Watch Google VR Sessions and I/O Conference Keynote Here

Google VR will be a major focus of the I/O conference this year and we will livestream the sessions. The conference runs May 18 – 20th and CEO Sundar Pichai keynote kicks off the event on Wednesday at 9:00am PDT or 1:00pm in New York. The VR track session schedule is below.

Here’s the high quality livestream and the link to the stream on YouTube:

Day 3, May 20

 

Day 2 – May 19

 

You can also watch the sessions in 360-degree video (it is lower quality) and use Google Cardboard or your cursor for a more immersive experience. The schedule for the virtual reality sessions is below and here is the full Google I/O conference schedule.

I/O Conference Sessions on Virtual Reality

  • Introducing Project Tango Area Learning
    May 18, 4:00 PM– 5:00 PM / Stage 1 | Hercules

  • VR at Google
    May 19, 9:00 AM– 10:00 AM / Amphitheatre

  • What’s New with Project Tango
    May 19, 3:00 PM– 4:00 PM / Stage 2 | Hydra

  • 6 Degrees of Freedom Gaming in Android with Project Tango
    May 20, 10:00 AM– 11:00 AM / Stage 4 | Ursa Major

  • Live coding: Make a virtual reality game
    May 20, 11:00 AM– 12:00 PM / Stage 4 | Ursa Major

  • Enhancing Applications and Websites with Embeddable VR Views
    May 20, 1:00 PM– 2:00 PM / Stage 4 | Ursa Major 

Google VR – What to Expect

There’s been considerable speculation on what Google will announce in terms of their virtual reality projects. First and foremost will be an announcement of a new VR headset. Also, Project Tango which would allow for mapping of interior spaces in VR is on the agenda. TechCrunch has a rundown of what to expect for the entire conference.

ArsTechnica noted,

“VR” is an entire content track at Google I/O this year, with seven sessions dedicated to virtual or augmented reality. The most ominous session is titled “Google’s Vision for VR.” The session description is a single sentence, promising to cover “what we have built, what we have learned, and where we are headed.” Google I/O session descriptions are usually a full paragraph, so the ones with really vague, short session descriptions suggest that Google is trying to avoid spoilers. Clay Bavor, the head of Google’s new “Virtual Reality” division, will lead the talk.

This may well turn out to be a major event in the history of virtual reality.