YouTube is building a new version of its app for virtual reality

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — YouTube will soon have a much better virtual reality experience. Google is making a standalone YouTube app for Daydream, the company's newly-announced Android-based virtual reality platform. Clay Bavor, Google's head of VR, announced the upcoming app during a session at the company's I/O developer conference Thursday.  SEE ALSO: With Daydream, Google's plans to dominate VR become more clear The app will "provide an easier, more immersive way to find and ex