@ Google joins the virtual reality craze ... with a piece of cardboard
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Virtual reality is all the rage these days. Well, that is, apart from the fact that you can't yet buy any of the most talked-about VR hardware. But if a just so crazy it might work Google project has its way, we might all soon be walking around with homemade VR headsets made on the cheap. Meet Google Cardboard. Nope, this isn't one of Google's famous April Fools' jokes. Google Cardboard is very much real, was announced at Google I/O and is listed as an experimental project for developers. With the right materials – including some corrugated cardboard, a pair of lenses, magnets, velcro, a rubber band and (optionally) an NFC tag – you too can own your own virtual reality headset. .... Google is trying to sneak in through the backdoor. The company could use a) its massive Android userbase and b) the dirt-cheap nature of this project, to quickly establish Android as a hotbed for VR software. ..... But that's getting way ahead of things, as Google Cardboard is still early days. This is easily one of the most crazy-pants ideas to come out of Mountain View in some time, but I always thought that those kinds of ideas showcased Google at its best. Even if Cardboard ultimately gets chucked into the recycling bin, it still gives me faith that the search giant's founding spirit is alive and kicking. |
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