Google consumer VR hardware could be on the way according to job ads

One might have thought that Google’s VR (virtual reality) ambitions had peaked with Google Cardboard, but some new job listings from Google tell a slightly different story. If the job listings are to be believed, some Google consumer VR hardware might be on the way. Take the description for the role “Hardware Engineering Technical Lead Manager”:

“As the Hardware Engineering Technical Lead Manager for the consumer hardware products, you will drive the design and execution of our ever increasing product portfolio. You will be responsible for the building multiple CE devices and will put together the right team that will scale with our product offering.”

“Consumer hardware products” is mentioned and from the wording of the passage it would appear Google is definitely looking to grow things in VR. Naturally, Google hasn’t officially commented on this and we probably won’t get anything useful out of them anytime soon, but the fact that they are hiring so heavily (there are over a dozen VR-related roles available) means that VR is on the rise at Google. Watch this space.

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Source: RoadtoVR via TechCrunch

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