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YouTube is launching its virtual reality app on the mobile Oculus VR headset today, after announcing its plans in September. The app will be available in the Oculus Store, joining similar apps for Samsung VR Gear, Sony PlayStation VR, Google Daydream VR, and VR desktop headsets. It's a helpful addition to the Oculus Go, which is aimed at VR video fans and other non-gaming users.
YouTube's VR app supports 360-degree video and standard video in a VR theater. It also includes social features, so you can watch videos with headset-wearing friends. The app was originally exclusive to smartphones, either through the low-tech Google Cardboard or the mobile Google Daydream View. We have a YouTube version of the "killer app" for Google's Mobile Daydream VR platform, but Daydream has had a slow rollout, and we've heard about it in recent months.
At this point, YouTube is becoming a standard part of a VR ecosystem – like its flatscreen counterpart on other devices. Oculus Quest, which is set to launch next spring.
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