Today at Google I/O, Google announced that the Daydream platform is expanding to support a new category of VR devices, standalone headsets. They will not need a phone or PC to power them, All the tech will be in the HMD (Head Mounted Display).

Vive will be building one of the first standalone headsets for the Daydream platform, coming out later this year.

Vive reports, “We have been working closely with developers and consumers to define the best VR experiences over the past few years, and we are perfectly positioned to deliver the most premium standalone headset and user experience. Vive’s standalone VR headset will provide a deeper and more immersive portable VR experience than ever before.”

The link above is to the page Vive has set up to keep us all updated, deveolpers interested in building for the new headset or want the latest invites and updates on developer events, should register at developer.viveport.com/standalonevr.