Google's new VR headset spotted on patent filing website

The headset comes in three colors and weighs around 220 grams. It also comes with a replaceable face mask that can be hand-washed.

Google had launched the Daydream VR headset, when it announced its flagship phone, the Pixel and the Pixel XL. The Daydream View VR is a new headset which came with a controller that features motion controls and two buttons.

The VR headset is compatible with Pixel and Pixel and XL smartphones, and it’s made out of fabric rather than plastic. The headset comes in three colors and weighs around 220 grams. It also comes with a replaceable face mask that can be hand-washed. The headset has reduced number of straps and clips, so it becomes easier for people who wear glasses.

However, in a recent patent filing by Google has shown that they are contemplating a change in the headset’s design — according to the patent application. Google might be working on a next-generation virtual and/or augmented reality headset, as found by Patently Mobile, as patent application was recently filed at the US Patent and Trademark Office.

The application reveals that the upcoming system will have built-in headphones for enhancing the user’s gaming and VR experience. The headset will also have more controls for adjusting the device’s lenses and lighting conditions.

Google also might create an all-new VR tracking system for allowing users to wear the headset and move around the room while games, so that their VR experience is immensely improved and realistic. Google’s next-generation headset will be able to track the user’s position in real world and perform a process for transitioning out of the virtual world generated on the platform.

The filing also shows that Google may be working on a new method of operating an audio visual system that can generate a virtual experience which may include activating a tracking device. The processor may translate the detected real world movement of the user’s electric device into virtual movement.

The system will also be capable of helping users avoid obstacles in the room by using a gradual transition out of the virtual world. This is just a patent application for now, and it remains to be seen if Google will actually incorporate the technology in an upcoming Daydream VR headset.