVR compatible VR headset.