Cheap and cheerful, it looks like it's been made from a cereal packet, but it's a gateway to a world of excitement
As a rule, we like our gadgets to be sleek and smooth and durable – so what is Google Cardboard all about?
DIY virtual reality – that’s what.
It’s a cheap and cheerful headset that looks like something you’d see cobbled together on Blue Peter, but don’t be fooled by its humble appearance.
There’s space for an Android device to be slipped inside, and that’s when the fun begins.
If you don’t mind looking like you've made it yourself from a cereal box, you could literally be staring into another world.
Google has updated its Cardboard app linking to a whole host of compatible third-party apps, along with new demos within the main app itself.
There are enhanced versions of Google Earth and YouTube as well as special one-off demos of what the Cardboard VR world can offer you.
Stand-alone apps include a Paul McCartney concert, a Volvo test drive and Proton Pulse 3D, a 3D Pong-style game that's also been made for the (considerably dearer) Oculus Rift gaming headset.
If you don’t want to fork out the $20 or so that a Cardboard viewer will cost you, you can go ahead and make your own.
All you’ll need is some cardboard, lenses, magnets, velcro and a rubber band – the instructions are all freely available on the Google Cardboard site.
Google has also released a new software developer kit for Android and the Unity game engine, which should mean that there’ll be a glut of new apps that will be compatible with your Cardboard in the coming months.
Best of all, they won’t be restricted to Cardboard – as long as your VR headset of choice can use an Android device, you’ll be able to use them.
Welcome to 2015 – the year of the cardboard fun mask!
DIY virtual reality – that’s what.
It’s a cheap and cheerful headset that looks like something you’d see cobbled together on Blue Peter, but don’t be fooled by its humble appearance.
There’s space for an Android device to be slipped inside, and that’s when the fun begins.
If you don’t mind looking like you've made it yourself from a cereal box, you could literally be staring into another world.
Google has updated its Cardboard app linking to a whole host of compatible third-party apps, along with new demos within the main app itself.
There are enhanced versions of Google Earth and YouTube as well as special one-off demos of what the Cardboard VR world can offer you.
Stand-alone apps include a Paul McCartney concert, a Volvo test drive and Proton Pulse 3D, a 3D Pong-style game that's also been made for the (considerably dearer) Oculus Rift gaming headset.
If you don’t want to fork out the $20 or so that a Cardboard viewer will cost you, you can go ahead and make your own.
All you’ll need is some cardboard, lenses, magnets, velcro and a rubber band – the instructions are all freely available on the Google Cardboard site.
Google has also released a new software developer kit for Android and the Unity game engine, which should mean that there’ll be a glut of new apps that will be compatible with your Cardboard in the coming months.
Best of all, they won’t be restricted to Cardboard – as long as your VR headset of choice can use an Android device, you’ll be able to use them.
Welcome to 2015 – the year of the cardboard fun mask!
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